ATTACK ON NORTHERN ALLIANCE COMMANDER AHMED SHAH MASOOD IS A COWARDLY AND SHAMEFUL ACT – ALTAF HUSSAIN

London-11 September 2001

Mr Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), strongly condemning the attack on the life of the Northern Alliance Commander Ahmed Shah Masood said that the assassination attempt was a cowardly and shameful act. He said that the attack was also against war conventions, which manifested that the opponents of Commander Masood having failed to defeat him in the war resorted to this deceptive act, which was a clear proof of their weakness, frustration and cowardly nature.

Mr Altaf Hussain flaying the attack stated that only cowardly people engaged in war adopt these deceptive methods. He asked the international human rights organisations including the Amnesty International and all the principled, democratic and peace loving nations to raise their voice against this brutal assassination attempt.

Mr Altaf Hussain expressed his sympathies with the followers and family members of Commander Ahmed Shah Masood and prayed for him.