[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...
's (MQM) Rabita Committee late on Sunday night appealed to Altaf Hussain
...think of the head of the Barzini clan, only in Urdu...
asking him to take back his decision regarding the hunger strike.
From the looks of him, he could go six or seven months without eating and still wouldn't have his schoolboy figure back, assuming he ever had one.
Earlier, Altaf Hussain on Sunday released a statement in which he announced his decision to go on a hunger strike unto death in protest.
The MQM chief has decided to go on a hunger strike against what he calls 'illegal' detention of his party activists by security forces.
According to the statement given, preparations are being made for the hunger strike, and it will commence once permission is received from the local administration in London.
"I have promised the people that I will die rather than bow my head in front of tyrants," said Hussain on Sunday.