BENAZIR BHUTTO AND PPP LEADERS MUST DISCLOSE THE NAMES OF THE KILLERS OF MURTAZA BHUTTO INSTEAD OF MALIGNING THE MQM. ALTAF HUSSAIN
London - 7 March 2004
The
Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain in his
address to party workers reminded PPP leader Benazir Bhutto that during her
premiership her brother Murtaza Bhutto was mercilessly murdered and to date she
has not been able to disclose the name of his assassins. Where as she was very
quick to blame the MQM for the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch within hours of
the news, she must desist from making baseless allegations, he declared.
He
condemned the brutal murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch a member of Sindh Assembly
and asked the Government to hold a judicial enquiry into his assassination.
He
pointed out that no human being could rejoice on such an occasion. But there is
no justification to disturb the peace in Sindh province on the excuse of this
murder and promote party politics by any political party. Mr Altaf Hussain
pointed out that last month MQM Supporters in Memon Goth Malir Karcahi, were
threatened of dire consequences for their support of MQM and 5 years old Sassi
and 8 years old Hajra were abducted and brutally killed by the kidnappers. The
MQM lodged its peaceful protest in the strongest term on these killings without
blaming any political party. It is disgraceful that PPP workers destroyed the
MQM mascot and stoned the house of MQM candidate of provincial assembly. Ms
Benazir Bhutto did not uttar a word of sympathy to the families of two little
girls but instantly trying to blame the MQM for the murder of Abdullah Murad
Baloch. How did Ms Bhutto come to know that a group within the Sindh Government
is responsible for his murder?
Mr
Altaf Hussain demanded Benazir Bhutto and other PPP leaders to divulge the names
of those responsible for the murder of her brother Murtaza Bhutto instead of
maligning the name of MQM in the murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch.Through false
accusation is PPP trying to convey that they are responsible for the killings of
Sassi and Hajra, he asked. He further said that it seems that PPP is itself
involved in the murder of Abdullah Murad and is trying to destabilize the Sindh
Government and to create law and order situation in Sindh. PPP is also trying to
misguide the murder investigation of innocent Sassi and Hajra to save their
brutal murderers. He said that it is on the record of the Supreme Court that
thousands of MQM workers were extra-judicially killed in the tenure of Benazir
Bhutto’s government. PPP’s appointed interior Minister Naseerullah Babar
butchered the innocent youngsters of Karachi, including the great grandson of
Moulana Hasrat Mohani, my elder brother Nasir Hussain and nephew Arif Hussain
and thousands of innocent workers who were extra-judicially killed for political
vendetta. It is on newspaper’s record that Naseerullah Babar gave the
statement that he doesn’t believe in the judicial process but his practice
is to arrest and kill.
Mr
Hussain further said that the PPP government arrested Ms Rais Fatima a party
worker and kept her under unlawful detention for eleven months while issuing
consistent denial of her detention and arrest. Commenting on the demand of
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) for the resignation of Sindh government on the
murder of Abdullah Murad Baloch, Mr Hussain said that MMA is part of Balochistan
government but they did not resign from the government. Though more then hundred
innocent people were killed in Quetta on the day of Ashura. Similarly the
leaders of MMA made tall claims of protest over military operation in Wana,
Waziristan, but when the operation started MMA did not dare to resign from the
NWFP government in the protest of this operation. He asked the MMA leader to act
on their own advice instead of advising others. Mr Hussain said that every
Pakistani knows about the politics of deceit and cheat of these so-called
religious parties who use the name of Islam for their vested interest in
politics. Mr Hussain further stated that political awareness is spreading
amongst the poor peasants, labourers and educated people of Sindh and no feudal
and wadera can create rift between urdu speaking and sindhi speaking people of
Sindh now. The PPP should realize that their feudal system is on the verge of
collapse. Now the educated poor and middle class people will get elected for the
assemblies and the Senate from every area of Sindh including Larkana. He
asked the office bearers and workers of the MQM to prepare themselves physically
and mentally for any situation. He declared that if MQM is persecuted then the
people from all over Sindh will protest including Karachi and Hyderabad and it
would be impossible to suppress their protests. Mr Hussain asked the workers and
people to be alert against any conspiracy, not to pay any heed to rumours and
try to maintain the peaceful atmosphere.