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

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$unt'biritv that v
i s be i n g
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wi d e I y .. p, u
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ili i "i"n ", e h # tr;,'t lTir,t"vi jlXPllL,J,H.H i,
dcfcnce forccs since the days ot iiiriir".iiilli;;t *il;rh.y havc gonc c
Gen. Zia.
of rj6wcr....
Amonq thc 50.000 or so Govern- Vr lladar lqbal's luddcn and mptcrio
mcnt eriolovccs in Sindh, mOSt of dcparturcfrom thcsccnccouldappcarctu
ini "fn."lr,'*tio
mav be a courle of nirig, pr*iscly at a timc wbcn s formcr prir:
thousand -l eucn ldsS if the latest ministcr and sorcral o[ hcr mlnFtcrs ar
H:J:[T""s:in',""':]T*:i:i3f fi
Jill$,#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
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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.
Why ttiis immunity