Altaf urges army to help people bring about revolution

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KARACHI: Reiterating his stance that the country needs a revolution similar to that of the French Revolution, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked the Pakistan army and the country’s “establishment” to support the masses that, he said, are compelled to bring about a “change” to weed out corruption and feudal system.

He said his party would lead the revolution which was knocking at the door of the country and not allow “corrupt politicians and feudal lords” to escape the country with looted wealth.

He said this in his address over the telephone from London at the launching ceremony of MQM leader Anis Ahmed Kaimkhani’s book “Mera Quaid” here at the party headquarters on Thursday.

Mr Hussain said that price hike, poverty, hunger and miseries of millions of flood-affected people who were living without shelter and food would compel the masses to take to streets and start a revolution that no one could dare to stop.

Maintaining that no one, including big and powerful armies, could stop the people from bringing about a change, he asked the army and the ‘establishment’ to support the masses.

He urged the people to get ready to start a revolution on the lines of the French Revolution.

Mr Hussain said that the MQM would lead the revolution and would not allow corrupt political leaders and feudal lords to escape the country. “The MQM will get back the looted wealth from them in the national exchequer.”

He said that the corrupt elements would be hanged publicly so that no one could ever dare to loot the public exchequer.

Referring to his recent speech in which he called upon the “patriotic generals” to take a “martial law like action” to weed out corruption from the country, he said all looters and corrupts had ganged up against him to demand the registration of a sedation case to try him for violating Article 6 of the Constitution.

Mr Hussain said that he was not afraid of the registration of any case under Article 6 of the Constitution and urged the people not get worried since he had no fear.

About Mr Kaimkhani’s book, he appreciated his efforts and asked the party workers to follow him and write their experience during their struggle.

Donation of five

thousand pounds

Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has donated an additional sum of five thousand pounds to the flood-hit people of the country, the PPI adds.

He made the donation during a telethon on a private TV channel to a welfare organisation, Society for Unwell and Needy (SUN).

Mr Hussain’s daughter Afza Altaf also donated two hundred pounds from her pocket money.

This amount is in addition to the Rs5 million that Mr Hussain has already deposited in a fund for the flood-affected people.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that the country was facing the worst disaster of its history and millions of people were rendered homeless during the floods.

He said it was not possible for the government alone to meet such a huge challenge and appealed to all Pakistanis to come forward to help their brothers in need.

He asked the people not to send any gift to him on Eid and donate the money in the fund for flood-affected people.

Birthday celebrations cancelled

The Coordination Committee of the MQM has cancelled all birthday celebrations of MQM chief Altaf Hussain in view of the flood situation in the country on the instruction of Mr Hussain.

In a statement, the committee has asked all the MQM workers that in view of the devastation of the floods, the MQM chief has asked the workers that instead of cutting cakes on the occasion and sending gifts to the international secretariat of the party, the money should be donated to the Khidmat-i-Khalq Foundation for relief work.

The committee has asked the workers and the public to offer special prayers for Mr Hussain on September 17 (his birthday) for this health and long life.