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India-Pakistan
Altaf readies nation for 'political drone attack' in 72 hours
2013-01-06
[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 in wee hours of Sunday asked the nation to be ready for a 'political drone attack' from him in next two to three days, DawnNews reported.
Whatever that means...
Speaking to members of the party's Rabita (coordination) Committee via telephone from London, he claimed that the announcement, which he referred as a 'drone strike,' will be unanswerable.

"No-one in the country will be able to respond to my drone attack," he said.

The MQM chief appealed the public to wait for his move and mentally prepare themselves.

With the Supreme Court set to take up contempt notice against Altaf Hussain on Monday, the party had requested the court on Friday to exempt him from personally appearing before the bench seized with the issue.

MQM leader Farooq Sattar filed the petition in the court's Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
registry through his council Dr Farogh Naseem.

The court had observed that in a telephonic address from London to a public gathering in Bloody Karachi on Dec 2 the MQM chief had made contemptuous and threatening remarks against the court and its judges for issuing an order about fresh delimitation of constituencies in Bloody Karachi.
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