Sattar rubbishes Wikileaks May 12 account

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Sattar rubbishes Wikileaks May 12 account

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MQMs Farooq Sattar has rejected Wikileaks cables, saying his party was victim of May 12 carnage.

22 September,2011 06:17 pm

Speaking to the media at Nine-Zero, MQM leader Farooq Sattar said that his party was not behind the May 12 tragedy, instead 14 party workers had been killed and over 50 were injured during the turmoil.He said Wikileaks revelations were misleading and these accusations were conspiracy against the MQM. He said Wikileaks was not an authentic source of information and this attempt was to defame his party.Sattar said the MQM believed in free judiciary while his party had always condemned the incident.On occasion, Sattar displayed a video in a bid to prove his party was not involved in the May 12 bloodshed.Earlier, Wikileaks revealed that MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar said certain MQM workers, former President Pervez Musharraf, landlords, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and other political parties were involved in the May 12, 2007 mayhem in Karachi.A diplomatic cable sent from Karachi to Washington on 17 May, 2007 contained details of a 40-minute phone conversation between Sattar and Charge d affaires US Consulate Peter Boday. During the conversation Sattar reportedly admitted that certain members of his party were involved in the May 12 incident and the party should consider unarming its militant wing.According to the cable Sattar had informed government officials about those involved in the incident. Sattar said that slogans chanted in favour of Musharraf were not made on his recommendation and MQM Chief Altaf Hussain had dismissed his recommendation on the issue.