| Altaf still MQM chief | Friday, April 11, 2008
 LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief, Altaf Hussain announced to take back his decision to step down from the MQM leadership after the party workers and leaders insisted him to withdraw his earlier decision.
Earlier, addressing a party workers’ meeting here at MQM Headquarters the party chief announced to quit as MQM Chief because he said the party leaders failed to contain violence in Karachi on April 9.
Altaf Hussain earlier announced to step down from the party leadership.
Farooq Sattar read a letter from Altaf Hussain to the General Workers body meeting.
According to reports, the party chief said the party leaders failed to contain the violence on April 9 in Karachi city.
Altaf Hussain said in the letter that everybody has right to protest, however, violent riots are wrong to the core.
The letter said the party affairs would be settled by MQM Rabta Committee.
MQM chief said Legal Aid Committee members were staging peaceful demonstration.
Commenting on April 9 incidents, Altaf Hussain said he is grieved at the violent incidents on April 9.
‘After the violent riots erupted in Karachi, I asked Rabta Committee members and representatives to quit their work and restore peace in the city,’ he maintained.
MQM leaders should have played their role in containing the violence in Karachi on April 9 that resulted in the deaths of people and damage to property, he added.
‘This city belongs to all and everybody is responsible for keeping the law and order here,’ he observed.
He said the biggest party of the city is being held responsible for the violent incidents on April 9.
Altaf Hussain said as soon as the injured arrived in hospitals, the conspiracies were started.
Later, Dr. Farooq Sattar warned that all the members and representatives of MQM Rabita Committee, MNAs, MPAs, District and Town Nazims will also resign from their posts unless Altaf Hussain withdraws his decision of stepping down as party chief.
He said the leaders and workers of MQM will also go for a hunger strike until the MQM Chief decides to take back his decision. |  |
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