Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain claimed that the MQM rally on Saturday had been peaceful and the situation had deteriorated when Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry arrived. Sources said that the rally was thinly attended by MQM standards despite the resulting situation, with only a few thousand people supporting the party. Addressing the rally here, Hussain said the CJP had been asked by the Sindh home secretary to postpone his visit but had refused to listen. He said the CJP was responsible for the deaths that had been caused. He demanded that Chaudhry apologise to the nation for taking judicial matters onto the streets. The MQM chief questioned the relevance of the slogans ‘Go Musharraf Go’ to judicial independence. He said the “peaceful” MQM rally had not been against the CJP, but had been organised to protest the politicising of the CJP issue, adding that the party would continue its struggles for the independence of the judiciary.