KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Husain said today it has been proved that no map of Jinnah Pur was recovered from any MQM office and the army operation was launched against his party under a false pretext.
He asked the then Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf to come forward and tell the nation why he opted to remain silent and played no role in stopping the military operation against MQM.
Addressing MQM party workers in different parts of the country simultaneously through a videoconference from London he said, ?We want elimination of the feudal system from the country.?
He questioned as to what took both the ex military officials such a long time to tell the truth.
Altaf Husain said that the people of Punjab were kept in the dark for 18 long years.
?Who is responsible for killing over 15 thousand innocent activists of MQM?? he asked. However, he said: ?I forgive the killings of my brother and nephew.?
He said he chose not to react keeping in view the stability and integrity of Pakistan. ?I leave it up to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to form a commission to probe the martyrdom of MQM workers.?
The MQM leader said: ?We never were, are or ever will be against Pakistan.?
Altaf Husain burst into tears while talking about the MQM activists who, he said, were killed in 1992 operation.
MQM leader?s live videoconference was simultaneously witnessed in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore besides 19 zones in Sindh.
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LAHORE: Secretary Information Pakistan Muslim League-N Ahsan Iqbal Monday maintained that the army launched military operation against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in 1992 without taking the government into confidence.
Reacting to the statement of MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Ahsan Iqbal said the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif had no role to play in initiating the military operation against MQM.
?MQM is creating all this hue and cry to avoid investigation into May 12 incidents in Karachi,? he said.
Ahsan Iqbal said it was General Asif Nawaz who gave the go ahead to the military operation against MQM and that no political consultation was undertaken in this regard.
MQM should direct its queries to Pakistan People?s Party?s Naseeullah Babar who was a minister at that time and now an ally of MQM itself.
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KARACHI: Bullish trend gained strength at the local capital market where the benchmark KSE-100 Index surged by 179 points to close at 8,287 on Monday.
The stock market began upbeat today and remained dominated by bulls throughout the session.
Up-gradation of credit rating by the Standard and Poor?s and impressive financial results announced by Pakistan Petroleum Company (PPL) encouraged investors to take fresh positions in a variety of stocks.
PTCL emerged as today?s volume leader which advanced by Rs1 to Rs20.97.
KSE-30 Index finished the day 226 points up to 8,818.
Market analysts foresee correction in the stock market in coming sessions.
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Police arrested 13 members of a banned Al Qaeda-linked group and seized suicide vests, explosives and heroin during a raid in Pakistan’s southern commercial center that thwarted plans for homicide bombings, officials said Monday.
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