MQM – A terrorist outfit and the next Mukti Bahini in the making!!

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MQM plan to destroy Pakistan

The Indian Express (September 22) carries an article on the edit page by Saeed Naqvi thatgraphically describes a meeting of top Sindhi, Baluchi and Pakhtoon leaders in London's Action Hall

recently demanding azadi (freedom) from Pakistan. And they are not ordinary hirelings of RAW as thePakistani administration would claim, but the most high-profile leaders like MQM's Altaf Hussain,

Ataullah Mengal of Baluchistan, Mahmood Khan Achakzai of Pakhtoonistan and Syed Imdad MohammedShah of Sindh. Naqvi says it (the meeting) was the second burial of the two-nation theory, the first

being the creation of Bangladesh.

http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15-10-2000/Art15.htm

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This is Indian media website. This is an incredible interview of an innocent

Kashmiri held by Indian RAW. One of the charges on his friends was that

they provided lists of MQM men hiding in India to Pakistan!!!!!! MQM

men hiding in India and that is a State secret in India for which people are

prosecuted!!!

http://www.thehoot.org/story.asp?storyid=Web210214166209hoot232003703&pn=1

The third case involved a sub-inspector of the Uttar Pradesh police from the Local IntelligenceUnit. His name is Wazi Akhtar Zaidi and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) said that he supplied a list of

MQM activists based in Uttar Pradesh to Pakistan. They were never able to find any proof but what

they did 'find' is a map of the Meerut Cantonment area in his house and on the basis of that he has

been put into Tihar. He has had no hearing

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Anti Pakistan Statement by Altaf Hussain on ISI during visit to

India

by Arun Rajnath

November 7, 2004

Altaf Hussain Says Idea of Pakistan Was Dead at Its Inception

www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/leadership2005/summit2004/altaf_hussain.pdf

Leader of the Sindh-based political party MQM, Mr Altaf Hussain stunned his audience at an internationalconference on Friday declaring that the "idea of Pakistan was dead at its inception. "

The NDTV quoted him as saying: "The division of the subcontinent was the biggest blunder...it was notthe division of land, it was the division of blood. "

He wants India to open its doors to every Mohajir, the Muslim refugees who went to Pakistan after thepartition. "I appeal to the politicians here to forgive the people who left and let them return, " said

Hussain.
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Talking about Pakistan, Hussain said: "The scenario is so depressing that leadership of the day openlyadmits that the country would fall apart if the army did not run its affairs. What does it tell you? To me itsignifies a telling blow to the very idea of Pakistan, a homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent, andthe two-nation theory, which continues to wreck untold miseries on the people of this region for the past

five decades.

"Muslims are fighting and killing each other on the basis of tribal and linguistic affinity, sectarian strife isworse than ever before. Mosques and madrassas are but flourishing businesses. The less educated the PeshImam, the more popular and affluent he is likely to be. The advocates of Jihad, a medieval concept to tame

the infidel, are wantonly killing followers of the faith as they visit places of worship.

"Perhaps the idea of Pakistan was dead at its inception, when the majority of Muslims chose to stay backafter partition, a truism reiterated in the creation of Bangladesh in 1971. If you need further evidence, lookat the plight of 300,000 stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh for three decades in their passage to the chosen

land. Unwanted by both Bangladesh and Pakistan, led by an unknown destiny, " he said.

The NDTV report described Hussain as the clear star on the second and final day of the Hindustan TimesLeadership Initiative conclave in Delhi. It said in an emotional speech lasting about an hour, Hussain

spoke about human rights abuses against Mohajirs in Pakistan, betrayal by former prime ministers NawazSharif and Benazir Bhutto and the need to find a peaceful solution to the issue of Kashmir.

"The choice before us in Pakistan today is not Musharraf or democracy but between army and even morearmy, " he said.

NDTV said Hussain, who started life as a taxi driver in New York, has his own take on how to start afresh

on Indo-Pak relations.

"When you reach a dead end, your car cannot move ahead. What option do you have? Reverse the gear onthe car and go back to where we started...when we were one country, " said Hussain. Explaining why he

was part of a military government, Altaf Hussain said his party was not comfortable with the politicalarrangement. "Why then, you may well ask, are we a part of the Government, which perpetuates army

rule by undermining democracy and its institutions. We have paid a heavy price for pursuing our politicalobjectives in a country where democracy is controlled. Given the circumstances which prevail, our desire

to serve the helpless deprived and exploited peoples of Pakistan have indeed led us into politicalarrangements which we are neither comfortable in nor would deem desirable in better circumstances, " he

said

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Speaking the voice of Indian foreign office, Altaf demands what Indians

dream!!

Convert LoC into IB: MQM chief6 November 2004

The Daily Excelsior

Daily Excelsior Correspondent

New Delhi: Favouring conversion of Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir intoInternational Border, Muttahida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain today said India and

Pakistan should engage in a dialogue on others issues related to development and uplift of people.'LoC can well be used as the basis to begin negotiations by virtue of being a ground reality, whichhas existed for the past three decades. I am saying, use this as a basis or option to begin talks untilsuch a time that a practical alternative is found,' he said in his speech at the Hindustan Times


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Leadership Initiative Conference. 'What is wrong with it? if both the countries resolve thatcrossing this line would be considered as aggression, doesnt it in laymans terms amount toInternational Border,' Hussain said and added that if this was not the option, then the otheralternative left was 'having another war'. Hussain said his plea was to allow people prosper and thetwo countries should divert critically required funds from defence to social and economic sections.'Let us arm our children with education, health and hygiene and not with nuclear bombs andmissiles.' He lauded Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for making a 'courageous' statement todiscard plebiscite as an option. 'For the past 57 years, the leaders of Pakistan had not only misled

the nation but also failed it by depriving Pakistani people of basic amenities under the rubric ofKashmir.' The MQM leader said restriction on bilateral trade have forced both India and Pakistanto import goods from third countries while 'Indo-Pak trade will ensure cheaper raw material andlow transportation resulting in potential for quality products at competitive prices for consumers inboth countries and larger markets for manufacturers.' Hussain also highlighted the plight ofMuhajirs (refugees who went to Pakistan during partition) and said India should work to expediteopening of Munnabao-Khokrapar railway link so that the refugees could come back. Later at apress conference, he defended his decision to extend support to Musharraf saying this wouldensure that the country does not slip into the hands of fundamentalists. 'On one hand, we haveMusharraf and on the other we have several religious, fanatic forces who are capable of turningPakistan into yet another Tora Bora,' Hussain said. He defended Musharrafs decision to continue

as the Chief of Pakistani Army saying 'sometimes you have no other option.' Asked why he wasnot being allowed to visit Pakistan though he is so appreciative of Musharraf, Hussain said 'well,the President himself has survived two assassination bids. I only wonder what will happen to me.'He said extra-judicial killings in Sindh had come down drastically. Later Hussan had a one-to-onemeeting with External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh.

MQM:

1. It is the general known fact amongst all religious, political and nationalist parties thatMQM is a terrorist, fascist and militant mafia gang run by Don, who is being patronized byIndia and have closest ties with sub-nationalist militant groups like BLA. Benazir slaughteredthem, Nawaz kept them in their limits but Musharraf gave them unprecedented power,authority and clout that now Altaf Hussein is openly talking about his options as futurePresident or Prime Minister of the country.

2. MQM is most staunch enemy of all major development projects which President

Musharraf wants to launch in the country including Kalabagh Dam and Baluchistan megaprojects.

3. MQM is also a strongly anti-army and anti-Punjab group and demands majorconstitutional changes for greater provincial freedom just on the lines of Akbar Bugti and othersub-nationalists. The central theme of its ideology is based on hate of the federation andestablishment and Pakistan army.

4. Extremely close to India. Altaf Hussein gets VVIP treatment in India and also follows thesame line as Indian foreign office on partition of India, creation of Pakistan and two nationstheory. It is also said that he is directly funded by Indian establishment.

5. Their leader, Altaf Hussein, uneducated, uncouth man, a demagogue and full of hate,

who once joined army as ordinary Sepoy but was shunted out on medical grounds. All histeam consists of those members who are accused to have dozens of cases of serious offensivesincluding murders, kidnappings and extortions on them. He himself lives in UK, has Britishpassport and cannot come for fear of his life at the hands of rival factions.

6. From the governor to the sweeper on the Karachi streets, MQM has now risen to

unprecedented powers in its 30 years history. There is a lot of blood on MQMs hands andeven now it is feared that millions are being siphoned by the party for rainy days and to support

their future plans in the country. MQM now plans to take part in the elections at the nationallevels with Altaf Hussein expressing his desires to become future king maker in the country.


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7. The biggest weakness of MQM is that it is an isolated gang in the country, with no respect

within political and religious parties. They are seen as terrorists and their leadership isseriously tainted with serious crimes. They are youth who have started as street gangs and nowhave risen to become unchallenged rulers in Sindh but they remain hated even by their ownranks due to their iron hand tactics and elimination of dissenting voices. That is why factionshave been created within them and their leader stays out for fear of his life for his sins in thecity.

If Pakistan politics was murky, it is going to get outright sinister in the coming days. It may soundincredible to analysts of Pakistani politics but the fact is that MQM chief Altaf Hussein is now

eyeing to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan!!!!. We are not insane nor this is our idea of a practical joke on our valued readers but this is how the Karachi based sub-nationalist group now perceivethemselves to be. This emerging phenomenon needs serious and careful analysis and this week we aregoing to initiate first of our many future reports on the subject.

Lets analyses the statements and actions of MQM and Altaf Hussein in the past few weeks andparticularly ever since they struck a (secret) deal with the Prime Minister over their cooperation in Sindh

couple of weeks back. The statements are incredible and could have been dismissed if they were notbacked by some real and practical steps on the ground.

1. Altaf Hussein says he does not want to become PM or President of the country but wants to servethe oppressed masses.

2. Altaf Hussein orders MQM to open offices all over the country and to emerge as the majornational party in the next elections.

3. Altaf Hussein says he will contest national assembly election next year.

4. Altaf says MQM will dislodge PPP in their stronghold of Larkana in Sindh.

5. MQMs new office attacked by rival political parties in Faisalabad.

6. MQM announce massive public rally in Lahore city to launch their national election campaign.

7. MQM hold first ever shows of political strength in PPP stronghold of Liyari in Karachi, creatingfriction with PPP.

8. PPP and Nawaz Shareef accuse Musharraf government of giving green signal to the MQM andAltaf Hussein of full governmental support to emerge as major party in national assembly in thenext elections.

9. MQM threaten to quit coalition in Sindh unless all its demands are not met. (Their demands were

met and they were given more powers and control over provincial resources and jobs).

10. MQM emerge as major relief organization in earth quake affected zone and open its offices inKashmir region and starts membership drive.

11. Religious parties blame MQM for Karachi blast which eliminated entire ST leadership, the rivalparty to MQM in city. The provincial interior minister blames religious extremists and makes nomentions of the investigations these days. The investigations seem to have hit dead end.

There is absolutely no doubt that today MQM is in a massive mobilization over drive to launch

itself as a major national party to emerge as a kingmaker group in the next National assembly in

2007. They have already taken all they could in Sindh from sweeper to Governor all belong to


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MQM, under the patronage of President Musharraf. Whether they will be able to achieve thatincredible objective or not depends upon many unseen and fluid factors which we will discuss now.

MQM and Kashmir:

There is no doubt that presence of MQM and their loyalists in Kashmir would be taken with great

joy in Delhi due to open and declared cordial relations between Altaf Hussein and Indian

establishment. Altaf follows the Indian foreign policy line on Kashmir that the LoC should be

accepted as de-fecto border or both countries should delay the matter indefinitely . These are music toIndian ears but nightmare for Pakistans security establishment and also for the Kashmiri militantsfighting to seek independence from Indian rule.

What the world Media and Think tanks says about MQM:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQM

Wikipedia is a free Web encyclopedia run by Americans. Lets see what they say about MQM.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (Urdu: ) generally known as MQM, is a political party inPakistan founded and currently led by Altaf Hussain. It originated as an ethnic student organization in1978 from University of Karachi[1]. The students movement later turned into an influential political partyofSindh. Later on July 26,1997, MQM officially changed its name from Muhajir Qaumi Movement toMuttahida Quami Movement. [2]

MQM is infamous for its frequent involvement in terrorist activities although its leaders routinely deny

such accusations. International organizations such as the UNHCRand the United States Department ofState frequently cite examples of MQM's involvement in terrorism, especially within Karachi, Pakistan'scommercial center.[1][2][3][4]

Making of MQM

In order to fill the political vacuum and bridge the gap betweenUrdu speaking faction and concernedauthorities of government, APMSO restructured asMuhajir Qaumi Movement on March 18,1984[3].NOW, the name is of APMSO (All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organization).

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1992 military operation

In order to crush this insurgency in Urban areas of Sindh, an operation was launched by Pakistan Army inJune 19, 1992. Altaf Hussain, the founder of MQM, had already fled to London6 months prior to theoperation in order to avoid prosecution, where he is currently taking a refuge in England.Chaos,mugging,murder,rape and terror reigned on the streets of karachi months prior to the militaryoperation.But,kidnapping of an serving army officer(Major)and brutal killing was arguably the straw thatbroke camel's back.Letters MQM were reportedly carved on the body of "shaheed"or"martyered"armyofficer according to independent Pakistani newspapers. Government finally reponded with force Arrestingalleged terrorists and there were allegations of extra judicial killing known as "Encounter" and "PoliceMuqaabla".MQM soon realised they have overestimated the patience of federal government and sued forpeace,the 1992 operation according to independent analysis crippled mqm's ability to use terror tactictsand it has never been able to regain pre 1992 power. Warrants were issued for Altaf Hussain and he is still

on the "wanted"list of pakistani authorities.

1992 military opertion led to splitting of MQM into two factions [4]. The majority faction was led byAltaf Hussain, whereas the smaller faction, MQM (H), retained the original name, Mohajir Qaumi
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Movement. This split resulted in the bloodiest times of Karachi's history, when rival factions startedtargeting each other[5].

On November1994, army was withdrawn from law enforcement duties in Sindh, to be replaced withparamilitary Rangers and specially trained police. To remove extremist elements from the party,Government of Pakistan adopted a policy of extra-judicial killing, instead of prosecution. Between 1995and 1996, hundreds of proclaimed offenders with active association with MQM were extra-judiciallykilled by Rangers and police, sometimes in cold blood. (Pakistan Chronology 1947-1997, published byMinistry of Information and Media, ISBN 969-507-000-0

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The crackdown on MQM successfully eliminated terrorist elements, and restored order in Karachi, but theatmosphere in which it was carried out raised several human rights concerns. Primary reason cited by thethen President, Farooq Leghari, on the dismissal ofBenazir Bhutto's government in1996, was also humanright abuses committed during crackdown on the MQM.

Recent trend

MQM initially targeted just the Urdu speakingpeople, who migrated to Pakistan after the independence in1947. Since 1997, it has started to aim downtrodden masses at the national level, with a manefesto toimprove low social and economic status of the Sindh. Although it has turned into a national political party,working in all major cities ofPakistan, its representation in non-Urdu speaking areas remains negligible.

MQM boycotted 2001municipal elections but participated in 2002national election and secured most ofthe urban areas seats in Sindh province. Altaf Hussain supported, General Pervez Musharraf's U-turn onAfghan-policy after 9-11 attacks.

In August 2005, Haq Parast candidates, supported by MQM, won the municipal elections in Karachi,Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpur Khas and many other cities of Sindh. The daily Dawn editorial

At present, MQM is an ally of President Musharrafin federal government but still has its own viewpointon various issues including LFO, Kalabagh Damand NFC Award. [6]

MQM tried to change it's policy which restrained it to Urdu speaking people recently,opening offices inother provinces including Punjab(formerly MQM was famous for anti punjab attitude)with no sucess.Thispolicy according to various circles is an attempt by musharraf to strengthen his rule and has badly

backfired. MQM was sucessful in winning two seats in Azad Kashmir national assembly,although most ofpro-mqm votes were casted in the camps established for earth quake survivors in karachi and there wasallegations of rigging but results were not challenged in courts

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Opposing views

It is generally believed in Pakistan that MQM was created by theInter-Services Intelligence (ISI), mainmilitary intelligence agency in Pakistan. Many people from Karachi and other parts of Pakistan have verystrong views about MQM, due to their role in Karachi's law and order situation. It was created to break thestronghold ofBenazir Bhutto in her home province, Sindh. ISI believed that the ethnic tension betweenSindhis and Muhajirs will distract Benazir Bhutto and her political party, Pakistan Peoples Party, from

launching campaign against the military government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Altaf Hussainwas living in Chicago at that time and he was called to form a Muhajir ethnic political party with fundssupplied by ISI.

The success of MQM in attracting support of Muhjairs both surprised and scared the ISI. This unexpectedpopularity helped MQM to chart its own independent political course rather than follow the ISI agenda.MQM went out of control of ISI and began a violent struggle for Muhajirs that turned Karachi into avirtual war-zone. In 1992, after months of extreme violence by the MQM, Pakistan Army launched amilitary operation to restore law and order in Karachi. The MQM gunmen were killed or arrested,armories and torture rooms were destroyed. The Army involvement is an indication of the seriousness ofthe crisis that MQM perpetrated in Karachi

UN body UNHCR says about MQM:

http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=RSDCOI&page=research&id=414fe5aa4

U.S. Department of

Homeland Security,

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Pakistan: Information on Mohajir/Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-

A)

Query:

Provide information on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) in Pakistan.

Response:

SUMMARY

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) has been widely accused of human rightsabuses since its founding two decades ago. It claims to represent Mohajirs Urdu-speaking

Muslims who fled to Pakistan from India after the 1947 partition of the subcontinent, and theirdescendants.

In the mid-1990s, the MQM-A was heavily involved in the widespread political violence thatwracked Pakistan's southern Sindh province, particularly Karachi, the port city that is the country's

commercial capital. MQM-A militants fought government forces, breakaway MQM factions, andmilitants from other ethnic-based movements. In the mid-1990s, the U.S. State Department,

Amnesty International, and others accused the MQM-A and a rival faction of summarykillings, torture, and other abuses (see, e.g., AI 1 Feb 1996; U.S. DOS Feb 1996). The MQM-

A routinely denied involvement in violence.

BACKGROUND

The current MQM-A is the successor to a group called the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) that wasfounded by Altaf Hussein in 1984 as a student movement to defend the rights of Mohajirs, who by

some estimates make up 60 percent of Karachi's population of twelve million. At the time, Mohajirs

were advancing in business, the professions, and the bureaucracy, but many resented the quotas thathelped ethnic Sindhis win university slots and civil service jobs. Known in English as the National

Movement for Refugees, the MQM soon turned to extortion and other types of racketeering toraise cash. Using both violence and efficient organizing, the MQM became the dominant

political party in Karachi and Hyderabad, another major city in Sindh. Just three years after its

founding, the MQM came to power in these and other Sindh cities in local elections in 1987 (AI 1 Feb1996; U.S. DOS Feb 1997, Feb 1999; HRW Dec 1997).

The following year, the MQM joined a coalition government at the national level headed by BenazirBhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which took power in elections following the death of military

leader General Zia ul-Haq. This marked the first of several times in the 1980s and 1990s that the MQMjoined coalition governments in Islamabad or in Sindh province. Meanwhile, violence between the MQM

and Sindhi groups routinely broke out in Karachi and other Sindh cities (AI 1 Feb 1996; Jane's 14 Feb2003).

In 1992, a breakway MQM faction, led by Afaq Ahmed and Aamir Khan, launched the MQM Haqiqi(MQM-H), literally the "real" MQM. Many Pakistani observers alleged that the MQM-H was supported by

the government of Pakistan to weaken the main MQM led by Altaf Hussein, which became known as

the MQM-A (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). Several smaller MQM factions also emerged, although most of thesubsequent intra-group violence involved the MQM-A and the MQM-H (AI 1 Feb 1996; U.S. DOS Feb

1999; Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

Political violence in Sindh intensified in 1993 and 1994 (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). In 1994, fighting among

MQM factions and between the MQM and Sindhi nationalist groups brought almost daily killings inKarachi (U.S. DOS Feb 1995). By July 1995, the rate of political killings in the port city reached anaverage of ten per day, and by the end of that year more than 1,800 had been killed (U.S. DOS Feb

1996).

The violence in Karachi and other cities began abating in 1996 as soldiers and police intensified their

crackdowns on the MQM-A and other groups (Jane's 14 Feb 2003). Pakistani forces resorted to staged"encounter killings" in which they would shoot MQM activists and then allege that the killings took

place during encounters with militants (U.S. DOS Feb 1996). Following a crackdown in 1997, theMQM-A adopted its present name, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or United National Movement,

which also has the initials MQM (HRW Dec 1997).

MQM-A leader Hussein fled in 1992 to Britain, where he received asylum in 1999 (Jane's 14

Feb 2003). The MQM-A is not on the U.S. State Department's list of foreign terrorist

organizations (U.S. DOS 23 May 2003).

While the multifaceted nature of the violence in Sindh province in the 1980s and 1990s at times madeit difficult to pinpoint specific abuses by the MQM-A, the group routinely was implicated in rights

abuses. In 1992 after the Sindh government called in the army to crack down on armed groups in theprovince, facilities were discovered that allegedly were used by the MQM-A to torture and at times kill

dissident members and activists from rival groups. In 1996, Amnesty International said that the PPPand other parties were reporting that some of their activists had been tortured and killed by the MQM-

A (AI 1 Feb 1996).

The MQM-A and other factions also have been accused of trying to intimidate journalists. In

one of the most flagrant cases, in 1990 MQM leader Hussein publicly threatened the editor

of the monthly NEWSLINE magazine after he published an article on the MQM's alleged use

of torture against dissident members (U.S. DOS Feb 1991). The following year, a prominentjournalist, Zafar Abbas, was severely beaten in Karachi in an attack that was widely blamed

on MQM leaders angered over articles by Abbas describing the party's factionalization. Thesame year, MQM activists assaulted scores of vendors selling DAWN, Pakistan's largest

English-language newspaper, and other periodicals owned by Herald Publications (U.S. DOS


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Feb 1992).

The MQM-A has also frequently called strikes in Karachi and other cities in Sindh province and used

killings and other violence to keep shops closed and people off the streets. During strikes, MQM-Aactivists have ransacked businesses that remained open and attacked motorists and pedestrians who

ventured outside (U.S. DOS Feb 1996; Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

The MQM-A allegedly raises funds through extortion, narcotics smuggling, and othercriminal activities. In addition, Mohajirs in Pakistan and overseas provide funds to the

MQM-A through charitable foundations (Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

Since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, the MQM-A has been increasinglycritical of Islamic militant groups in Pakistan. The MQM-A, which generally has not targeted Western

interests, says that it supports the global campaign against terrorism (Jane's 14 Feb 2003).

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the

RIC within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to themerit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

References:

Amnesty International (AI). HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS IN KARACHI (1 Feb 1996, ASA 33/01/96),

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA330011996?open&of=ENG-PAK [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

Human Rights Watch (HRW). WORLD REPORT 1998, "Pakistan" (Dec 1997),

http://www.hrw.org/worldreport/Asia-09.htm#P823_214912 [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]Jane's Information Group (Jane's). JANE'S WORLD INSURGENCY AND TERRORISM-17, "Muthida [sic]

Qaumi Movement (MQM-A)" (14 Feb 2003), http://www.janes.com [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). "Foreign Terrorist Organizations" (23 May 2003),

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2003/12389.htm [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

U.S. Department of State (U.S. DOS). COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 1998,

"Pakistan" (Feb 1999),http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/pakistan.html [Accessed 6 Feb

2004]


"Pakistan" (Feb 1997),

http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1996_hrp_report/pakistan.html [Accessed 6 Feb2004]


"Pakistan" (Feb 1996),http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1995_hrp_report/95hrp_report_sasia/Pakistan.html

[Accessed 6 Feb 2004]


"Pakistan" (Feb 1995),http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/democracy/1994_hrp_report/94hrp_report_sasia/Pakistan.html

[Accessed 6 Feb 2004]


"Pakistan" (Feb 1992).


"Pakistan" (Feb 1991).

Attachments:

Jane's Information Group (Jane's). JANE'S WORLD INSURGENCY AND TERRORISM-17, "Muthida [sic]Qaumi Movement (MQM-A)" (14 Feb 2003), http://www.janes.com [Accessed 6 Feb 2004]

A US government Think Tank Federation of

American scientists says about MQM:

http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/mqm_factsheet.htm

Classification:

Nationalist/Separatist

FACTSHEET ON MQMThere is a Gujarati saying that when one falls out of favor with luck, one may ride on a camel and be still bitten by a dog.The Mohajir Qaumi Movement faces a similar situation. It can change as many faces as it likes: from All PakistanMohajir Students Organization to MQM, from Haqp Parast (worshippers of truth) to Mohajir Rights Front, from Mohajir

Tiger Force to MQM international wing, from Muthaidda Qaumi Movement to Rabita Committee; but it cannot help itsluck. It is what it is _____ a destructive instrument in the hands of its highly whimsical supreme, the one and only AltafHussain.
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So it is a duty of government to tell the people what MQM stands for, whether it is a political group or a gang ofterrorists, who are these deserting rats, what do they want, how do they treat places like Kashmir, Pakistan and Karachi,why do they kill, why do they promise to send dead bodies, who do they serve by heightening linguistic feelings, why dothey hit transformers and leave people to roast in heat, why do they burn transport, why do they target personnel of lawenforcing agencies why do they torture common people, why do they pump bullets into public servants, why have theirbullets torn away life from SHOs Bahadur Ali and Imdad Khatian, DSP Bashir Ahmed Noorani (from Sukkur), fiverelatives of DSP Nisar Khwaja, DSP Tanoli, SDM Mohammad Nawaz Khushk, Journalist Mohammad Salahuddin, AzimAhmad Tariq, Zohair Akram Nadeem Pir Pagaros son-in-law, Salim Malik, KESC Chairman Malik Shahid Hamid???And how finally a renowned scholar, Chairman Hamdard Foundation and Ex-governor Sindh Hakim MohammadSaeed?The government of the federation is under obligation to explain also to the people who robbed their laughter, who turnedthe cosmopolitan of Karachi city, its citizens, its hospitals, parks, roads and avenues, its storage houses, police stationsand assembly houses into exclusive property; who tempted the citizens to sell off all means of recreation and buyguards with the money; who were the people who never started a single development project in Karachi but did everything to destroy the KM.C by controlling it during 1987-92 and the provincial government by controlling it during 1990-92?Government is also called upon to explain the lack of round of MQM, and the role different personalities played in itsorigin, what factors were responsible for the creation of a client class of industrialists and business men which paidprotection money, and was physically forced to pay it in the event of a refusal.Then there is a need to explain why this party (MQM) tends to dishonour the modesty of the womenfolk on popular

level, what conspiracy led to the slaughter of Pathans although the bus that crushed Bushra Zaidi to death was notdriven by a Phatan and how one after the other from Nahid Butt to Shazia to Farzana Sultan to Rais Fatima to SemiZarrin etc etc. the women have in succession been disgraced in what look like nothing but petty political gimmicks?Why the MQM works against everything that pertains to Pakistan, the two-nation theory, its geographical andconstitutional unity, the democracy and the peoples will? Why they collaborate with people like the late G.M. Sayed toup apart the multi-ethnic and cosmopolitan fabric of Karachi first and the whole nation of late.The people would also like the government to explore the historical fact as to why an anti-democracy force and itsadherents abhor the men of letters? The men who have undertaken to defend their country with their blood, thePakistani Army.But all this will require a review of the thoughts propagated by Hitler 65 years ago and of resemblances Altaf Hussainhas with that Nazi leader.

Terrorism in Karachi on Hitlers Footsteps

Antii-State activites of MQMAnti media activites of MQMIndian connection of MQMEcnomical damage in form of MQM's forced strikesUnwrapping the rape dramas

Terrorism in Karachi on Hitlers Footsteps

Just as the world knows all about the nuclear holocaust which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so does it knowabout Hitlers cruelty which left an entire nation paralyzed and divided. So when government says that the Karachiproblem is the problem of the whole country, and that we are fighting the battle for Pakistan in Karachi, they seek toexplain the simple logic that the wiles of Fascist Hitler brought destruction not only on the German nation, but resulted in

the killing of 55 million people all over the world. Just as MQM has wrought havoc on not only the people of Karachi butthe nation at large.

Now we would take the opportunity to see it is really in bad taste to compare Altaf Hussain with Hitler, as some self-preferred terrorists feel. This would depend on the extent to which Altaf Hussain has followed the fascist declarationscanonized by Hitler while founding his party.

Hitlers autobiography, "Mein Kampf" was translated in Urdu by Maulvi Ibrahim Ali Chishti and printed by Lahores LionPress in two volumes (1950 and 1955). In his foreword, the Maulvi stated three distinguishing features of the systemwhich Hitler evolved: use of terrorism to achieve ones aims, preference of racism over nationalism as the basic politicalcreed, and use of peoples power to gain political ascendancy and then discard them. Hitler-power was achieved whenthey announced the Nazi partys manifesto at a public meeting in 1920. The main features of this manifesto which aregiven in the following, reflect on his personality and bent of mind more vividly than any other historical document.

These are

1. Nations destinies are charted by the minority, not the majority,

2. Intellectuals are misguided individuals, suffering from scientific indigestion.

3. Democracy brings anarchy and chaos.

4. Our creed is true, and only this creed is true.

5. Destruction fuelled by violent demagoguery is necessary.

6. The leader requires disciples who oppress others while pretending to protect them from oppression ,

7. Illiterates and nave youngsters are more suitable for the movement

8. The disciple should be trained to act, not ask questions

9. We are not the slaves of public opinion, but its leaders
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10. Newspapers should not be allowed to ride popular will

11. Reject everything that the opponents utter

12. Minimum writing, maximum speaking

13. Street trouble is the life blood of the movement

14. Public demonstrations should not be peaceful

15. Deserters should face death

16. Kill big traitors before small ones

17. Divide and rule

18. A constitution cannot correct political weaknesses

19. Use force in preaching

20. 80 million Germans ought to grow to 250 million in 100 years

21. 12,000 traitors should be put to sword

We invite everyone here to go over these points and take out those, which havent used by Altaf Hussain and his party

in their operations at one time or another. Go briefly over the points once again. The negatives for a terrorist includedemocracy knowledge and learning, newspapers, children,; public debate and peaceful activity. The positives areilliteracy, blind following, the infallible saint, lawlessness, street trouble, minority decisions, rejection of the opposition,and increase in population.

The conspiracy to spread terrorism in Karachi is a pure Hitlerian strategy which consists in occupying whatever belongsto the people, and then repeatedly dispel the impression that such an occupation has taken place; keep repeating thatwe are on the side of justice, and that the rest of the world consists of liars; and that so-and-so is opposed to our ideasbecause he is the enemy of our people. MQM ostensibly seeks to be a civil rights movement, but it conveniently ignoresthat a civil rights movement needs be civil first.

Review the performance of Karachi Municipal Corporation when MQM was in did in power, especially in the light of thisstrategy to have an inkling of what is this all about. For five years during 1987-92, MQM wielded total control over thebillions of rupees of corporations funds. But what was the result? Nothing but more destruction. And it couldnt be

otherwise, because if peoples problems have been solved, who will come to listen to fire-spitting orator dilating on thenput theme of deprivation and helplessness.

The largest agency of urban development put at their disposal for five long years, and all we got in return was the samechain of accusations, complaints of repression, of powerlessness, of being cheated; appeals to the people to use inrevolt, listen to no one but the MQM as these Chaudhries, Waderas and Sardars were out to fleece every penny of whatAppealing to the Army for Justice while attacking the same institution belonged to Karachis people.

While the civic problems went from bad to worse the "nation" was being fed on slogans like "death to Quaids traitors"homeland or coffin", "freedom or death". And just as the civic authority dissolved into a party fief meant for fund raisingand ceremonial purposes, the specter of the leader rose as a symbol of Pirdom, sacrosanct and therefore in fallible, atthe same time attacking every national institution, every sense of hope creaking at the hinges from internal tension, theparty split into two in June 1992, one group identified as MQM Haqiqi and the other called MQM/Haqprast and nowMuthaidda. Later a third group emerged under the leadership of the former party chairman, Azim Ahmed Tariq, and aformer member of the partys central cabinet, S.M. Tariq. Both Muthaidda activists subsequently assassinated these

leaders and their murder blamed on official agencies.

The first to fall was Azim Ahmed Tariq who was eliminated by the terrorists of Altaf who were directly received orderfrom their master through phone calls. But Muthaidda ostensibly mourned his death and held various official agenciesas responsible for it. But confusion subsided when the former chief minister of Sindh, Muzaffar Hussain Shah, declaredon the floor of Sindh Assembly, Azim Tariq was killed by Hashamuz Zafar and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui both activists ofMuthaidda

S.M. Tariq's murder came in the immediate aftermath of the arrest of Hashamuz Zafar by the law enforcing agencies.He was a close aide of Azim Tariq, and a potential witness in his murder case. Muthaidda again held the agenciesresponsible for the murder, and mourned his death amidst touching statements. During 1992-98 almost 450 centralleaders and supporter of MQM (H) were killed and eliminated by the terrorists of Altaf Hussain including MansoorAhmed Khan (Deputy General Secretary of MQM (H), Sardar Ahmed (Finance Secretary of MQM (H) Rehan Umar

Farooqi (Ex Member National Assembly) and many others.

The target killing; process of elimination of political rivals is still going on by the terrorists of MQM. This again remindsone of a Penguin books publication titled " Hitler's Englishman" written by Francis Selwyn .He writes in his book that"just as the Mongols and the Asiatic pirates considered raping women as morality, robbing as the part of civilization andmanslaughter as a favorite pastime, so did Hitler" and now we say so did Altaf Hussain as he is a true disciple of Hitlerthe cruelest manifestation of evil in this century.

But no one can hide facts and that what is the real nature of these barefooted gun-totting terrorists? What ingredientsare the made up of? What soil went into the making of such a beastly spate of fascism, which has eclipsed Karachi'ssun in the wink of an eye?

Everyone knows that Altaf Hussain has shown himself to be an extremely impulsive man who can alter a "principled"stand sooner than one can say Jack Robinson, and often for no obvious reason, unless one takes into account his wellknown tendency for terrorism as a tool of political black mail. A look at the composition of his dialogue team over the lastmany years demonstrates this fact. Just because many of the members of this team could not contrive excuses forterrorism on the dialogue table, they were frequently discarded in favour of others. And saw the replacement of M.A.Jalil with Dr Farooq Sattar, followed by Senator Ashtiaq Azhar and more recently Ajmal Dehlavi and company. The


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same goes for MQM's assembly members, who are changed every time the elections are held so that they wouldn'ttake roots among the masses and carve out an exclusive niche for their own leadership.

ANTI-STATE ACTIVITES OF MQM:

MQM killed thousands of innocent persons including government functionaries. Its first major situational action againstpolitical rivals comes in Pakistan Steel Mills in 1990 when a number of men kidnapped from there. These men weretaken to torture cells in Landhi and Korangi. Since them, torture and murder of army officers, navy functionaries and a

whole range of other professional and non-professional men and women has become a routine. Hundreds andthousands of innocent citizens were eliminated by the terrorists of MQM affair in Karachi. Among them are eminentcitizens, politicians and law-enforcing personal, high government officials, writers like Salahuddin and finally the formerGovernor of Sindh, internationally renowned scholar and social worker Hakim Saeed.

The method is simple. Terrorists chose a government servant and mark his residence. They watch his movements andhis routines. Then, when orders are issued to "resurrect the movement and do his case", the main is whisked away froma convenient spot. The kidnapped is invariably tortured, then killed and his body stuffed in a gunny bag to the dumpedon a street in the quite of the night. The movement of Haqparasti (truth worship) is thus kept alive. In 1995 alone, 120public functionaries were killed in this manner by MQM terrorists.

The question is, if MQM has not been engaged in killing government officials, policemen and members of other ethno-linguistic groups, what has it been doing all these years? A group which is armed to it tee hand given to a foreigninduced philosophy of separatism cannot do much else. The whole country knows that it started the gory tradition of

killing innocent, unarmed civilians in a bid to cause a wedge in the nation.The people of Pakistan want MQM to renounce its anti-state operations, but it is understandably a hard thing for thegroup to do. Its personality and holding power depend on men like Farooq Dada, Asif Zaidi, Ali Mota and the like.Regrettably these men can in one lifetime kill 60 to 65 government officials for the sake of Muthhida glory, but theycannot turn it into a formation fit for human politics.

The whole world knows that Altaf during a telephonic address instigated his audience to chant the slogan "aadhatumhara aadha hamara" (half & Sindh for you, half for us) and this slogan obviously reminds us about another sloganwhich was raised some quarter century ago" Udhr Tum Ider Hum" and the horrible consequences it bought in a form ofDahka Fall. At the end of the meeting a prayer was held which said, "makes us the sons of our soil, O Lord," then thereis Rana Safder Ali Khans threat in the Sindh Assembly, "we will demand the deployment of UN troops in Sindh", orAjmal Dehlavis threat, "give us our rights otherwise India, or some other country may intervene." One also has notforgotten the "break Pakistan" slogan raised by mourners during a funeral procession in February 1994.

MQM's strategy to effect a division of Sindh is reflected in its efforts to point all the parties active in Sindh politics asSindh parties with support base in rural Sindh only, and itself as the sole spokesman of urban Sindh is aimed atboosting its claim for a greater share of power on the one hand, and playing up the non-representation of this populationon the other coming to Sindh's Mohajir; population, it used to be estimated by MQM at around a few million in 1986. In1990, Azim Tariq put it at 10 million. In a petition filed by MQM in the Supreme Court in Jan 1995 - it was mentioned as15 million. Seven months later in September 95 they said it had become 22 million, growing at a preposterous rate ofone million heads every month.

MQM understands one thing. There is no urban - rural dichotomy when it comes to rights, and there are no set formulae- Rights are where the need is. Had it been for geographical area, Tharparker and Dadu would be getting the mostfunds in Sindh and Baluchistan would be claiming a lions share in the federal pool. Had the criterion been the populationPunjab would today be far more developed than Karachi. In Sindh, Karachi with its 10 million population would bereceiving much less compared to rural Sindh where a greater majority of people lives. But this is not the case.

In Karachi 10% of the people of Pakistan have 70% of its wealth. Total population of Pakistan is 130 million and the;population of Karachi which is even less than 10% of total population have 70% of country's wealth, and yet AltafHussain claims that they are being discriminated against. The truth is that Altaf wants all this wealth for himself. Hepublicly ordered Mohajirs not to pay taxes as these taxes are used to develop poorer areas of Pakistan. And then he;professes to be the protector of the federation. Altaf knows this and wants to separate so that he has it all to himself.

In spite of the fact that Karachi remains the most prosperous city of Pakistan, offering unequaled facilities of urbanlivelihood, the best industrial infrastructure and the highest rate of employment, a major share of Sindh's developmentfunds continues to go into the city because its growing size makes the upgradation of its infrastructure imperative. RS121 billion have been earmarked as the Karachi package for various schemes in this regard. This is much more thanwhat is getting in to rural areas. .

The urban - rural dichotomy is just an force put up to fuel hatred and MQM falls for it as any fascist organisation wouldfall for it is a dependable tool of scaring people into subjection.

INDIAN CONNECTION OF MQM:

The government has repeatedly called upon Muthaidda to close its training camps in India and call back Javed Langhraand others to the country. Altaf and his party responded that leveling such an allegation against a party was not only acrime, it was violate of the security of the country.

According to Altaf and his Muthaidda there are no training camps in India but Javed Langrha lives there because it is ademocratic country. It also says that thousands of other workers went abroad to escape persecution. It does not sayhow many, but if we take it at 20,000 who paid for their fare? They must have spent well over a billion rupees.

But here money is not the issue (Altaf's Muthaidda was a multi billion-rupee organisation, having robbed with totalimpunity the richest city of Pakistan for more than a decade. The issue is, did thousands really leave the country in1992? All we have heard so far is a few names: Altaf Hussain, his 12 body guards, Salim Shahzad, Anwar Khan, JavedLangrha Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Ishratul Ebad and about hundred others. There may be hundred more phony asylum

seekers in the west, using MQM's cover. To say that they are in thousands is to say that there are 22 million Mohajirs inSindh. It is Master Goebbles at his dirty work again.

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of weapons - Klashnikovs, rocket launchers and hand grenades that are used by MQM terrorists are in use in threezones of this region; Tamil Nadu, Karachi and Afghanistan. All the three zones are divided between different gangstersand warlords, who are spilling blood to strengthen the irrespective bargaining positions. Secondly, enoughcircumstantial evidence exists to suggest that MQM is doing India an overt favour by harming the cause of Pakistan onevery possible platform.

Since 1990, every year Karachi has religiously plunged into an orgy of death and violence at or about February 5, theday that the government of Pakistan observes as the annual black day for Kashmir. MQM's; peak violent action has alsocoincided with other Kashmir related issues, such as the official Pakistani protest over the burning of Charar Sharif or

during the earlier hold out at Dargah Hazrat Bal. Towing this; policy, MQM has brought the issue of Karachi at par withthat of Kashmir in the international media. Although the issue of Kashmir involves a deeper sense of loss, stronglyrooted in the valley's historical consciousness, tying it up with a predominantly criminalised Karachi has neverthelessbeen a victory of sorts for India.

Moreover, Javed Langhra's access to the personal company of Indian minister of interior and other high-ranking officialsis a matter of concern for the government of Pakistan. Not very long ago, the former Indian: Prime Minster, V.P. Singh,had stated that India could not keep quiet over the situation in Karachi any longer. Altaf Hussain's appeals to IndianMuslims to hold protest rallies against Pakistan, are also fresh in our memory. Then there is the incident of(UNHRC)Geneva Conference in which MQM's New York based leader Anwar Khan, delivered a speech and took sides, with theIndian delegation against Pakistan. Altaf Hussain himself ridiculed the two- nation theory and spoke derisively aboutPakistan Army in an interview with the Indian fortnightly magazine, India Today.

He has frequently been clamoring to the world opinion leaders to forget about Bosnia and Kashmir, and to watch

Karachi instead. In the back ground of all these facts, the extra coverage which MQM gets at the Indian radio and TVmedia is a further source of concern to the Pakistani government. Apart from enlisting India's support, Altaf hasrepeatedly sold Karachi to the west as another Hong Kong - all that needs be done is repeat of history when the HongKong was taken away by the British.

Muhttida's coordination committee is ever willing to shoot arrows in the dark, but it cannot be expected to offercomments on ground realities. Nor does it have the courage to convince Altaf Hussain that there is only one way out ofthis situation: end of terrorism and an inclination towards Islamabad rather the new Delhi.

Altaf Hussain was also asked by the government to condemn Indian excesses against Kashmiris, desist from portrayingKarachi (which is a part of Pakistan). At par with Kashmir in international circles and stop its activities in Karachi andabroad which are aimed at diverting the world's attention from Kashmir.

Altaf Hussain established its Indian connection probably a little before 1990. According to some observers, previouslythis connection worked through the mediation of G.M. Syed's workers. But direct contacts were established once Altaf

(because of criminal charges, which he refuses, to face) departed from Pakistan and took permanent abode in London.

A little before the army operation of June 92 Javed Largrha and his comrades slipped into India and, in connivance withthe Indian authorities, started training camps for subversive activities inside Pakistan. Some Muthaidda activists whowere later arrested - among them Naahid Butt's phony brother, Khalid Taqqi - have narrated before the Islamabad presstheir tour to India in the company of Langrha.

The government of Pakistan has a real cause of concern here. Langrah is a fugitive from the law. His stay in Indiamakes him susceptible to Indian pressure to work against Pakistan. India competes with Pakistan in the internationalmarket for textile, leather goods, rice cotton and other commodities. Obviously the Indians will not get on Pakistani shipsto destroy their consignment.

They will rather avail the services of Pakistan's gun totting "political" activists to cripple its economy. It is not surprising,therefore, that Altaf Hussain continues to dish out strike calls in protest over the arrest or killing of criminals who haveeach killed anything from 20 to 50 persons in a brief career of between two to four years. The economic fallout of thesestrikes inevitably goes to favour India.The first time Altaf's Muthidda stayed away from the government's annual, February 5 Kashmir Day protest was in 1990.The Kashmiri intifada was a year old then, and the Indian government was already feeling the heat. Relief came fromMuthidda on February 6 and 7, when unprecedented violence started in Karachi and continued for several days. Sincethen the 5th of February has occurred many times, but not a single occasion has seen Altaf's Muthidda joining the anti-India protest over human rights violations in Kashmir. If anything, it has punished the protesters on each occasion byresorting to terrorist attacks in Karachi and Hhyderabad. For example in such an attack in Liaquatabad killed 10 campfollowers of Harkat-ul-Ansaar, a Kashmiri organisation. A pro- Altaf morning newspaper and another sympatheticeveninger put headlines that read, "5 die in Kashmir, 10 in Karachi".

Such comparisons are the core of Altaf Hussain's present propaganda technique, and the newspapers that arepromoting this propaganda have been eliciting Altaf's Muthidda armed support against two rival newspapers of Karachi.

During the 47

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UN Conference which was held at Geneva MQM circulated to the delegates two specially preparedbooklets; a 91-page book titled "Pakistan: where the State Kills", and the 64-page "Pakistan" A Terrorist State". Theconcluding lines of the first booklet read,"there is no doubts whatsoever that Mohajirs in Pakistan are subject to thesame atrocities as the people in Bosnia, Kashmir and Rwanda". The second booklet uses excerpts from domestic andforeign material to prove that Pakistan is involved in lawlessness in Kashmir on the one hand, and serves as a base forIslamic terrorists on the other.

During this conference, MQM Anwar Khan interrupted the speech of Pakistani delegate with disgust, which not evenenemies' display at such civilized forum.

During 1996 and 1997 the terrorist of MQM somehow again managed to enter in the Palle, the UN headquarter inGeneva, Switzerland and distributed various booklets and pamphlets, against Pakistan. Although during this period, thepolitical wing was part of the Sindh Government. During March 1998 the same people of Muthidda namely Anwar, ArifAjakiya with the support help and connivance of anti Pakistan NGOs and Indian organizations not only distributedbooks, but confronted with Pakistani official delegation, Mr. Nehal Hashmi and other peace loving NGOs, who weresupporting a peaceful and just cause.

Since early 90, the International headquarter of MQM based in London is attending various international conferences tocover-up their unlawful terrorist activities and acts nationally and internationally.


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During early 90s, many foreign national including US embassy officials were killed in Karachi by the terrorists of AltafHussain. This leads to create uncertainty and to pass message internationally that Karachi is not a save and securedcity for any foreign, national investors.

ANTI MEDIA ACTIVITES OF MQM:

Altaf and his MQM were asked by the government to renounce its policy of press censorship, and publicly declare that itwill not use threats and direct or indirect pressure to influence the print media.

Altaf's MQM is perhaps the first "political " party in the world which clamped an across the board censorship onnewspapers and kept breathing down the editor neck for more than four years. Hitler had said, "newspapers should notbe allowed to ride popular will". Altaf and MQM followed this dictum to a tee. The code of censorship, which MQMdesigned under the able guidance of Altaf Hussain for the newspapers of Karachi, was impeccably complete."Important" news items and photographs, their size, length and their exact placement on specified pages (mostly frontpage) was dictated to the city's newsrooms from Nine Zero. Anything, which Altaf did not want published, could not seethe light of the day.

MQM's terrorism against the press took its early shape in 1985. By 1987 it had gradually made its presence felt in thenewsrooms. Any departure from Nine - Zero's guidelines brought down the Pir's wrath on the reporter, the sub-editor,the editor, the publisher the owner - anyone in any way connected with the production of that particular section of thenewspaper. Inadvertent violations sent shivers through the entire newspaper establishment.

Daily Jang, being the largest circulated newspaper of the country, tried to break the shackles in earlier days of the Pir

(Altaf Hussain) and he threatened that paper "one paper is becoming a party against "Mohajirs", it should take warning(daily Amn April 6, 1987). The Pir's disciples ultimately in Hyderabad lit up 30,000 copies of the paper on June 21, 1987.Thousands of copies more were burnt in Karachi. On June 24, Jang columnist, Nizam Siddiqui, wrote, "Altaf Hussaindemands that Jang should; publish his statements and photographs in places proposed by him, and that his opponentsviews should not be brought into print. No political party or leader has made such a demand in 47 years."

Altaf's reactions have always been aggressive and devoid of any regard for ethics. Ask about who persecuted MaulanaSalahuddin, editor weekly Takbir, burnt his house, burnt Takbir copies, tried to prevent Takbirs'; publication fromKarachi, and when the Maulana refused to budge, killed him? And every one will say MQM.

An evening newspaper brought out a supplement on the assassination of some opponent of MQM, in which it called hima "Shaheed". The paper had to suspend its publication for several days, and the editor attended hearings at Nine-zeroday in and day out. He was finally given the license to live, but on a price. Until today, this evening newspaper is actingas an official spokesman of MQM.

On November 14, 1988, Altaf served another warning to daily Jang. "If Jang does not change its attitude by 16November, we will put an end to lit forever" (daily Savera, Karachi).

On March 8, 1989, Jang failed to cover May or Dr Farooq Sattar's wedding to the satisfaction of Altaf Hussain. He said,"this has been a source of grief, to us. We will observe a taken boycott of Jang on March 10". Azim Tariq said, "weappeal to hawkers not to lift Jang on March 10th. And we are telling them in advance" (daily Amn, March 8, 1989).

On the orders of Altaf Hussain and Azim Tariq (the same Azim Tariq which was lately killed on the directives of AltafHussain), MQM workers in Hyderabad burnt hundreds of thousands of copies of dailies Jang, Dawn, The News,Jasarat, Star, monthly Herald and weekly Takbir between March 10 and March 20, 1991. Journalists in Islamabadboycotted the parliament in protest over these incidents.

Weekly Takbir's offices were ransacked and set on fire on March 22, 1991. The FIR lodged with he Arambagh policestation said, "this incident is part of Altaf Hussain and Azim Tariq's campaign to terrorize Takbir and its editor". In the

Liaquatabad public meeting, Azim Tariq reiterated Altaf Hussain's directives that "Takbir" would not be allowed tocirculate anywhere in Karachi (weekly Takbir, April 4, 1991).

Talking to the journalists in hospital (Abbasi Shaheed) on March 10 Altaf Hussain said, "Dawn is hatching conspiraciesagainst MQM. Herald spits; poison against us. Takbir is an agent publication of the Jews. People reserve the right tomake newspapers accountable. If the accountability begins, you shouldn't start your press freedom lamentations."

Sarwat editor of Takbir, was harassed and threatened by hooligans at her residence on March 13. The following day,newspaper hawkers and agents were deprived of their copies and beaten up in several parts of the city. On March15,Azim Tariq said, "Herald and Takbir will not sell in this city now. This is the people's decision" (daily Amn). Altaf Hussainseconded this on March 16: "from today onwards, people will not read Takbir and Herald, which comes out of the Dawnbuilding. This is our right". He further said, "any newspaper that does not give us proper coverage, will not run." (DailyQaumi Akhbar). BBC's reporter in Karachi Zafar Abbas, was attacked on March 19.

Journalists held a protest meeting at Karachi Press Club and decided to boycott MQM's programs. On March 20, Altaf

Hussain announced his boycott of Dawn, Herald, Star and Takbir.Altaf Hussain and his MQM cannot bear criticism and difference of opinion and thats why each and every paper if writeseven a single word against Altaf or MQM gets punishment. Amount of punishment depends upon the nature of crime.And these punishments can vary from the burning of newspaper copies to the murder of editors. But the irony ofsituation is that besides doing these heinous, crimes against media and media MQM cries hoarse for its own freedom ofexpression.

ECNOMICAL DAMAGE IN FORM OF MQM's FORCED STRIKES:

It is not easy to quantify the damage done by terrorism, blood looting, firing, arson, and riots, strikers and torture spreadover these ten, twelve years. The cost paid by Karachiites in terms of deaths, damage to property, anxiety, extortion andhunger is far greater then the cozy Pirji of London can imagine.

In these years more than 5000 persons fell to terrorist bullets in Karachi and Hyderabad, while more than 1000 otherswere wounded. Property set on fire on otherwise destroyed included 475 vehicles, 20 banks, 102 houses, 95 shops, twotelephone exchanges, 20 offices of different political parties, 12 petrol pumps, 2 factories, one office each of Wapda andsocial security, two post offices and 4 police stations.


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repeated. However, the name of PPP Councilor was conspicuously not included by Mr. Shoaib Bukhari. It is worthmentioning that Mr. Naeem Qureshi the PPP Councilor did not have any son by the name of Bhoora.

Mr. Altaf Hussain and other leaders of MQM sensationalized the alleged incident and called for strike in protest in thecity. Colossal damage was caused to public and private properties and about 30 innocent people were killed by MQMwherein 94 police and private vehicles were set on fire. The hooligans of Altaf Hussain for couple of days disturbed thecity. In the process the poor girl Farzana Sultan was subjected to all kind of adverse publicity.

The Government, immediately taking cognizance, of the allegation leveled by MQM, ordered the medical examination ofthe girl, which was carried out and the report was immediately made public. Mr. Altaf Hussain and other leaders of MQMdisputed the findings contained in the medical report " that no marks of violence were found on the person of the allegedvictim nor there was any medical evidence of the alleged gang rape or rape. " The Government immediately offered thatthe doctors of the choice of the parents of Farzana Sultan and MQM from Pakistan or abroad might be examined thealleged victim.

REPORT OF AGHA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALOn June 26, 1995, Agha Khan University Hospital Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology Faculty, including Professorand Assistant Professor examined the alleged victim of gang rape Miss Farzana Sultan. The report of Agha KhanUniversity Hospital concluded, "the clinical findings in this case suggest minor injury to the posterior area of thefourchetta, which is almost healed, although still sore to the patient. The findings are consistent with the conclusion thatthe patient has had sexual intercourse in the recent past".

Subsequently, the follow-up medical report in the case of the alleged victim was issued by the Agha Khan University

Hospital on July 02, 19956. In the follow-up report it was further concluded, "besides shows inflammatory exudate withmetaplastic cells and gram negative intracellular diplococci, confirmed by culture to be Neisseria Gonococci. Theinfection is confirmed to be sensitive to Penicillin, Erythromycin, Cefotaxim and tetracycline".

Based upon the above findings it was advised by the Consultant Physician that Miss Farzana Sultan should pursueappropriate follow-up and treatment without delay.

From the above medical findings it was quit clear that the alleged victim Farzana Sultan was not subjected to thealleged gang rape or rape as was insinuated by Mr. Altaf Hussain and other leaders of MQM. Be that as it may, owing tothe said allegation of gang rape and subsequent call of strike and agitation given Mr. Altaf Hussain from London andother leaders of MQM from Karachi resulted in 30 innocent people being killed and damage to private and publicproperties besides disrupting the city life and causing trouble in the city.

The Findings of:

The State Department of USA in the case of Farzana SultanThe State Department of USA, recently, issued its Human Rights Report regarding Pakistan, wherein inter-alia aboutthis incident of alleged gang rape of Farzana Sultan, the report contains a finding "although the MQM/A consistentlyclaims that its activists are innocent, unarmed victims of ethnic violence, disinterested observers believe that cells ofarmed MQM/A activists are responsible for a considerable amount of Karachi's violence and crime. This includesextortion of large sums of money from Mohajir businessmen as well as others.

In an apparent attempt to inflame public opinion and destabilize the situation in Karachi, MQM/A leader Altaf Hussainthe alleged gang rape of an MQM/A supporter (while in custody) to call for three " days of mourning" in Karachi June 24-26. At least 67 people died in strike-related violence during the protest. Medical reports on the alleged victim, however,did not substantiate the charges of gang rape. The MQM/A enforced numerous other strike calls with violence, resultingin the deaths of law enforcement personnel and civilian bystanders."

It is the standard practice of Mr. Altaf Hussain and MQM to concoct and fabricate false allegation and create a issue out

of non-issue and exploit it to the hilt through the medium of aggressive propaganda and rhetoric and then malign theGovernment and give calls for so called protest strike. Invariably in all such cases strikes have been enforced throughintimidation, resorting to indiscriminate firing and burning of public and private transport. In the case of Farzana Sultan,it has been established by independent findings of Agha Khan University Hospital, which also substantiates the findingsof the Government doctor that no rape or gang rape was committed and the allegation was concocted.

It is well known and talks of town that terrorists of MQM used to enter enforceable in the houses of helpless people andcommit rape with the women to terrorize the family and to blackmail. Being an Islamic and eastern traditions most of thefamilies hesitate to lodge complaints against them. Because of the fear, disgrace, and defamation in the society, thehelpless women can only pray to the Almighty for help and justice, besides looking forward towards the Internationalcommunity and to come forward and to obtain support from the lawful authorities to eliminates and arrest such type ofheinous acts of the MQM.

The so-called Naheed Butt and Farzana Sultana rape case is just a tool for negative propaganda. At present no one

knows that whereabouts of Naheed Butt and Farzana Sultan and many others. Such cases were only used for negativepropaganda. The women of Karachi appeal to the authorities and international community to come forward and protectour honour and dignity as she also equally entitled for all kind of protection being a human being.

It is apprehend that there is likelihood that " evil mind of Altaf Hussain will create new rape dramas to save their dirtyface from locally, national and international community and to cover-up their terrorist and un-human activities from theeyes of law and peace loving people."

US top think Tank Federation of AmericanScientists says this about MQM on their own

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Yearwise detail of MQM's atrocitiesMQM came into being on March 18, 1984 from "All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation"(APMSO) but politically it got activated in 1986.

And from that year politics and history of Karachi took a bloody turn. The year wise details about

the regime of terror which started in 1986, and about the story of horror, and blood and tearswhich still continues unfortunately, and also of the wicked leader "Quaid-e-Tahreek" of the sameparty who changed thousand faces all these years, and of the handful of elements who for theirown interests used cheap tactics and created disturbance and violence in Karachi, and of somebigots, liars and traitors who used Mohajir community of Karachi as a pressure group to fulfill theirill goals all these years are as follows:

1986

MQM's first-ever public meeting at Karachi's Nishtar park on August 8, 1986, was marked byheavy aerial firing from the; pistols and rifles which the party activists were carrying on them. Onthat day, windowpanes of a traffic police kiosk opposite Quaid-e-Azam's mausoleum were broken,

and stones were pelted on petrol pump near Gurumandir. Addressing the rally, Altaf Hussain said:"Karachi is no more mini-Pakistan. We will accept help no matter where it comes from, from eastor west, north or south" (dailies Jang, Jasarat and other newspapers of August 9, 1986).

Two months later, on October 25, 1986, while addressing a press conference at Hyderabad PressClub, Altaf Hussain told the Mohajir youth to "collect arms. If our rights are not given to us, we willuse every kind of force". On October 31, while addressing a public meeting at Hyderabad's PakkaQila, he said: "At first we fought for freedom. Now that we have freedom, we are searching for acountry" (daily Amn, Nov 1, 1986). Riots broke out in Karachi the same evening. Twelve personswere killed, 25 wagons, autorickshaws and motorbikes were set on fire, and four houses and eightshops were torched.

Riots spread to Hyderabad where seven persons were shot dead in two days. Curfew wasclamped in both cities to contain violence, and Altaf Hussain alongwith ten others was arrested byhe police on November 2 for attempt to murder and rioting. Nine other MQM activists were alsotaken into custody and firearms recovered from their possession, whereas 63 persons from otherparties to the rioting were arrested from Sohrab Goth area. On November 3, ten persons werekilled in hand-grenade attacks in Orangi Town area while six others died in street trouble, briningthe week's death toll in Karachi to 52.

On November 18, armed MQM activists fired in the air to disrupt a cricket match in Hyderabad'sNiaz Stadium. On November 21, at the end of a one-day cricket match between Pakistan andWest Indies, armed MQM activists blocked all roads leading to Karachi's National Stadium. 30persons received bullet wounds in indiscriminate firing in the Liaquatabad. Teen Hatti, Gulbahar,

Orangi, Sabzi Mandi, Nazimabad and other areas of the city. A bank was burnt in Liaquatabad,while a bus was put on fire on Shahrah-e-Quaideen. One November 22, three buses and an oiltanker were burnt in Landhi, while a branch of the National Bank was ransacked and torched inLiaquatabad.

Another government bus and a minibus were burnt in Malir and Old Numaish, and several buseswere pelted with stones on November 23. On November 24, 11 vehicles were burnt down in NewKarachi, Federal B' Area, Paposhnagar, Gulbahar and Nasirabad. On November 28, armedclashes between MQM activists and the police took place in Hyderabad during which five bankbranches were damaged and one bus put on fire.

MQM announced a strike in Karachi on December 9 and asked its followers to remain peaceful.

The 'peaceful' strike led to the burning of 11 vehicles and seven bank branches. One youngsterwas killed, and nearly 40 wounded in indiscriminate firing. Demonstrators pelted stones on thepolice and a bomb was blasted near Liaquatabad police station. The police became helplessagainst protesters" (daily Amn). On December 14, MQM's secretary general Dr Imran Farooqstated that the situation could be brought under control only if Altaf Hussain and his companionswere freed.

That night, 50 persons lost lives during ghastly manslaughter in Orangi Town. The army wascalled in and curfew clamped. According to newspapers, the entire Ghetto Township had passedinto the hands of a group of klashnikov-weilding youngsters. 70 more persons were killed onDecember 15.

According to available statistics, as many as 173 persons were sacrificed on the alter of MQMstruggle for rights, while 10 banks, 75 vehicles 24 houses and 20 shops were burnt during the last153 days of 1986. The battle for Karachi's so-called rights had begun. On December 20, MQM


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Chairman Azim Ahmad Tariq demanded justice for Mohajirs, and advised President Zia-ul Haq toissue arms licenses to Mohajirs. After this, we will neither invite the police or the administration todefend us, nor criticize the government on this score" (daily Jang Karachi).

1987

With the onset of 1987, lawlessness in Karachi caused curfew for a record number of days. Thiswas also the year when MQM's anti-press traits began to shape up. The coming days were toexpose some of the most fundamental contradictions inherent in the party's structure andphilosophy.

It was on January 31, when Altaf Hussain made the first most controversial public statement of hiscareer. Addressing a series of welcome receptions in Liaquatabad on that day, he told hisaudience. "Mohajirs will have no god use for their VCRs, color televisions and other luxuriesbecause these things cannot defend us. They will have to arrange for their own security" (dailyJang, Feb 1, 1987).

On February 1, in the central committee meeting of Awami National Party at Lahore that waspresided by Khan Abdul Wali Khan, a resolution was passed stating that Sindh's Mohajirs were apart of the larger Sindhi nationality, and that there was no such thing as a Mohajir nationality. ANP

was later to become one of MQM's most trusted allies in national politics.

On February 19, Altaf Hussain addressed another rally at Burns Road in Karachi. As the partyactivists started shooting their guns in the air, Altaf Hussain stopped them, saying "save yourammunition". The audience raised hands to give Altaf the permission to meet anyone, includingG.M. Syed. During his address, Altaf said that Sindh could not bear any more population. "Thereare also Lahore and Faisalabad in the way. These too are Pakistani cities".

On February 20 and 21, 16 persons were wounded and one Suzuki van, four motorbikes and aKTC bus were put on fire during rioting in Liaquatabad, Shershah, Federal B' Area and SabziMandi. Young boys in Liaquatabad pelted stones at the police the whole day.

On April 5, at the book launching ceremony of Shakil Ahmad Zia, Altaf made a hard hitting speechagainst Punjab, the Punjabis and the army. "You used force, and the result was that the countrybroke into two History offers no example of such a large number of troops laying down arms. Forthose who want to send us back to India, let me say that we will not go alone. The whole Pakistanwill go to India". During the same address he issued his first threat to the press. One newspaper isbecoming a party against Mohajirs. It should take warning" (daily Amn. April 6, 1987).

On May 21, a young man was killed when riots broke out in Malir and Khokhrapar in protest overthe arrest of some MQM workers. Six vehicles were also burnt in the area.

In an interview with daily Nawa-e-Waqt's Irashad Ahmad Arif, published on May 25, 1987, AltafHussain said: "Urdu language is Punjab's problem, not ours. We have never demanded that itshould be made the national language".

On June 11, while addressing the foundation day celebrations of All-Pakistan Mohajir StudentsOrganisation (APMSO), he demanded that Mohajirs be issued with arms licenses. He said thereligious parties did nothing for the Mohajir Shaheeds but when a Punjabi died everyone from topissued statements of condemnation to bottom. He also said that anyone who met the MuslimLeaguers or was hand in glove with the government ministers had no place in MQM ranks (dailyAmn, June 12, 1987).

On June 21, MQM chairman, Azim Ahmad Tariq, stated that the anti-Mohajir policy of daily Jangwould be fully resisted. He announced Jang's boycott, and asked people not to read it. The sameevening, dozen-armed persons attacked Jang's bureau in Hyderabad and put the premises onfire.

From July 22 to August 30, clashes between MQM and a rival group called Punjabi-PukhtoonIttehad (PPI) caused the death of 22 persons, while 300 were wounded. Five policemen also diedin riots, while 38 were wounded. Seven KTC buses and a local train also b

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