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Imran writes letter to Brown, lashes out at Altaf
Imran Khan, the Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf—Reuters
LONDON: Imran Khan, the Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf in a
letter sent to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has alleged that a
British citizen, Altaf Hussain, who styled himself as the leader of
a Pakistani political party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, sitting in
London, sought to incite ethnic violence and vigilantism by calling
on his supporters to arm themselves and fight ‘talibanisation’ – a
label he tried to put on the two million Pashtun workers of Karachi.
The letter also charged that on Altaf Hussain’s call from London the
MQM was involved in the 12th May 2007 carnage in Karachi where 48
people were killed and 200 sustained bullet wounds, including 10
workers belonging to the PTI. Mr Khan asked the British PM to refer
to Britain’s Karachi Consulate’s report on the incident. The letter said: ‘At the time of his arrival in London, he was facing 234 registered criminal cases against him, including 44 murder charges and 18 torture charges.’ ‘His Party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is controlled by Mr Hussain in mafia-style, with his word being the law. Detractors face the ultimate punishment – death – carried out through the private armed force maintained at his Karachi barricaded headquarters known as Nine Zero.’ Dawn:Saturday, 09 May, 2009
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