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MQM chief warns of ‘conspiracies against govt’
By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque Mr Hussain warned all such forces, which he said had missed a chance to enter the parliament by boycotting the Feb 18, 2008 general election, ‘not to conspire against the democratic govt.’ - Courtesy www.mqmuk.com KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that some forces that are not in parliament ‘are hatching conspiracies against the present democratic government and want to pit the Pakistan People’s Party and the MQM against each other’. In his telephonic address on the 31st foundation day of the All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organisation (APMSO) here on Thursday, he warned all such forces, which he said had missed a chance to enter the parliament by boycotting the Feb 18, 2008 general election, ‘not to conspire against the democratic government’ because it ‘would lead to derailment of democracy in the country’. A large number of workers of the APMSO attended the programme. Similar congregations were also held in other cities of Sindh and in Lahore, where Mr Hussain’s telephonic address was relayed simultaneously. Without naming any particular party, Mr Hussain said that such forces had ‘opposed the creation of Pakistan’ and they were still against its ideology. They were working in the name of Islam, but wanted to destabilise the country, he said. He said that these forces were also conspiring against the coalition of the MQM and the PPP, but ‘their conspiracies would only harm democracy’. He also appealed to those who joined extremist forces ‘due to some misunderstanding’ to quit such forces and to return to ‘their routine lives’. Mr Hussain strongly condemned the recent incidents in which 12 MQM workers fell victim to targeted killings, and expressed his condolences to their families.
DAWN: Friday, 12 Jun, 2009
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