ALTAF HUSSAIN DID NOT ACCEPT A SINGLE PENNY FROM
ANY AGENCY OR THEIR PROXIES: MQM SPOKESMAN
THE ONLY CRIME OF ALTAF HUSSAIN WAS THAT HE
HAD SPURNED ALL ATTEMPTS BY THE AGENCIES TO BUY HIS CONSCIENCE
LONDON: 8TH MARCH 2012
The spokesman of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has stated
unequivocally and in no uncertain terms, that Mr Altaf Hussain had never taken a
single penny from the ISI, any other government agency or any other individual
and there was no truth in the allegations levelled against him by certain
people.
The spokesman declared it was a fact that the government agencies had made
numerous attempts to buy off Mr Hussain. In 1988 Brigadier Imtiaz of the ISI had
brought money to Mr Hussain from General Hamid Gul but Mr Hussain had refused to
take it. This was acknowledged by Brigadier Imtiaz sometimes ago on the media.
Likewise, in 1990 Brigadier Hamid had brought money to Mr Hussain from General
Mirza Aslam Beg but Mr Hussain had refused to accept that as well. The affidavit
submitted by the then head of the ISI General Assad Durrani in the Supreme
Court, containing the list of the politicians who had accepted money from the
ISI, is testimony to the fact that Mr Hussain did not accept the money as his
name is not in the list. The sworn statement of General Assad Durrani was a part
of the record of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The spokesman said that the allegations against Mr Hussain from the former head
of the Mehran Bank of accepting money through one Yousuf Advocate was an utter
lie, and the MQM condemns it in the strongest possible terms.
The spokesman said that the only crime of Mr Hussain was that he had spurned all
attempts by the government agencies and their proxies to buy off his conscience.
It was because of that refusal to sell off his conscience that unfounded
allegations were levelled against him in the past in order to smear his image in
public. Attempts were being made to mislead the public by making fabricated and
baseless allegations against Mr Hussain.
The spokesman said that the leadership of the MQM was clean having a clear
conscience and ready to defend the allegations at every forum.