The Deputy Convener of MQM’s Co-ordination Committee Dr Farooq Sattar has said that the MQM is doing practical efforts to rid, the business community of Karachi, of the extortion and parchi mafia. He was addressing the meeting of the business community including manufacturers and traders. The meeting was organized by the MQM in a local hotel.

In an impassioned speech that included critiques of clerics and the judiciary, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain asked the Pakistan Army, Inter-Services Intelligence and other agencies to shut up shop if they could not “protect people”.

The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has said that a majority of the people of Pakistan do not have the feelings of hatred and animosity towards India. They love the people of India and want friendship, peace and trade between the two countries to grow instead of pursuing hostilities. He said this while talking at the Governor House in Karachi to Mrs Sampa Arya and Mrs Madhu Sharma, wives of the Indian hostages on the ship MV Suez that was released from the captivity of the Somali pirates.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday strongly condemned the death of the party’s Landhi Sector worker Mohammad Iqbal at the hands of terrorists.

In a condolence message issued on Thursday, the MQM chief while sympathizing with the members of the deceased worker said that he was equally grieved over the tragedy and urged the workers not to lose their patience over tragic incidence.

He prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant fortitude to the members of the deceased family to bear this irreparable loss.