[Dawn] Muttahida Qaumi Movement...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM) chief Altaf Hussain says elements killing Shia Mohammedans, after taking them out of buses and verifying their identity, are in fact conspiring to disintegrate Pakistain.
All patriotic Paks must boycott such ruthless elements, he said while speaking to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
on telephone, a MQM blurb said on Wednesday.
Hussain said Pakistain was being encircled by threats from all sides and people belonging to Shia community were being killed. He said it was gross injustice and termed it as act of enmity against the country.
He said it was a historical reality that founder of Pakistain Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah belonged to Khoja Twelver Shia sect and when he died, two separate funeral prayers were offered.
One funeral prayers was offered by Allama Shabbir Ahmed Usmani, and other funeral prayer offered by a Shia holy man. No one could possibly deny these historical facts. Anyone challenging this would be lying, he stated.
The MQM chief said Shias are also Paks. Even Hindus, Sikhs and Christians living in Pakistain were citizens of equal stature. Elements compelling Hindus, Sikhs or other non-Mohammedans to leave Pakistain were, in fact, doing injustice to Pakistain, and brushing aside teachings of Quaid-e-Azam with contempt.
He said country would be lost in darkness if patriotic Paks did not come forward to put an end to this injustice. All educated, enlightened, moderate Paks should boycott heartless elements killing innocent people.