Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has offered condolence on the brutal murder of Umar Muhammad Khan, member of MQM Pukhtun Organizing Committee.

Mr Hussain sympathized with the bereaved family and said that he and the workers of the MQM shared the grief equally. He prayed for the divine forgiveness and eternal peace of the departed soul. He also prayed Almighty Allah to give courage and patience to the family members to bear the loss.

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has said that women were the integral part of the society, and the MQM gave utmost importance to the restoration of their rights and deserving status in the society. He said this while talking to famous TV artists Samina Pirzada and Faizan Pirzada on the telephone.

Samina Pirzada and Faizan Pirzada called Mr Hussain to congratulate him on the historic public meeting of women held on 19^th February in Bagh-i-Quaid-i-Azam. The artists said that the public meeting of women was the breath of fresh air in the suffocated atmosphere of the country. They said that the MQM deserved commendation on bringing about this change in the country.

They urged upon Mr Hussain to continue making efforts for uniting women and mobilizing them. Mr Hussain agreed with the views expressed by Samina Pirzada and Faizan Pirzada and said that the MQM would keep on striving for eliminating injustices against women and giving them their rightful status in the society even if it had to face stiff opposition.