MQM As A Terrorist Organization Since 1992 Part 4A of 4 - Sindhi ...

TERRORISM BETWEEil JAMAT.E-ISLAMI AND MQM
Qazi Hussain Ahmed
Ehsan Ahmed Ansari
It is attegeO rhar rhe MQM
havc murdered Mr. Abdul
Basir and Mr. Ehsan Ahmed
Ansari, the memben ofJamiat.
The details of the two murderedpersons
are very shocking
and the same can be summain
demand of the workers
was that Jamat-e-Islami must
lcave UI and Mian Nawaz
Sharif because IJI is the murderer
of Jamiat. and Altaf
Hussain of MQM is the chief
murderer of Jamiat. After the
burial of the dead-body of
AMul Baseer
student of lst Years. Another
student namely Amin Abbas
of thc same institution have
also been killed. It is alleged
that he bclonged to the anti-
MQM group of Afaq and
Aamir Khan, hence Pro Altaf/
Jam Gr6up could not blerate
Altaf Hussain
amat-e-Islam is the part of Islami Jamboori ltehad (IJI) headed by Nawaz Sharif while MQM is the chief agent of
Ishaq KhaninSindhsupportingthe GovemmentofJam SadiqAli on behalfof IshaqKhanHoweverterrorion between
Jamat-e-Islam & MQM in Karachi is in progress, in which dozern of supporters of both groups have been seriously
injured in different colleges and some important persons have been kitled. ihe tussle between the two groups might
result in the separation of Jamat-e-Islami from IJI because Nawaz Sharif can not take risk ro mke action against MQM
as it would aruny Mr. lshaq Khan which would be fatal for his Govemment.
Murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari:
He was the studentof Second
year in Jamia-Milia Malir.
He was kidnapped at about
2200 hours 4th August by thc
MQM terrorists and was tortured
in the torture cell of thc
MQM, as alleged by Jamat-e-
Islami and after the death due
to torture, his body was thrown
near Eid-gah situated near Airpon,
Karachi. His body had
cuts with sharp-edged weapons.
His bones werc brokcn
zurd bullets were fircd in thc
arms and legs. The internal
organs of the body were urken
out of the body. The flesh of
the body was cut. and takcn
away from its different parts.
At the time of his burial and
Namaz-e-Janaza the slogans
raised by the workers of Jamat-e-Islami
were showing
their hatered against the ruling
party/group of Pakistan. The
Liaqat Bluch ad
press-conference and pointed
out that. during the last s€ven
months nine main persons of
Jamat-e-lslami have been
murdered in Karachi and sevcral
havc been seriously injured
while hundreds have
becn raken out of their houscs
and tortured. Syed Munawiu
Hassan had threatened on the
murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari that his death would be
very costly for he people of
MQM, On thc other-hand, thc
Chairman of MQM Mr. Azim
Ahmad Tariq treatcd this
murdcr an ordinary tussle
bctween the students. It is
notable that at the time of
murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari his father was not, ar
Karachi and he returned from
Hajj two days after the death
of his son. His another son Mr.
Rehan Ahmad Ansari was
saved from MQM who wanted
to kidnap him also- He is the
Soon after the murder of
Ehsan Ahmad Ansari Mr.
Abdul Baseer was also killcd.
At. about 2200 hours the door
of his house was knockcd by
thrce armed persons and a;kcd
about his brother namely
Abdul Waasai. Mr. AMul
Basir came out of his house
and he was tlken away in thc
nearest strect where hc was
fircd at. His injured-body was
urken to tre hospital, however
his lifc could not be savcd.
The father of the deceised
lodged the FIR in Police sration
Sharah-e-Faisal Colony
against Nooman Zaidi, Nayyer
AMullah and one Hamid
who belong to MQM.
None of the murderers have
been arrested till date as alleged
by Jamatc-Islami and
its students Organisation
i.e.Jamiat. Most of the students
killed or injured during
August 1991 are urdu-speaking
and therefore the Urdu-
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speaking community in Karachi
is now seriously thinking
what has been given by the
MQM and Jamat-e-Islami to
ftem except the dcad-bodies
of their children. It is strange
that Jam-Sadiq Ali have not
advised them to put the a
PPP workers havc done these
murders to create rift between
Jamat-e-Islami and MQM as a
conspiracy against Nawaz-
Ishaq Government.
Murder of Qadeer Qureshi
He was the Deputy Director
Taxes of water Board, Zonal
Incharge of MQM as well as
membcr of Ccntral Office
Committee. He died on Wednesday,
28th August 199 I in a
hospital alter bcing seriously
injured due to firing in North
Nazimabad Karachi and was
under treatment. in the Hospital
for about three days. His
dcath has shakcn the workers
of MQM. Hc bclonged to a
poor family. He was 34 yean
old and was married 6 years
ago. He has left bchind onc
widow, one son, one daughter,
molher, three brothers, two
sisters and was the only supporterof
his family MQMilts
alleged the students of Jamate-Islami
to be the murdererof
Qadeer Qureshi.

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Dated: October 22, 1992.
thrcc distric$ of Karachi beforc
19th June, 19P2 - when rcal
cradr-dor*'n agalnst MQM tcrrorlstr
ttaned ln rhe metropolitan
sccording to the omciat ciriles"
Thc iiistrict-wise break.uD of
the-bhatta colleaed by MeM tcrrorists
per month as released bv
the official cirClcs on Wednesdai'
is as under. District South: Ri.
1783 lakh per month from small
shopkecpen at thc rate ofRs. 100
pcf shop, Rs" 25.% lakh pcr
month from 12,961 middle dass
shopkcepcrs at thc rate of Rs 2O0
per lre34 Rs. 2832 takh pir
month from 9440
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Bhatta: MQM used
to collect Rs. Lb
annually
F.P. Burcau Report
KARACHI, Od' 2ltAbout Rs.
onc billion annualh used to bc
collected forcibly is bhatta roportedly
by MQM terroristr from
thc-people engaged in_ diffcrcnt
profcssionr belonciru to all thc
ethnic communitics-of all thc
gq$-e- ratc of Rs. 50 per head, Rs.
27900 pct month frbm 55 pitroI
pumps Pumps at the thc.rate rete of Rs" {s.-!Q 5d0 per ner
pctrol pump, Rs. 10,000 ber
month from cach.mrer of big-industries
Rs. 13.05 lakh per m6nth
from 2j,1 small industiies at the
919 of Rs. i0oo pcr industry, Rs.
2.55 ctore pci month
-irom
month from 20,ffi0 smell shopr at
the ratc of Rs. 200 per small ihop,
Rs. 18 lufth from 6000 mcdium
rhops at the rate of Rs. 300 pcr
shop, Rs. 10 lakh from 2000 big
shops at the rate of Rs. 500 pcr
,rhop, R.e. 50,000 per month from
2000 han*crr at thc retc of Rs. 25
per hawker, Rs. 12,000 per month
from2/. petrol pumps Ct thc rate
of Rs. 500 per petrol pump, R.r.
40,000 pcr month from 40 big indusries
at the rate of Rr. 10fl)
pcr unit, Rs. 200 lakh pcr.month
from 4fi) small industries at the
rate of Rs. 5fl) per unit, Rs. 81,00
lakh per month from l6,2IXn
medium houses at the rate of Rs.
50 per housc, Rr. 2.000 lath pcr
month from 8000 small hourci at
the rate of Rr. 25 per hourc, Rr
2.4 lakh per month from 2-4l]f/J
Mazda mini-bus€s at the rate of
Rs. 100 per taxi, Rs. l,8O lakt pcr
month from 12.000 rickshaw and
Distric eag: Rs. 4 lakh ocr
month from Lines Area pre.dohinantly
I Mohaiir arca hivinp rhe
population of irbout six mnl Rr
1,50,000 pcr monrh from 1940fi)
{ohajin, 13,0q) Kschhis, 14,500
Sindhis, l\z/Ul' Balochs, 800
Pathans and 5{D Puniabis lii'lnq in
Malir extension area, Rs. 400,fu
pcr month from 3,00,000 Moha-
25,5066 small liomes 8t thc rate of
Rs. 100 per home, Rs. 2.65 crore
per month from 132958 middlo
clas homes at thc rate of Rs. 200 jirs, 6000 Punjabis, 9000 Sindhir
per home, Rs. 65,000 per month
from 650 mini buses atihe
lolltg
rate ot -in Malir Colonn Rs.
Rs. 100 per mini bus, Rs. 1.64
lakh pcr month from 1645 taxis at
thc rate of Rg 100 Der taxi and
{s. 2.77 lakh per inonth from
2TTZ ri&shwts rir rhe rate of Rs.
lfl) per rickshar'.
Disria oentral: Rs.40 lakh per
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2"00,000 per month from- 31,000
Mohajirs; 49,000 punjabis, Z jooo
Sindhis, Z,$0 pathairs a;O }Om
non-Muslims livins in Saudabad
and Rs..2,50,000 pir month from
f!,!!! ltlohajirs, 50,000 punjabis
25,000 Pathans and 25,0@ Sfidhi;
living in Modcl Cotony.
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Press clipping lrom ,,The Frontier post,,
- Dated: Juty 28, 1992.
MQM torture,
killings,
sabotage
From Inrdad Chandio
KARACHI, JuIy 27: Mohamm-ad
Zaki, an undcr training, ASI
of the policc departntcnt, w.lio was
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Diplomats Lrpset by
car snatching
lT WAS not a war council, rather
a garhering of agitated diplomats.
'fhc consul generals in Karachi had
asscmbled at the rcsidence of rhe
Saudi Arab consul general Bakr
Gazzaz, doyen of the. consular
corps, to discuss the problcm of car
snatching. Atxrut a dozcn cars hrvc
so firr bccn snutchcd from tlrcnr in
rcccnt mor[hs arrd they wcrc fclr.
ing mrrrc will be snatchcd in thc
fut urc.
'l'lrc Srudi, Turklsh, Brltish,
Chlnese and lndonesian diplomats
were among those who had lost
rheir cars to armed men on the
road. The Saudis have had two cars
snatched from them. Nor all the
vchicles werc insurcd-
Earlier the car sniltchers had
confined themselves to the vchiclcs
rrf Pakistanis. Thc foreigners
ncrc targctcd after lhat. and rrow
rliplrrrnuts too are fallrng victim in
incrcasing rrtrmbcrs.
Roblrcricr l(xr ilrc on tllc risc in thc
Itorrrcs of rliltlrrnratr. 'l hc hrrnrc of
(icrntatt colstrl Jrrcrgcn [tcngal was
rtrltlrcd rrf cvcrything vnlrralrlc hy
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SUNDAY JUNtr ZT, Lggz ZILHN Ig, L4I2
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NATIONAL DAIL
Fissidents lead t
-capture biggest MQM torture cell where 50 men were
butchbred, recover 40 kalashnikovs, 15,000 live cartridges
From llyas Khan and Dr. Ayoub Shaik in Karachi
KARACHI, June 20: Following
the clashes of rwo rival groups
of MQM in ntetropolis on Fridrry,
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Curfew in some parts of Karachi : 2 MPAs join rebels
F.P. Bureau RePort
KARACHI, June 19: At least
five persons were killed and several
others injured in early nrorning
clashes between the two
MQM groups following which
curfew has been clamped in different
aleas of the metropolis, In
a related dcvelopnrent, nvo MPAs
of MQM have shil'ted loyalties to
the dissidents camp.
According to reports collected
from all over the ciry, MQlrf dissidents
nroved into different parts
nf Kararhi in a hid to challengc
MQM
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fwo members of the Sindh
Provincial Assern bly were missins.
but he-could nor'iCenrify therfi,
Badar Igbal, a former piouinciii
transport minister, who was expelled
from rhe MeM lasr year,
said by telephone rhat ,,we aie in
full control-of the siruarion and
gratefu.l ro the people for rheir response".
Dissidents have the support of
some sirting members of th'e parw
in the national and provincidl as'-
semblies.
- The founding leader of rhe
MQM, Altaf tlussain, who ei.
pelied Iqbal and others, is currently
in London, reportedly for
medical trearnrenr.
Meanwhjle, rhe MeM's ruling
faction ^ asked irs supporters ro
come out and resist the dissidents.
I As troops rro()Ps and paramilitarv
^s
ano pararulttary
I rangers renrained on'alen. alen, borfi borh
I main.M.QM facrions respondcd ro
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the clashes by_closing irdn garcs at
. key poinLs, cffectivclv seaiinp oif
. I various ncighbourho6Cs Oiilcjals
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oust thern if possible. Five deaths
have so far been confirnred, but
some reports suggest a much
higher death toll.
Soon after the attack, which
came in all parts of the ciry at
about 06:30 am, the affected areas
resounded, with automatic gunfire
and annpuncentents were nrade
fronr nrrisque loudspeakcrs that
'Ghaddars'had entcrcd the area'
with agerrcies' support fti;
destruction, and should be shot at
sight. -The unit and sector workers of
rhe MQM erected road-blocks to
check nrovement inside rhe af"
fected areas and there was an atmosphere
of siege, All the affected
areas were cordoned off by
Lhe larv-enforcing agencies in-
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cluding rangers, the police and
army personnel, Movements in
and out of these areas were completely
blocked,
Towards early wening, dissident
leadcr Aamir Khan held his
first evcr open press conference in
Liaquatabad-4, in which two
MQM MPAs also participated.
One of them, Ahmed Salinr Siddiqui,
is MQM's parliamentary
Ieader in Sindh Assembly and
holds the important party office of
deouN seiretaw ' information,
nilnred Salim Siddiqui won his
seat from PS-80, Liaquatabad.
The other MPA, also representing
Liaquatabad's PS-79, who
porricipated in the press confer'
ence, was Mohammad Abid, Abid
said he had left MQM because it
had started erploirinq t-he Moha.
jirs lor the beirefit offiraf Uus-,
sain, Salint Siddiqui, horvever, was
in lou, spirits, He did nor speak on
the occasion.
by MQM dissident activists.
Curfew impose: According to
APP curfew was .imposed in the
jurisdiction of six police stations
ih district east witli effect from 5
p.m. on Friday.
The police stations are:
Brigade, 'Shah Faisal Colony,
Model Colony, Malir Extension,
Malir Colony and Landhi Sectors
37 and 6, it was officially announced.
According to Abbasi Shaheed
Hospital sources 13, cases of firearnr
injuries were brought from
Liaquatabad, Jacob Lines, Lines
area, and Jamshed quarter for
treatment. Three of them Kashif,
Shahid and Munir succumbed to
injuries, doctors said. Nine are
still under treatment at the hosp!
tal. Injured are still pouring in.
Edhi sources claimed that two
unknown persons were shot dead
this morning and five injured in
Landhi and Korangi.
Thcy said the injured were sent
to Jinnah Hospital for treatment.
Meanwlrile, informed sources
said some persons have been
rounded up in this connection.
AFP adds: Troops and
oaramilitarv rancers cordoned off
i:arts of Kirractri on Friday after
tension within an ethnic party
suddenly turncd violcnt, leaving
swerol dead and injurcd.
Ambulancc sourccs said thc
casualties camc whcn dissident activists
of the Mohajir Quami
Movernent (MOM) forcibly took
over I party office. Sporadic firing
began in the Landhi and Malrr
areas in the industrial eastern district
where the MQM dissidents
moved against the office.
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Karachi airport for \cw
York in the early hours of
February 27 were lhrce of
the MQM's lop leadersr
Badar lqbal, ex-transport
miniJter, and leader of the MQM's 27
MPAs in the Sindh assembly who had
been forced to resign his asembly seat a
few days earlier, Afaq Ahmed and Amir
Khan, ex-1ointsecretalies of the !{QM,
who had hcaded the MQM s mrlitant wrnq
for ycar.s. The immigration counlcr raiscd
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August, MQM clrici
Altaf I-lussain mcl
lhc caretakcr chicl
minister o[ Sindlr,
Jam Sadiq Ali, arrd
handed ovcr a list
ol 169 top MQ14
aclivists. "l want thcrn arrcs(cd by your
acjministration," hc reJxxctlly dcnrandccl
Ot tilc .l69 pcrsons on thc list, I M wcrc
lrom Karachi and 65 from llydcrabad.
kxrn allcr tl]c nrcc(ing thc Sindh adrninrs.
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of firing in Karacni
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dates l)acK to December
1988, when the parly decrded
to share power with the
By Husain Aaser
People's Party government.
After coming to power, it is
alleged that the Biharifaction
of the party, headed by
Saleem Shehzad, started
asserting its importance by
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deputrng Bihari youth to key
positrons at the area level.
Soon after the break-up of the
alliance with the PPP,
however, the MOM, with the
help of its militant wing
headed by Aamer Khan and
Afaq Ahmed, launched a
The recent sacking o f an MQM nrinister rs the culrnrnatron of a bitter feud
campaign of destruction to
between the militantwing and top leadership of the party. The rancorous
dismantle the government for
iis betrayal ol the the MQM.
bust-up now threatens the very survivalof the MQM,,,
Until the fall of the PPP
w
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government on August 6, the
n the night of min15lsr. Badar lqbat, Nearty ySlimdS.
militanl wing was in total
February 9, the 3ll the cfltce-bearers of the The MOlv4's vrce chairman command of all the atfairs of
MOM chief , MQM's central cabrnsl. and VNA. Saleem Shazad. the party, The realcrack in the
Altaf Hussain, InClUO,ng readerS Ol the v/aS lhe f rrst to come under MOM started appearing
was admitted MOM's mrlrtant wing, Aamrr atlack, $peakrng on the followrng the decisron to jorn
to the Abassi Khan and Afaq Ahmed, were occasron, lqbal asked Shazad the lJl government. The final
Shaheed Hospitai, lt appears present at thts meeting. to tell the rest of the members biow to the faction came when
his condition had suddenly When the members of the how he had arranged for the party's central leadership
deterioraled after he had cab'nel accused Badar lobal 200 000 /upees to soend on decided to change the name
attendeo one of lhe most Of lak'ng ten -nll,p6 r.,JpeeS r.,c, \/alrma. helC in DeCember, of the organisation from
slormy meelrngs ever lo be from the !ranSDorterS'lobby lc .rrc tf lhe cther orooertres he Mohalir to Mutahidda, This
held by lhe MOM's cenlral allOw an ,rrCrCAS€ rn f grgg. ii.g srrpqglly owns rn Karachr and was done not only to enler the
commitlee, Thrs meelrng, held provrncrai mrnrster nol onlv lslamabad, Durrng 16s national political mainslream,
in the aflernoon, drscussed denred ihrs sllggatiqn [ut in drscussron,i both Aamer Khan The party's militant wing
the corruption charges turn blamed olher members of and Af aq Ahmed began siding and a majority of the party's
levelled by the Sindh
the cabrnel of soending the
governrnent aoainst the Darlv s {u^ds with lqbal, At this point, lower cadre vociferously
on buvrng Sf.ahzad accused both of opposed this idea, The militant
party 5 provrncral lransporl pf3OBrlV .1r'g lh'ggyrnq lSyrgh them of takrng 50 mrlli6n wing, whose iaison d'etre was
rUCeeS frOm lhe lnter ServrCeS mohalir nationalism, appeared
Intellrgence (lSl) ts !s5lrqy 16s to be lhe mosl affected. On a
p.esenl fu10M
number of occasrons. bolh ,
Atler tl"rs, rl was a f ree for all. militant leaders reportedly
lryrln 3ll three, rn tUrn, aCCUSing rnformed the party higher-ups
each and every member of the about the resentment brewing
cab,nel of corruption and of over the decision, but this
sce^d;.9 lhe cartv,S money warnrng fell on deaf ears.
for therr CerSOnal garnS. ln the Because of the ongoing ritt
cnangeo atmcsphere, the between Brharis and those
\'!O,ry' chref . Altat Hussarn, from lhe UP. a feeling among
!\,/e- Came unCer aitaCk He the mrlrtant grOup has gained
,vaS 3CCUSeC Cf havrng a Eround that their peopie are
934n9r5h,9 n a holel CWned cnly used for frghtrng wrth the
c)/ nrS brotheT-,6-ig,,v 'n lhe 0Ol,Ce and tO frlljgrlg, whrle the
I.r.,iec S'.ifec Aliaf accelreo Srhgrr5 are Aiiegedly
i,' ih.r:kia;i,, r,: ( I fiali Lnflggn6,ng
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By Mazhar Abbas
The Last Strar,v
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from the lslamr Jamhoori
lltehad Will the Jamaal
demand the removal of lhe
Mohalir Qaumi Movemont
from the government, or will rt
continue its support, despite
the killing of four of its activrsls
in Karachi
An IJT octivtst:brvtqllY
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These are only some of lhe
question being -asked after
what happened in Karachi
from February 24-26 Many
observers agree that it was nol
tolally unexpected, if one
considers lhe kind of the
relationship that the Jamaat
and the MOM and, ol
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course, their respective
student wings have had for
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the past several yaars.
On February 23, the student
wrngs clashed yet again at lhe
Government Polytechnic
College, SITE, leaving two IJT
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Ihe recentstudent killings have inlected fresh venom
into the ongoing Jamaat'MQM battle for Karachi,,.
students, Aamrr Abbas and
Saad brn Salah, dead and 1.1
others iniured, The very next
day, two persons
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drrvsl Yaarnaod Ahmed and
Farsal of the IJT were krlleo
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The vrolence ccniinued. The
Same nrQht, unkncwn QerSonS
opened f ire at the Jamaal
office on Eurns Road when a
meetrng of Jl shoora was ,n
Sessron. The nazrm of the Jl.
Crty was serrously wcundec
and succumbed lo hrs rnr{rr es
lhg ngyl m6r^ing
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.I YLJ L{ \JI IU I The Friday Times
1'1'1 hc riNruon u r wcc
I bir nqe utly 6u ir
.|. *. lur y*. Somc
intomod p@plc fcu violocc
in tlE rsrclr, if tnc MQM frilr
ro anEoi thc powc.ruugglc
wi$in ielt. ln rirr om! ir
m.y cv6 rW !o h(ieidrrinS
iu om rupporcn ud prtroil,
in ords o rcnml digcnr.
l'{r Brdw lqbrl r}rc prcvhcid
trurpon minirrq. hu
cloly cxphiad hir ruignr.
tion. [n lcran o Sirdi Asmbly
Spcrle urd Shdh Covcmor,
wruch vac publ&lud by r
Krrli dri.ly, Mr Brdr lryr
hir r*igntum v[ obuncd
udq duc,g md r3rwt tur
vuhcs. Hc ould mr rcrirr ric
prcttlc N hir lifc su n drn.
!q, dE lcJH rtd.
T}c lccrr w* rppscndy
qlcn on Fb 2,5, five dryr rftc
rJl lu{!flt MPA' hsdcd
oYq dlir rcigrttjfit !o dc
MQM Chrirnn But t}r. diJr.
dadt v6i.m u bcin3 encr.
didcd h prry rpokermm.
'Mt 8ds h$ b.6 chutcd
lor compuon ud rrtcd by
puty',
/thc rr),r Mr Tuiq Mh.
mo4 r htq)sur foddd mh.
irq.
' Mt Bds lqbrl ir rle finr
, pcron in UE MQM who hs
' dlcd to livc hjr vdion Ovq
thc
,
pu fcw yw. wo o[
p6plc who wirhrd o grvc up
. thqr'dutis'luvc bpcn rrckcd
,
frcn Orc orluu!rcn rnd
prcicd off to dtc Unlcd
' Stuq. bst lhct hrvc rJl mru.
- uincd @mplcE rrlqne rbour
thc
I rels which fqc€d r.hfl
' io psr wid 0e pfty.
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Diss.enters go on feCoid
; -;;6'il,f iro* 'no ':'t" : " ' " ir ' ;' ' Y
' wr r joiru wlg7' oda lwo dur .rriril.
MQM hicruhyl 'rE
ubll yrr"rr,r, prry hs noi o*, o, thc caniruion.r
i joinl s533F f frq rut' hd in rhc pqron- rrp rcoi'- bca rblo o uphin rwry eirh hitrsctry, ud hg inrirod r
' mcd nd Mr Arnir lorq hrvc nadcd hic iucmpLrcy *cio. ' -
notc .grigi L{r lqht hir
t L:.. I!!:s'd :r 'nc
Ajrrq wu tEh r d€dicrr.d haaongly, rllc trtr{r q- @uqguq be|e rh6 'rd l.!s
psly u cqaptq clsrd
'
rcrtd sd e mrc.d ro
'Thcy vc
rprtsy ,r"ory
6outit o.r.ropnr ii"o tqr d6nl yi!h.
to b. pq. Jm sa.
rlrc prry dieriv< drt hu co. lirnn
thc MeM il rbogr:; U* For crmplc, mtly
'
nc o( d' miDtq od luvc eortfl u&d to crJl hn Iu. srdig Ali l po.iurr
rrvr
iri*i*. Lo ,r. bi3
w
fur in Hydan.
nivrr Kr Du:Jrmu" bccrus
i fii*k:"-t"'
of mmr n 0r rifl Jn srdiq h! brd rbour rr.lc of prbtic prcp
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' vac rc' ordhrry workcn rn K.\u r comsd Md oml r{i lquel r'sigurion s r vd. to*.a*.y FEer. . Tl,c
; lhr qfuitrtim. .Thqv com- ovq hj, coNrds wu ufthd. rd ourra. Durin8 I viJit
mudcd powatut b rlte
porrrronr $icre ro @nv(
rogcrbrc. "Trtsv
T{EhMd
h& prrlcd hosp'ur b Mr'Arr.t Hwrrn Ho,-J;;;'l;;_.';,;
, ud cnpycd lhc 6nfid6cc kcy rqld ln orgnirmt ri. mrl. recnriy, hc nd whocvq rg bcsc mug poiru of on,
, ud brchng of tic Qrud '\lr imu' AII ..n. w ,.ica o ix foud involvcd in conpdon rauoe Alms( rll u. MeM
! AluI HNu ir on l@rd for udq tlrcu cmcal sd drcv would b. ula ro u*. -I'h."c ouc,llory
. rrlin3 dru nlffi u dmprc! hd wcrc fre o dcuc ,rrycd rw.y
ro !s r"hffi ukcd tic inspccricn in, frn oc irqr+
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ddugh rlr of
3
of rincairy nd dirrplinc rdrr, whcrcvq rhcy d.dcd fit., . vdrlrE @mFin rc fcr- rhcrn brry r.\os bclurd rhc*
: i;',l1liLlffiIl,i. ,.vrromrMqM,'rponr. r.'li:-r,-.ia-i-iiffJil lxr. so,. rcFs ry d!
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ro Hy&rrbrd .L,, *r," i*. are appaftfrly betng supptled $t sone olher ::J:.d
t ,ht rr.lc" And !lro*
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dJffd. dkstdeas as\i.J| whkh iflrJu.deiome promtd
ff€ LBo.n 16.l lodq' nent ;n ffioflJffi
|etnaki tn th. .+tW, But they
.. bd orrur*n. tsui ,n31in- ;L
Hir rwmcn. ,^r_-) ^ ,:-_-^_;:- '-'^4,,-,--::t,'"'." "-':- -':
i a.rim *rr. +p*ii - . tained a low pm/ile so fat dcspile hautng alatr . YT.1M* dE h@'y rhd
i 1+"r Tg. *i g hc war amoud ol controt ouer uiV ana oianit fJ:H*Sffi i:},i
brck b Ksf hi. Triq lrwud
6d h.ne chr6s, ftom Mo.
l, ;;fflir".*.*hr3cofHv' .d:r lcb.l, Amr Klu, rcfisd ro rrtt.bql rjE in. hrjireruiMovf,qrbMd.
:; --i-q -i.*-.ld ud Ahq Ahnrd
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il bodi€! mhi:ttr, hs sincc c\cn includc rcmc F*; i;. m6s i, o! Jn rhib i:.ry, cici-urc
a cmcd thc rcFr(lin of b.in! rtridr h{ r}Eb hs
mils in rl,c ,r{bM. Bur r.,rey in! b hclp
o "- crcffily ntds ,.ll-
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hrvc syt
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MQM'i .ii,r,' ,p*ut.ar rhn h;;; u it i, nor jut idorogicd
l: ;i;"; "r *ri ,roi.",* btSSctr pockcu in Ksrchi. m&c $c nruonrlirs hrppy
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by diffcrercq du'w ,r*"i-g
Their rupponcn
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c sii hrve tccpins tt' r'lqv r-a*J in',. ro rip drcusi thc MQM, rid
{h'llcn8ed rll MQM
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g-8-*-rl / vu Llut tu t r rrc l'l luu} I llllus
M. stery shrouds Altafs illness as people fear violent split
mystcry shrouds the hospital at
Karachi, wherc thc MQM lcrdcr
Altrf Hussain is rdmiucd for
catmcnr. F;ail ('l(l mcn lrrl visibly agirar-
J young oncr cr.n bc secr qucuing up our.
dc and all alound thc ward of the Quaid.
i:hough Altal Hussain is occupying onc
rorr) on lhc lrrst floor, a complctc block of
!- .(!spi:.:; hrs [r.cn dcclircd'pr()hibrtfd
rrc for cvcnrxrc, Sccurity anangi:mcnts
c bcing handlcd cxclusively by rhc Haq.
r'il(r Sccuriry Ouards, equippcd u.irh
irclcs: sets and nutomatic wcapons,
mcd guar

The MQM in-fighting
\lurch 14, l91, VIIjWPOINT
TI-{E' lN-FICll'l'lNC in rhe
IQl'--ning f)n l()r son]c linrc, rvas
l"{lc broirglrt into tlrc opcn last
riday r>y Clrairrn:rn Az-irn Alrnrcd
lurirl u,lrcn he annottnccd thc cx-,
ulsion of ,18 key lcaders lrorn (he
rrty. i{c lrintcd that thcse cxpcllcd
ad conspircd to assassinate Ihe
)uaid', Altaf I{ussain, and that
rrt uin Covcrnnrcnt agcncics" rvcrc
lso involvccl in thc nlot. Hc also ,
ast doubts on rhc roli of tlrc Sindh I
)hief }r,finistcr in this conncction j
nd erorcssed dksatisfaction with
ri*e Minister Na*az Sharif.
Thc exoelled lcaders includc (hree
owerful ioint secretaries, Badcr
rt>al. Afa6 Ahmed and Amir Khan;
icharse ol Zon" E Mujtaba Khan;
rcharie of Zonc A Naecm Hash'
natl "Zonal committec mcmbers
4ahmso4 Khalid and Rehman; in-
:hargc of the l-andhi Sec{or, Zubair
\hm-ed: iqcharec of thc Federal B
\rea seclor Rifiq Shaikh; incharge
rI the Liaquatabad sector Sardar
{hmcd; Uiquutabad Sector Com'
uil(ce mcmbcrs Asi[, Javcd BhaiYa
.nd Naveed; Finance Secre(ary
lone C Amir Ahmed Guddu;
louncillor Malir Asif Hafeez; and
/icc-Chairman T.onal Municioal
lommittee East, Moosa Khan.
Workers warncd
Party workcrs have bccn warncd
.gainst cstablishing any contact with
hc e4pellcd mcmbcrs; anyonc
ound doing so would bc cxpellcd,
\zim Tariq said. He addcd that
hesc members had consoired
rnrong thcmselvcs and with 'crirtain
iovcrnment agencics" lo assas-
,inate Altal Husiain ancl dcstroy the
v{QM. A spccial appcal addresscd
o [he pcopic of Liaquarabad,
-andhi, Malir, Faisal Colony and
(orangi to stay loyal to rhc MQM
ry the Chairman shows that the
:evolt against the leadership was
widcsprcarl in thcsc arcas.
Azinr Ahmed Tariq allcgccl llrat
:ilorts werc nradc to buy thc loyalty
rf the MQM mcmbirs of ' the
Provincial Asscmbly. IJe did not
namb thosc involvcd in.this transaction
trut lcft no doubt about thcir
identity. Azim Tariq discloscd that
Altaf Hussain had askcd Jam Sadio
about the whcrcabouts of Badai
Iqbal who was secn with rlre Chicf
Minilter in Islamabad two davs
before hc rvas rcported to have flid
the country. Allegations of involvcmcnt
of Governmcnt agencies was a
furth.cr pointer to thc suspccts.
Arn Tariq did not stop at the
Si Governmcnt: hc pointcd an
6cu--.ng finger also at-the P/lme
Minister, saying that Mr. Nawaz
Sharif had caUed pn an influential
personality. of Sindh (the
Makhdoom of Hala) and inquircd
about his health but had made it a
oint to ignorc Altaf Hussain who
ad been sick for more than a
month. What does this indicatc,
Azim Tariq .inquircd. (Prornptly,
Mr..Nawaz Sharif'went lo scc tlrc
MQM lcadcr on Sunday and
dcclarcd that any conspiracy against
the MQM would bc a conspiracy
against the country.)
For more than a month, Karachi
city's biggcst hospital, the Abbasi
Shaheed Hospital, has bcen the
hcadquarters of tbc MQM where
more attention is bcing paid to.the
MQM leader and his companions
who come to consols him than to ordinary
paticnts. MQM activists
remain assembled at the hospital
either fo pay homage to their lelder
or to oarticiDaF in one or other
bcd-side rneeiing. Thc whole of the
first floor is in the MQM's use. For
about four ycars thc hospital has
bccn excljsivcly rcscrvcd for
Moh:rjirs: during thc c{hnic riots,
non-Mohrjirs hrd lound it impossiblc
to gct adnrission rhcrc. Thcy
wcnt to the Civil Hospiral. Rcccntly,
the Jamaat-i-Islami has complaincd
t.hat its injurcd workcrs, although all
Mohajirs, wcrc not allowcd adnrission
to thc Hospital.
'Death for treason'
Iiugc lianncrs havc appiarcd all
over the city proclaiming "Jo quaid
ka ghaddar hai, voh maut ka haqdar
hai' (thosc di.sloyal ro rhc Quaid
dcscrve dcath). In vicw of thc apprchcnsion
of thc MQM infighting
spilling ovcr inlo thc slrccts, polici
anel Rangcrs havc sct up pickct
posts tl Uilnollitnt strccl inlcrscctions.
Loy;ilists r)[ Altri I-{usslin
launclrcd a canrpaign throughout
the urbrn areas o[ Sindh for observing
a yomi-i-t ajdccc!,i-ahd-o-rvafa (a
day of rcncrval of loyally and conrmitnrcnt).
Workcrs gathered at
z.onal ancl sector olficcs ancl sworc
loyalty to tlrc (Juaicl and dcallr ro
the "traitor-s".
About the rcsignation of Ministcr
Badlr Iqbll, Jam Sacliq AIi confirnrctl
what thc MQM had bccn
saying -- that thc Ministcr was askcd
to quit bccausc hc was involved in
ccnruption, What thc MQM and thc
Jrm havc ilrilctl to cxpl;rin is rvhy tlrc
:rllcgcrlly corrrrl)t Ministcr \r'rs n()(
prosecutccl ancl instcad rvas a.ssistcd
to go into cxilc to thc USA.
Obscrvcrs say that what is hanocning
today undcr thc IJI Govcrrirircrrt
is quite unprcccdentcd: such things
have ncver happcncd bcfore in the
history of this bcnis,htcd land.
Thc'Sindh ChiclMinisrcr has the
knack, and Islrmabad tbc rcady
willingncss, to lcgalisc and institutionali.sc
evcry{hing that was so
far consiclcrccl lcgally criminrl und
politically immoral.
Aftcr having rcgulariscd political
kidnapping, having practised it with
perfcct impunity scvcral timcs
during thc various elcctoral contcsts
of (he Sindh Asscmbly and havins
gaincd approval from ihc borses ifi
Islamabad, thc Chicf Ministcr has
nsp 69vcd to rcwarding thc o[-
ficcrs wlro had hclpcd him in his
grand schcrnc o[ climinating thc
I)PP.
Sncakinq at (hc anrlttal lrtnction oI
thc' Cidl Scrviccs AcadcmY
Alunrini, Sintih, thc Chicf Ministcr
announicd thai cvcry civil oflrccr
would bc givcn two plots so that hc
could build a housc of his own.
lil:rboraling hi.s gencrous offcr, hc
slid: 'l do pcrmit-that thcy (civil officcrs)
should sell one plot anel con'
struct (a house on) (he othcr.n
Decision defended
The dccision is defended on the
ground that in thcir present pay- TIIE ncws thar a Sindh Minisrcr accus.
icalcs, the officers could not build of corruPtion has bcen divcstcd of his oflr
houSes of their own, The considera- and allowcd to lcavc thc country maL
tion is laudable, But why is it limited slqngt rcading' fxplainingrhc [asgn:'
t
Fcdcral l{ousing Min-isrcr,-Mr, Tariq Mr,
' ri;iii ;;; r he pract Lce
or.
l1li; t:'d j:',Tr:i :I; jHYl;mlT I
to oflrcers
ilq,:"::.'3lpl:!q fv,9ll'.y: t\:"YEl ;i;Jl;;,,"piion.. *as madc ro quir r
thelr own olllclal lnlluence 11
tne cabincl post anO prwinciat.asscmbly nrc,
tJ,ffi- ",i :H'l{ ilftT,::i,,#i
* W*,: *ll"* p;ggg;i,n I
considered both irregu
m o r al. Th c distin ction bstwee n I egat ififi M"'ii nr ni Omi.iri,ii'..1.
and illcgal and moral and immoral ' -if'f wtrot. cpisodc of Mr. lbdar lqba]
is now- being obliterated by the ,fo;;d' rcsignaiion aod quict cxit.out of tl
Chief Ministcr, who vowed to be vir- muntry is bound, oocc again' to.Tf.-Ylc"'
tuo* 'ult"r ttii p""u""- auiing tt c iJniUf" qucstioris as toihc ctcdibility of tl
i; u;;;h. ihJptii;iiii'i'"tiii *ltlft"i,brand or 8ca$unt'biritv that v
i s be i n g
.
wi d e I y .. p, u
"t
ili i "i"n ", e h # tr;,'t lTir,t"vi jlXPllL,J,H.H i,
dcfcnce forccs since the days ot iiiriir".iiilli;;t *il;rh.y havc gonc c
Gen. Zia.
of rj6wcr....
Amonq thc 50.000 or so Govern- Vr lladar lqbal's luddcn and mptcrio
mcnt eriolovccs in Sindh, mOSt of dcparturcfrom thcsccnccouldappcarctu
ini "fn."lr,'*tio
mav be a courle of nirig, pr*iscly at a timc wbcn s formcr prir:
thousand -l eucn ldsS if the latest ministcr and sorcral o[ hcr mlnFtcrs ar
H:J:[T""s:in',""':]T*:i:i3f fi
Jill$,#Jipffi :tr'.li'::i
thc case -- come from_families ry\o |;;i;;;uiJ rii.io'r.frJ ihc prccisc nar'
arc alrcady well- off, have big [i-it'c .trarecs, and rhc rcdson why r
houscs and also havc discrctionary sovcrnmcnt lccnrcd it fit to lct thc accu,
Dowers to enrich themselve! fcavc thc country quictly and not bc hcld
ihrough thc use of official influence. accounl forcorrupiion' -
Thc "bulk of the employecs is ,
deorivid of a livine waseind do not ,/
haie the clout to-malie themselves *
N'lQNl phenonrcrron
DAWN' March
rich. But thev are not likelv to Tlrc MOlr4 continucs to b,
t"""fit from ihe Chief MinGter's panrpcrcd in a nrlnncr lhat lras rr,
eenerosity bccause their number is preccdcnt. A provinciill MOM Mirr
ioo lareir. Moreover, their col- istcr, clcscril'rcd by a scnior MOlrl
laboratiSn in the execution of Es- lcaclcr rs c()rrul)t, and thrcc trl Irr
tablishment-assigned "jobs" can bc accontpliccs rvcrc hclpcd to cscaP
automatically er[uredif their supe- to Atncricr which is bcing trscd as.
riors arc made willilg, rat.her en' s;rlc hnvcn lry irll sort o[ mafias N,
thusiastic, partners. This is exactly chargc, no FIR; not c\/cn
what the Chief Minister has in view. Prcsidcntirri rc[crcncc.
The rrlots to be allotted to tho of- Sincc it bccatnc an IJI pltrtncr, th,
ficcrs 'are dcvcloped with public MQM h:rs splil ilto_ntttncrtrtts frt.
rnoncy. Thc officcrs r{ill scll thc ltrtns. lts nrrrltillle [rllctttrcs tcst,
sccond plot to thc public at black- irrlnr stlurtbblcs ovcr a tlivision c
markct briccs. The'general public, tlrc spoils ol officc, clt:trgcs of cn,
which will pay foi the olficers' llczz-lcnrctrt of funds collcctcd [,
palaccs, nray'bL more distressingly wclfarc schcmes, quarrels ovcr wh,
in necd of houses than the
favourircs of the Jam."ff,JSi"t",'.i should control party offices or,den
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'Bur rhc MeM-Jam dtu.inii""r ailing parry lives in a five-star hospi
d.ci not fectil alt emi'ai;;;;A;i
tal-guarded by special s.qua{,s or
APMSO goons, for fear that disal
(he exposurc of its rvhi(c tics and it fected paity-mdn or a State agenc,
still pcrsists in its brazcn faccd'rapc may try !o wipe out.the.fuehre r
dcmocracv' camnaisn. All the What is eo'ns on If the MQM cx
nerv5pnps'r5 arc by"now full of Ministcrjxas:rcally planning to as
storics of MPAs' 'kidnappings" but sassinate Altaf Bhai, why doc
Islamabad and tlrc Jam i6ntinuc to Govcrnment not ask for his'extradr
fcign ignorancc and dcny thc Statc's tion from the States t
hand in thc dcspicablc crime.
Four PDA MPAs havc bccn missing
for morc than a fortnight. Thc
faitily mcnrbcrs sry tlrcy *"src curricd
awly by thc policc. Thc Sindlr
] Govcrnmcnt . has dcnicd tltcsc
rcports and fcigns conrplctc ig
norlncc about thc missing MPAs'
, rvhcrcatrouts. Howevir, onfuarch 4,
thc PPP rclcascd a photostat copy
of thc Mukhtiarkar and FCR, Pano
At1il, cllicd Fcbruary 26, which al-
Iorvcd rcnrand in policc custody for
scven 'nrorc' d:rys at lcast of onc of
tlrc [our nrissing MPAs, Strrdur H:rji
Klrrrn.
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NAIIONAL DAIL
MQM split & its likely consequences
On the face of it, I'akislan now lcadcrshrp in lhc MQM al lhc cncc of rhc army, it is poscible
has a balanccd preturc in Srndh. cosl o[ I great pwchologicill rlrrl morc MQM MPAs may be
Jusl as thc Srndhi lcadcrshrp hns rvrcrrch I'coplc who d*ulrrp n()9 cilnlc outspukcn in thcir
trccn rlivrrJcd ovcr how thc lalgta ;tb,,ut ,\llrl llusslin at lhc 'ohlections'to thc cocrcivc lcadcrsltrp
ol Altaf [{ussain. That wtll
provincc's politicrl crisis should apogcc rr{ his powcr, u'rll hq atbe
resolved. nw MQN'I roo will lractcd to lc!(rcrs who ntobilisc faqlrlalc a dialogue within thc as
be noi-monolithic. Thc deadlock thcn) in rcfcrcncc to thc Great scnrbly, rclr*c sonre of the prcs
that has pcrsisrcd in Sjndh. and Leadcr.AndrhcprcsenccofAlrrf surc lhat the PPP lrlPAs have
which has allowcd lslamabad to Hussain in l.ondon will hrvc morc bccn suffering, and allow the fedcral
govcrnmcnr to arrangc a nev
commit blundcrs with impunity, cffcct than hrs prescncc would
hss been to thc disdvanragc of havc had. had hc bccn personally alignnrcnt of forces in Karachi.
the Sindhis bcczuse of the ncga. wcnhr,r*n hy rhe rchels
0n rhc orhci hand, Islamabad
tive unity in thc ranks of lhc Ttrc on.gorng arnty opcratrr)n
MQM. Purcty at the lsrel of the- in rhc provincc ull be a grcat rmory,
after the MQM schism, il pedrnrcnr to rhe free.for.all rhat
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should bc easier to break the ntrAht dsrl{)n belu'ccn lhc 6up.
by Khaled Ahmed
dcadlock,than-it has.bcen in the p,,ircrr,,f rhi n"n gr.ups in rhc
times of Jam Sadiq and his pohri- 't*,tOl*t tn a wflv. thc-rchillion will may finally bc obstructivc ro positive
dwelopments in Sindh. It
cal hcirs.
hcl| thc opcririrrrn bccomc !wcn-
But reality may bc differcn(. handcd. *.hich it has not bcrcn so should bc remcmbcrcd that the
The MQM division may dcvelop J1r Sincc rwr imponanr MeM MQlvl rcbels wcre rhc 'guesrs' of
into an urban war with the rcbels MPAs hur.e sr6crl rlith rhc rebels, the fcdcral govcrnment la$ year
wooing lhc constilucncy that has 11 wrrukl bc norsible to creatc a whcn thry wcrc on thc run from
belonged solidly to Altaf Hussain. morc birlrnccrJ coalrtion in thc thc punrrrvc action o[ Alraf Hussain.
Alrlf Hussaain had fra.
It. ma! mean.scaling up the !-ryi. Sindh Asscmhly. If an MOM
Sindhi rhctoric tather than scaling 63.11.r5 asa'nsi rhe rcbcls. sun quenrly conrplaincd about thc
it doq. Thc charisma of Atral ponert tw itrlf Hussain rhioulh 'insrnceriry'of his fricnds in ls
Hussain, unchallengcd over many icmorc cbnrrol, is nrcvenrcd fro"m lamabad ln this conrext, lhc PPP
may bc disappointcd oncc again
aftor thc lesscning of Alraf Hussaain's
aurhority, Ju$ as they werc
dissapointcd aftcr thc dcnise of
their othcr arch.cncnry, Jam
Sadiq Ali,
Under the changcd condirions,
the decisive elemcnt may srill bc
the Sindh esrablishmenr: irs gNcrnmcnt
and burcaucracy, who
have ruled the province on the
basis of an understandinc wilh th€
old MQM leadcrship. Whilc rhc
army tries to conrrol rhc citici to
Prdcnl an urban MQM war, it
may indireah Dlay En obstrucrivc
ro16 in AIraf 'tfussaain'r effons ro
stagc a come-back. But, if, at thc
same time, it decidcs to sil on thc
fence in rclation to ccntreprwincc
politics, thc ncw dwclopment
may rcdound to the advantagc
of Prcsidcnr Ghulam
Ishaq Khan who monopoliscs thc
grid thcsc doys.
It is not known how much sup
porl lhc rcbels havc in citics outsidc
Karachi. If Hvdcrabad re.
mains untouchcd bi thc achism,
thcn othcr citicr likc Sukkur, may
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complicatc thc situation. On the
orhcr hrnd, rf thc nrorc qtrcmist
N{QM clcnrcnts in thc othcr cjtics
sidc uth thc rcbcls, rhc nw
MQM lcadcrshrp nlay cmcrgc as
more anti-Sindhi .nd lcss
amenable to rnoderation. No matter
hqw ahc dice falls" Islamabad
will derermine whether the rebellion
hclps in resolving the Sindh
problem or not. If it remains politically
innexible. rhe dissolution
of thi charisma of Rhaf Hussain
will not bc a postive d6r'clopmcnt.
The nav MQM leadenwill not
hsvc thc samc kind of effecr on
the masscs as Altaf Hussain. The
Movcment as such will be guided
by I lars fascist decision-making
process rh.n bcforc. If political
lcssons havc bccn lerncd on both
sides, PPP and MQM will have
individual lcadcrs capablc of
communicaring wirh onc another.
If thase bridgcs arc not buih, the
$ranglehold of the ccntrc and its
favoured burcaucracy will increasc
to the dcrnment of borh
sidcs of thc cthnjc dMdc.. ..:
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years,will beremovcdbyanynw bcconrrng cffectivi by rhe prc5.
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