I Karachi calm

The Frontier Post

as more atrrns
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KARACHI
rituation in
- Thc
Karadri rcmaircd
cstrn' snd no

J untoward incidcnl was rcpor(cJ

frorn any pert of thc ety while thc

policc with the help

arrcs{cd a numbcr of

ol

rang,err

rsons and
rccovcrcd arrns ftorn tlrerr pxrscr
pe

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Thc toral numhcr ol thosc arre

llted 67 druin3 thc Iast lwo rJsn hrs

lrpw rcachcd 07. Thc arrcs(5 $crr
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Fau.il Ccrlony, Liaqrratab:rd
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rfP()tls th,tl dill)t ltari condrlltcLl .i

hortsc-!o.lt0use rrarch ,tl Ai
Karan Square Dr aQy ()thcr placs
Ilc ssrd the rards wele ccrnductcrJ
by rhe p<rlrcc accompanicrj by. rhc

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fv{(jAt lc;rJcrion thrir lequcsr I lc

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f.

ithe murder of orle

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Ila-shir Nek [{
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Cases againSt

KAR.\CHl:

Cases

have been registered againsr rhe

self.exiled founder of MQIvL Altaf

Husain, main parry leaders and

on charges of murder.

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Apalt frnnr Alraf lJrrsain, the

prominent partv leaders againsr

whom FIRs have been regis'tered in

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various city police stations on

behalf of the g,overnmenr are:
Senator Ishtiaq Azhar, Senator
Afrab Shaiktr. Senator Nasreen

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,lalil and her hrrsband lt,t.A,.lalil,

formet Karaehi Mayor Dr Farooq

Sattar. ex.MNA Krrnwar Khalir.l

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Younus, Yaseen SiddiqLri, Hasan

Musanna Alvi, and MPAs Haroon

Siddiqui, Kazi Khalid Ali, Babar

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No case has, however, been regis'
tered against Dr, Imran Farooq, the
secretary general ol rhe party, who
has been underground for tlre lasr
tw0 ye.ars,
A spokesman for rhe poJice, how.
ever, said only 218 people had been
arrested for causing breach of the
peace.

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into a suspcctr'tl crinlc hefore chnrges at'l

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Polrce Register Sedition

Charges Against Altaf,
Ishtiaq and Other MQM
Leaders

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plaint tbr sedition, which car-ries

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1992

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Cases against
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regfstered
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, June 23: Three cases leaders.

of murder, kidnapping and other

The FIRs were registered on the

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crimes have been registered complaints of Mohammad Shahid,

against 14 leaders of MQN{, includ' \,lqmtaz Begum and Rais Ahmed.
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com

plaints of area residents registered

three separate FIRs against

the

I\{QM leaders on Monday. All the

N'IQIW leaders were booked under

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Section 302, 364, 452, L45, L47,336.

436, 115 (read rvith 34) of PPC and
Section 17(3) of Hudood Ordi-

The cases have been registered

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argainst MQN,I's Secretarv General

l)r' Imran Farooq,

Vice-Chairman

Salir.n Shahzad, Provincial Inclus-

tries X{inister, Dr Safdar

Baqr-i,

tr'IPi\ Ashfaq Chief and rhe chref of

Pakistan Steel ivliils. CBA. Khalid

\,I urt aza.

The other I\'IQI\4 activisrs alc:

Rehan Zaidi, Ashfaq Zaicli, Islar
\.Vaseenr,

Javed Kazmi, Ismiril

Qureshi, Irslrad Naeem, Khalid

Shalhid clairaed that the Ir,{QIr,I lead-

ers had kidnapped and kiiled his

brother. He alleged that his father
rvas also kidnapped by them and

later reieased after a severe

tor',

ture.

Another complainant

I\,Iumtaz

Begum said that his son Shoaibullah Khan along with his tq'o f liends
h-shad and Rasheed, was kidnap,

pcJ.

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\lQ\l leaders somr

rirrrc

back. Niumraz Begum alleged th;rt

she tr-ietl to legister an FIR of rhe
incident, but failed because of the
irrllrrerrce of MQII leaders.
'lhe thir-d FIR was registered on
rhe complaint o[ one Rais Ahmed
rtho levelled similar charges on the
N{Qlt{ ieadership.
Horvever, the Karachi Police are
maintaining extreme secrecy altout
the regisrrarion of these FIRs. 'I'he

iIaji. Jalal Khan and Asghar Khan.

All the cases have been handed ofiicials of Landhi Police Station

over to the Military Inteliigence to

investigate the authencity

of

charges levelled against the MQI\.I

quelry refused to give details

of the cases registered against the
trIQI\I leatlership.
t
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KAR-AClI{, Oci iZ: Ashi;iq L'hief

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rhdt,,he,:
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I Nek-Mufrornmad, Raf iq Bhei;

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to dothe
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 24, L992 ZILHAJ 22, L4L2

L A I{ O R E

NATIONAL DAILY FROM LAh

UQM leaders
no-"="aarground

'inHYdeiabad

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F.P. Bureau RePort

MQM leaders go
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Conrinued Jt'on page

As lor the dissidents, they

are

parts businessmen and shopkeepers opened their shops by midday

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divided in nrore than one groups today.

Meanwhile, it is also being apin Hyderabad. One such group, it
is said has overpowered MQM prernended that in order to avert
infighting among MQM, an at=
lggderj[lp i4 Kotn_art! i,ts leaders

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People of these twin cities are verting

much scared that in various clashes.

so

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place
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2Corttirtttcd on PaBe

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Sindhi-Muhajir

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ambushed the police-Rangers con.

voy in an isolated lane,
The police have accused seven
MQM workers of the murder of four
policemen and a Ranger, They are
Farooq, Javed, Ghaffar, Amin,

Hundreds of

MQMmen

Haroon, Ibrahim and Anis. All of

rhem ar'e at large.

Though no figures are available

from the interior of Sindh, MQM

rounded up
up hundreds of

MQM

workers and supporters, including

two former top leaders, Tariq
Javed and S,M. Tariq.
The operation, which began on
Wednesday soon after a high-level
meeting, at the Chief Minister's

House, which was agtended by

senior army officers, was carried

of the province. The house.to-house

search was still continuing when

rhis report was written late

on

Thulsday evening.
In Karachi alone, police formally
arrested or detained for interogation at leasr.lS0.workers and supporrers of the lt'lQM or their relatives during laids on hundreds of

and

other parts of the province.

Reports from official and unoffi.
cial sources indicate that over 800

people have been

arrested

throughout the province, mainly

from Hyderabad and Karachi, so
far.

The crackdown forced a majority

of active MQM workers to go undergrorr nd. The law enf rrrcement

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rounded'

khas, Sukkur, Nawabshah

all the cities

Itouses.
At some places, specially in Bal.
dia Town, where seven people were
on Wednesday.f sec,urlty

house

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enforcement agencies on Thursday

and their relatives had been

in Hyderabad, Mirpur-

arrested

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KARACHI: In a major
provincewide crackdown, the law

r>ut simultaneously )n

leaders claimed that party workers

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Residents claimed that the law

enforcement agencies had also
arrested many minors in Baldia

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Town.
. Most of the people, arrested during .the crackdown, had been
rounded up soon after the beginning of.the operation clean-up, but
la ter'released-'oir bait.

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thar there .ileru at leist eight

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hooded drmed men whci

had

forces took into custody rhcir r'ela-

rives.

MQM MPA Kamran Jafri, who

was accused by the army of masterattack on t

ffis'alay;-:too; . wenr

after military . authorities pressured ;he party leadeis to hand him

over to the nearest pblice station.
The Patni Mohalla of Baldia
Town and its surrounding area
remained under an unofficial curfew for the second consecutive day
on Thursday,

The

provincewide. crac\down

has created 'tension

in

of the

Mohajir-

province.
Baldia Town, however, remained
peaceful, but tense.

dciminated areas

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SUNDAY JUNIi ZI,Igg2 ZII.I-IA.T 19,I1I2

LAHORtr

NATIONAL DAIt

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(, ,, , rrou{![, Post
VffQM ;m death mrerchants of Karachi!

Tuesday. June 23, 1992

hc raid

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on

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rnclur1lilg n 4-ln.h rltt rxt trght ulst

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olcr, shrle rcgdents o{ thc re<t of
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"And cover not Trulh with Falsehood nor conceal the Truth when ye Kr'.

TLte

F'rontier Post

REHTUAT S}IAH AFRIDI

Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chiel

KHALED ATIMED
Fesident Editor
Lahore, Tel: 361382--86, Tlx: 47363 ZARI PK, 44 100 ZARI PK, Fax: 367563

End of a fascist organisation?

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certainty would have doomed the rebellion

to failure and resulted in the surnmary
execution of tlrc rebel leaders. Altal' I-lusslin in London thinks th:rt the 'secret'
age ncies rnaster-nrinrled the split and that
the rebels wcre allovvetl to usc transport
provided by' the R:rngers, a cle:rr indictntent of tlre I'ederal governntent. That trvo
IvIQNf NIPAs li'onr the Sindlr Assenrbly
have decided to support the tlnqiqi group
nright mean {lrnt rrtore of tlrerrt nriglrt ,ioin
tlre rellellion prol'ided tlte arnty preveltts
tlre blckl:rsh l'rom the ortlrodox ltro-Altal'
elements tlrrouglr its preventivc strategl.
Tlre coming rveek rvill be decisiye as Altaf
Ilussirin rallies his teerning. lirllorvers
tlrrough lris lirrrrou.s telcplrone rnesslges.
1-he lllqiqi group is tlemirrrrlirrg investiglIion into ]\lQl\l nra{tcrs tlrlt lrarl renrained hidden fiorn public vierv, As lhe
press reports additiorral 'revelations', the
image of Altaf Hussain rvill sull'er, prrtting
his tbllowers under t)ressure. Tlle group is
also demanding I'resh elections in tlre
province, rvlriclr brings thern into sorne
kind of inl'ormal aligrrment rvitlr the I)PP
leaders in Sindh denranding the sunre.
The picture theretbre is still cornplex,
rnaking it diflicult to decide as to rvlrose
advantage the NtQM split rerlounds.
There has alrval's been an anlbivalcnce in Islanrallirrl's rclutions ryitlr
N{QNL 'Ihe trutlr ol'thg rnirt(er is tlrirt rrn

governnrent can aflbrd to relate normally

to an organisation which is a law unto itself. MQM may have been a useful ally for
an IJI looking desperately for a foothold
in a province wlrere its arch-rival the PPP
Iras substantial representation. But the
furmer's ability to impose decisions on the
administration seriously. curlailed the
ability of Islamabad to deal fairly with the
ethnically divided Sindh. News about how
the secret agencies were nranipulating the
various strong personalities within the
I\lQl\{, sometimes rvith big pay-offs, has
alrvirys circulated in the national press. [t

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Army
in Sindh nray have
(facilitated'operation
the outbreak of re bellion
rvithin the MQM, but tlre split rvas sinrmering for over a year. Tlre assault of the
'IIaqiqi' group on the strongholds and oflices of the oflicial MQM bespeaks organisation, the sort for which Altaf Hussain was so famous. The least bit of un-

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rJ)pears that the fascist juggernaut of

Altnl' Hussnin, built by General Zia, has
keeled over because of the monetary
spoils it soaked up without spreading
tlrenr out eveuly. It will now be easier
dealing rvitlr ir divicled MQM than it was
rvith a united MQM whose writ sometimes
clashed rvitlr that of the state. How will the
state benelit l'rom this easing of the ethnic
situation in the Jrrovince? The centre took
arlvnntnge ol'the syrlit within the PPP and
grrt Sirrtllris to punish the Sindhis, while
helplessly lllorving the MQM to rule the
cities in Sirrdh and tame the administration. Norv the MQM split has 'balanced'
the situation. Il' Islirmabad's own plans
don't change and the elimination of the
PPP and the punishnrent of its Sindhi
supporters is still on the agenda, then
Sindh rvill go into another plrase of terror
and destruction. Il' however, the new
agendr is to set up a consensual government in Karachi to bring peace to the
;lrovince, then the erosion nf the fascist
MQI\'{ learlership is an opportunity that
slroulrl not be nrissed.

r/leM: portrait of an ethnic organization

March 92Fronticr Post --...'''
--by-Zwiftenon

phy.

Whcn ir 1979 tlrc APMSO wrr

crclion. AJuf Bhri rnd Abbrri

country

Frurkarckh hrd gu off

Ore

But thc nnnourt rtill pcnirkd, rnd loudly prcclrirncd thrl

Bhri Sub wrr rctuelly ro humrn 3o u !o bc not}ing but rn orrnd-out'roguc, Now 0ris cruscd ssnc urcasc. It is not poeriblc
for'r rwncur to livc urlcsr it brcathcs rt lcrs! romc rir of truth.
I wrr in r rutc of thir umrc whcn t mct Armir rnd Afrg, thc rwo
yaug MQM dirlidcnu. My mccting witlr thcm wrc thc ru&rt
rchrlg to my hopcr. 'Et-tu-Bhri Sub' I thoutht And whcn the
intcwicw. ardcd, I bokc hc nib of my pcn. u judgo ut frblcd ro
do rfat lignhg l rcnuncc of dcr0r
And now orcr to Armir Khrn: "I wrs oly rbcrr
rireen thcn, r rtudcnl, *han I hcrrd rbout Alrqf Bhri. , Hc hrd
formed thc APMSO. I wurtcd to rcc 0tis mu. Whcn I did. I nid
to myself thrt hc rvrr to bc my lcadcr. I wal onc of rhc firrt to
Fin. Thc uicklc ron bccmc r flood. Thc Motrrjirs hrd long
fclr dcprivcd rnd hsccurc rnd insulrcd. Thcir intcncrion .with 0rc
hnj.bi, rnd Prthrms unfonunrtcly confincd to thc rudct

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formcd, liulc noricc rtt ndcd itt

Shrccd llospitrl were rr yct to
cornc yetnt rwry from bccaning hourchold nuncr. Evcn whcn
tle MQM wrr bom thc evcnt did not mcnr rhc rrrcndoo of t}e
gancrel prblic. but tlrir wrr prcbrbly rhc rirnc rlur rhc ISI movcd
in to ddi'rcr 6c Fru*cnrrcin,
And than crmc thc frtdul md frul mircdculrtioo of
Bushn Zeidi urd ur unknown mini.hx drivcr, rnd thc rcsulting
collirisr unlershcd r rcund of blood.lcrdng rlrrr rhoot rhc

opcndng trblc rnd hrd

talsr rc thc rrces.

Thc huge succcsl of thc Nishur Prrk cmgrtgrtiqr on 8
August 1986, followed by thc Shohrab Coth mayhcm 3l Octobcr
1986 rignalcd thc binh of a ncw forcc in the polrtrcs of Palirtan.

end would not bc put brck into

Bccrusc

hc

Z'z's conrpirarorid

hil

gcnuis

genic roo hed run rmok

tngedy for Pakistan

for ir

pcdphcry of ccndoneticn,

prcfcrcncc

to

rfrc l.a,jcn-who

i.a ur ro thc sink. Thc rtcedy

progrcssion has bctn from brd Sgygga-irc_9., through non.

govcmarcc to outright bcdlam. Tynnny can work, but whcn

for

wilc, ir spawns

vrcuum

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tyranny ta*cs uqrass incomJ:ctcnce

whrclr talcs thc placc of irs wrir.

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In thir liruetist pcoplc will form groupr !o cnsurc

thcir rcorrity, and hrving found ruch rccuriry. thc momcntum of
Oreir morivcr forcc will propcl thcm to rcguire dcrninrncc over
cartcnding intercst rnd groups, This ir why MQM wrs 6om, rnd
if

wc ccnrinuc on thc mcrry road that wc havc ukor, therc will bc

m.ny morc ruch groupr. Al ruch thir il not r diseasc pcculiar to

thc Mohejir. [f it wcrc, Ijrarl llaq would ncvcr hrvc wqr an
clccricn firxn Toba Tck Singh,

But thcrc wrr r silvcr lining to thc MQM phencncnon.

r yourlrful, dcdicrtcd lcadcrship frorn thc middle
chsr, rnd gevc rubsuntivc form to somcthing that hrd lain to
long only in thc folds of our imaginrtion. Wirh r rc:l.lifc role
modcl in cxislcncc, it wrr hopcd, rhar foUowing MQM cxamplc
thc rpst ur too would gcr rid of $c rccurnulatcd rcfure of fony

Thcy thrcw up

Ycan, end Orow up

fcsh, vibnnr dcdicrrcd, rnd

parrioric

lcadcnhip,

But u our hopcs wcrc &ring ro pccr from rround thcir

vcil, Ah:f Bhei'r mask runcd giving wry. Thc firsr esseulr cmc
fmm wc* rrlnouri rlrt Bhri Slrb mey nor bc rll that hc ir mrdc
out to bc. thrt hc mty rcutUy bc morc hurnen than il gcncnUy
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Thc formrtion of MQM wrs histo'ry'r responsc for morc

than thrcc &sdcs of gqyemmcntd bancr of n:uoflal intercst in

w.

nccdcd unity

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clcmcnu, This wu not rn cxpcriancc for us to cicrish.

'Whan thc APMSO wrr formcd wc wcrc clatcd. Thil
wrr to bc thc cmbryo from which would grow our rcdcmpricr. Wc
wrntcd to honor Bhri Shaib. Hc wrs to bc our Quaid . for cvcr
rnd rlwayr. Hc would ncver havc to rubrnit himself to thc

borrJc.

of its cthnic brsis, hc formtricn of rhc MQM

- r crucl blow ro r c<xrnrry whrch

survival cvcn morc urgcntly than our
politicias nccd non-rcfundablc bank loant for rhetn. Yct this
tragcdy, though not dcscrving of forgivcncss, wal cnc tlu could
cesily bc undcntood. And ofan undcnunding touchcs thc
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It rlso signded thc fallibility of

bccrusc, likc Indiai Bhindranwelc,

Thc frir-mindcd rmqlt ut brushcd such rumoun rsidc

cmccling tlrcm rgrinrt concioornerr of ingnincd prejudicc.

But rhc rrmoun pcrliltcd, urd evcn trcnr to Oe crcnt of
rudaciously rrggcsring tlrrt Bhri Sub mry cven bc morc humrn
$rn rqnc d ul. Any douhl 0rer rhil-mry cruscd wcrc rhroulcd

.of lcckhg

lr

elcction. That wes for monels crly.

Frcrn APMSO ro rhc binlr of rhc MQM wai r vcry shon md

natunl stip. Ycs I hrvc hcerd tha thc ISI had spqrsorcd thc
movcmcnt er r chcck on thc powcr of tic Jamaat, but I ctnnot
ccnfinl rhir. Though I w<xrld nor bc surpriscd iJ this wcrc ro,

tlcrc wcr! no visiblc unpdimcnr put h our path by r

dicutonrl rcgimc, rs wc grc\*'from:trcngth to strcngth. 'l}tir
strcngth *as firrl pul to tcrt aftcr thc Bushn llrdi incidcnt. Wc
bccaurc

wcrc scvcrcly maulcd bccaurcd rlc larhans and hrnjabis wcrc wcll
rrmcd, rnd wc did not know thc firsr rhing ebout wcapons. But
n<rhrng did morE to lwcll our rar*s thur thil incidcnr end its
rficrmarh. k is rftcr thir that wc vowcd ncvcr egein to t kc il
lyr,ng dirnn, Wc too would tnin rnd rrm oursclvcs.
. "Thc MQM wrs thc most dcdicrtcd rnd disciplhcd forcc
rn thc country much morr so than thc rrmy. And wc wcrc bcing
lcd by r}c bcrt lcadcr in Pakrsren'in thc world. 'llc fint lignr
of drsscnt cemc whcn llhai Sahib. who wrt thtn rn jril, rcarmcd
hrt only il wc havc r vr,licc. and that without r voicc wc would
n<x bc rblc to achicvc cvcn o.rc of our eims".
"Wc swcpt rhcsc polls. 'l}c conscqucnt cuphorir
mufllcd thc drssent but ncx Orc dqrbts. And thcn cemc thc 'Et
lilccrions. l}c <Jirridcnts did not went to talc prn in thcrc for
cractly tlrc r.mc rc.sons .-rr rbovc, but llhri Shrib wcnt ehcrd on
r rcpc.r ol hir cerlicr rcrs<ning. Thcrc wrs enohcr victory, rnd
rnodrcr rwcll of cuphorir. But thc doubu pcrrirrcd - crly mrrc
surngly."

"Thc final brcak crme whcn thc nemc of thc moycmcnt

to Muuhidde Qaumi Morcmcnr, Thir would hrvc
bccn finc hrd this chengc bccn mtdc e(tcr thc originrl rirnr of thc
movcmcnt hrrl bccn rchicvcd bur thir wrs n<l thc cerc. Wc hrd
ntr rchicvcd cvcn (nc o{ rhcsc. h ir now for thc finr rimc thtr
*c rtrncd to douh thc sinccriry of otr Qurid. Wc suncd dering
to l<x* hchrnd hir mrsh of infellibiliry rhrr wc hrd ornclvcr prt
ovcr hrm ljor r young mrn uho ir both cmorionrl rnd idcelirtic.
rt is pcrfcctly prssihlc to c(nvcn rn otrc hto rn idol, -C<lld vc
hrvc dtnc thir, *'c fqrcd,'
wes changcd

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'Or)r firn doutrs wcre thrt Bhai S.hib
Tv{uuhiddr' for 'Mohrjir' only bccrusc hc wurtcd

rugc, rnd thut

ttw ri

hil pcncnrl powcr, which

3ynonymout with thc power of

frct wc ltrongly ruspccled tiat thc

ncccssrrily

hd nrbnituted
o cnlargc t}re
hc no longcr
thc

coursc hc qdcrcd rhc MQM to cclcbntc thc 9l

Prkistrn Dry rr ncvcr bcforc, but rhir wer purc poliricr, Thir
mrn hu ncvcr gons ro thc Mrzztr of Qurid orr hir ow[r crccpt !o
burn 0rc Prkilun llrg.
Thc molt inrcrerring find ln Chicrgo wtr rhrr Alufr
ristcr prid qurncr of r million dolhn:qrh to buy hcr hodrc. .Wo
wcrc no( lurprilcd, wc wcrr rghrst. And bcforc wc cqrld How our
top, crmc rlc sobcring rcvolrtiqr $rr Aluf orncd r frir.rizcd
hotcl in Chicago, bur rhrt for good form hc tirlc ro rhil proFfty
wrr m hc namc of hil brother.in-law,
. Or raflccrion wc found rhrr dl rhc Fopcny rhu rhould
hrvc- bclcngcd ro MQM. hrd bccn rhrred out bctwccn Alufr
frmiJy urd fricndl, And wc hrd wo*cd likc rlrve !o collccr our
fundr in pcnnicr . fiom thc nlc of srimrl rkinr rlrughrcrcd u
Eid; fmm donuionti end by rclling ounclva . Alhf for anc
crorc rupccr for cach o tic MQM MNA'I who votcd rgrhrt
Bcnzrir during thc norconfidcncc morion. Allo, I crnnot dany
tlrar lrrgc donrrimr by thc riclr rrvere drc rcsutt of cxaortion, hrt I
was nivcr uscd for r.hir. But rll tlrit wu MQM rnoncy srd Aluf

USA. Ycl, of

mo.rcmcnt.

&lign of Bhri
As r mucr of
Srhib wrr to rrrogrtc etl thc powcr to hirnseU, urd meke Ore
morrcfiicil antircly s$scrvicnt

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"Wirh disillusionmcnt cornin3 to ut lt right to rorr

cyct, wc rtrrtcd to rcc our Qurid in rcalistic light And the morc
wc sw, lhc mors dislluliorrcd wc bccuc" Wc wcre now
incrcrsingly dering to lhrnk palt thc cloak of invincibility with
which wc hrd rdomcd our lcadcr. "llc was not mudt of r lcadcr,
rftcr rll', wc rhought. Hc only inspircd us l Orc high ridc whcn
no hspintion wrs rcaUy nccdcd Actually it is wc who irspircd
him cech timc

ncrvout mrn.

Hir rpirit dcscns hirn thc momcnt hc pcrcciver r difficulty. Thet

ir wtren hc grthcn us rll in to lift him up' Yct, it ir wc who

mrdc

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Thcrc is nothhg bcyond oraloty to thir

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only teat rchicvcmcnl was 0rc formarion of thc APMSO, for

which wc crovrncd him king for lilc rnd urrgxcd tunncl vtsion
upqr oursclvcs,'

As we runcd rceing more clcarly, wc bcrrmc conlcious

qualitivc changc in our lca&nhip, Wc ncxiccd lhrt whcrcel
crdicr cech sre of our lcedcn wou.ld, rs r rulc, bc in tic ficld with
thc wo*cn, thc nrlc now sccrncd to bc to rernrin huddlcd rmmg
rhcmsclvcs. Of $c zsral heedl. thc crly crccptionr to thir rulc
wcrc Afrq rnd mysclf. Thc onscicurncsr of hir chengc fnrstnted

thcrc wc staycd.

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Our prolongcd rbscnccs wcrc fclt by thc workers; Thcir

qucstionr rbout our chengc of euitu& bccarnc rn cmbarrassmcnl
for Aluf, Hc now bccmc conscious th81 our disscnt o.rt dccpcr
thrt hc hrd thought- Witlr cmbomrsmcnt crrnc fcrr. U rnymc
could crtculatc thc cqrscqucnccs of thc invcnion of tJril
dcdicrtion, nmc could do so bettcr than him [{c srw in us hrs
ncmcris. Hc would hrvc likcd to hrvc ur cluninntcd. but wrs no(
too cerrrin whetlrcr hc would bc rblc to contrin the fallout' So hc
rskcd to go dre Sutcs for r whiJe, llc sard our prclcncc,givcn
our enitudc. wrs crcating diJficultis for him, rnd t}csc drffiorlies
wcrc hrmpcring tic progrcss on thc very issuer thal werE sorc
pointr wirh ul, Wc wcrc lold thel qtcc Lhcsc irrucr wcre rcrolved
we cotrld rctum,

Wc wcrc thrcc of ur. Afaq, Badrr rnd mc, who wcrc

trkcn by AluJ ro thc US ccnsul gcncnl rnd prrnptly our visrt
wcre stempcd. h did nor occut to us *tcn ilat Altrf't rrppon with
Amcriqns ccxrld have r lignificancc bcyond whrt mct *tc eyc'
In C}icego wc, had Uttlc to do but thurk, dircurr, ud
hclp onc rnother rcmovc oor nuny rcmrinhg blind spou. Wc
rrrncd by gruing Alrefr background in bctrcr pcrspccrivc. The
mrn fint brokc rhrulgh rnonymity whcn hc wrl rwrrdcd five
hsho rnd nhc months rigoranr irnprisonmcnt fic l*hcs wcrc
donc rwry with, but hc wcnt thru:gh witlr 0rc nine msrtlrs - rnd
thir pcdod ir rynbolic, rincc hc hd r nbirrlr rftcr rhis.
Wc hcn crrmincd hil frrnily, two b'rorhcn ud r rirtcr
rcriding pcrmucntJy in thc Sutcs; onc bror.hcr in Srudi Anbir,
but witlr r grcan card; md Altd Bhri too wrr r proud owncr of r
rimilrr liccnre. Thil did nor go to mrkc the mosr irnprcsrivc
qedcntid for r pcnon who her rny commirrnenr orhcr rhu to the
USA, Ycr, of coursc hc ordcrcd thc MQM ro celcbnrc rhc 9l
Prkisten Drv rr ncver bcforc, brl thir u,rs nrre rnliricr. This

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Bur $c most crushing of dl

Thc conrcqucnt ccncturion thtt our clricf wtr

common thicf, wrr r cnrshing blow,

wrr rhc cmlciousncss tht! wc, crch of

ut, borc cornpliclty in thc

grcrtcst rin of . lirtcning to rntson,' rnd rbcuing iU if nor by
our rrsEnr, thcn rt lcrst by ottr rilancc. Altefr hncrmorr. circle,

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burdcn for ur to movc out of our houscl. And ro incrcasingly,

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of which I wrl r prn. wcrc mutincly tmtrd to r pct rcrmon. Wi

werc rcpcrtcdly rcmhdcd to mrkc ounclvcr rcrdy o 0rrow .1
ounclvcl m tlrc bayonctr of thc rrmy, Thc rrmy, wc wgp .,
wamcd, wrl our cncmy numbcr onc. "It ir rgrinrt 0rc rrmy thu
will hnvc to bc foughfl, wc wcrc !old.
Slowly rhir rhcmc unfurlcd irrclf. Thc ulrimrrc rim of

thc hst barrlc

thc. MQM ould not bc mcrely ro be recognizca

nrtionilily. This would bc unwonhy rr rn ulrimrrc

u i lrfrh
rim. Thc
ultimrtc had to bc indcpcndercc ' to hrvc our own lutc. Thu
was whcrc the lhowdown wirh thc rrmy would comc.

This was thc llong Kong Plan. Thc rccnrrio printcd

wrs that rhc Wcsr wrs looking for rn rlrcmative to Hong Kong,
rnd thrt no ciry bcrtcr suircd ro fill rhil rolc thrr Krnchi. Thc
Wcst would rhcrcfor bc rgrccrblc to rny movc which coold bring
this rbdut, rnd ro would Indir. All wc hrd ro do wrl to dcfcrr thc
rrmy rnd grin sulficicnt cmtrol of Krnchi rnd runoundhg rrer
for 0re USA to havc r lcgitimate crsc for gr.nting ur rccognirion.
Thcrc wrl ncvcr I rrnglc voicc of dislcnt rgrinst whrt Ahaf
propagatcd rt thcsc mccrings, Wc hrd prognmmcd ounelvcr hlo

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bclicving rhat Altaf muld do no
Yer, Alrd wu- in touch with borh Indir rnd fic'lrSA od
this issuc- I know of rr lcrst onc mccrinS for which hc wcnt !o

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Dhrhrur

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rhink

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Hcrc hc met

CIA opcnrivc md

dilcusrcd 0rc plur wirh him, I know for ccnrin thrr hc rlco rent
rn cmirrry to Indir, who met cvcryonc who wrl myonc, cxccpt
Rrjiv, Thc mccting with Rrjiv wrr plrnncd bur ccr.rld nor ukc
place. Ycs, I know thc nrmc of tlrc cmisnry but will not give ir
bccausc his frmily wiJl bc butchcrsd by Altrfr mcn, rnd rhet

frmily ir innoccnt.

Ar wc dirutrcd

rhc ccrrrcquaner of cur hvolvmant

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A SIGTCH BY MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

MQM LEADER ALTAF }TUSSAIN

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wireolwilltobreakoulof theencirclementoi circumstances. HisdaysinUSAstillhauntAltaf Husainandhe
makes every efiortto hide his background of a taxi driver. Like an ineflectualangel beating about its wings
in void. he was attimes seen advocating Mohajirs there butwithout much impact. l{is eflorts to cut a bigger
role lor himsell appeated to be tutile.

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Mohajir Oour,ri Movemenl was lormed in Karachi on tgtn Marcn. 1984 wnile Altaf was still in'
USA. ln June 1985. Altaf Husain returneC lo Pakistan to launch MOM but received just a stammering response lrom his ccmmunity in the beginning. Acccrding to an estiniate. MOM spentabout 16lacs in Karachi
and 4lacs in Hyderabad on the grdnd receptions in his honour. ln the political circles, then. MOM was
view'ed as a loster child ot Rais Amrohvi. Rais Amrohvi. Khaliq Allahwala, Waiid Shamsud Hassan (Editor,

Daily News) alongwith ?rol. Karrar Husain, Dr. Aliya lmam and Akhtar Rizvi were seen
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Agra 6 years allenvards in 1953 and migrated to Pakistan in 1954. This young man came oi a poor lamily
but was mercurial and dynamic. His capabilities ol being a catalyst ol masses were noticed by Rais
Amrohii. Prof. Karrar Husain and late Siete Hasan who promoted him in uu.ry.rcrpect'untilhe controlled the.
University as Presidenl. Mohajir Students Federation (MSF) in rnid 70s. lnterestingly, Azim Ahmed Tariq.
lhepresenlChairmanoiM0MwasSecretaryGeneralof Altaf Husain'sMSF. Thetwolaterlormedtheinitial
ccreotMOM. TheholcjolMSFloosenedintheearlyS0sanditvirtuallydisintegratedduetodivergentpolitical and sectarian factions that ciopped up within it. ln 1982 Rais Amrohvi. a rabid Shia. worried by ShiaSunni tension in Karachi which was relusin0 to be papered over introduced him to Agha Hasan Abidiol
BCCI and Mustala Gokallor using his MSF lo counter the inlluence ol Sunni l'slamiJamiat Talba (lJT). the
battering ram of Jamaat-e-islami and Swad-e-Azam Ahle Sunnat (SAAA)whiclr was dominated by Sunni
Ulema like MaulanaAslandyarlrom up-country. But bythen the MSF had loslits cutting edge and slid into
backyard ol student politics. Allaf Husain was arrested lor the lirst time on 14 August. 1979 alongwith Alaq
Shahid ex-MNA at Mazar-e-Ouaid-e-Azam lorstaging a demonstralion lorrepatriation of strande.d 8'iharis.
He alone suilered the ditliculties of trial as his arrest made no ripple on the smooth waters. ln 1983. Altat
Husain. a deleated and disgruntled rnan proceeded to USA lor higher studies but tound his ambitions
bogged down due to economic factors and ended up as a taxidriver. lt is claimed by knowiecjgeable circles
that lmded Mohammad Shah.,the son ol G.M. Syed had sponsored Altat Husain's visit lo USA.

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The Mohajir.Pathan seciarian riots in October 19g6 as a result oi the ceatn oi a 3ihari student
3ushra Zaidi in a road accident acted as a calalyst which sparked MQM into prominence and propelled
AltatHussainloanainthestatusof unqueslioned spokesmanotMohajirs. Hewas jailedbytheGovernment
but it gave him more advantage than sutlering as it served as an impetus to his popularity.
tUOU is a cult of sentimentaiity and unreason llourishing on ridiculcus political haii ti'uihs.
in the toils of their
malaise. what marks its iollowers ls a rnentality rather than a class. lt is a party of socialoutcasts. of opportunists as well as malcontents - pecpie ol every sociological coloration.l

Although "lhe hard ccre ol MOM ccnsists of the midCle and lower classes struggling

.AltatHusainhasafollowing.heldtogitnerlessbyrationalitythanbyvolatileemotioni.

Heisa

grahd tactician of oratory who can whip the emotions of his audience to lever pitch. lt is a curious ccupling,
ol delirium an( irrationality that characterises his oratory. He bleats out ridiculous political hall truths but

alwaysremainsanalertmasterolhi'semotions. Accnsianteffortolwillisdemahdedtobewhathewantsto
seem to be. His speeches stir nillionfold expeclations and millionlold anxieties and clank up the audience
into a collective orgy. On the siage he perlorms as if he has inhaled the leelings o{ his audience ol being victimised. of lear. ol hatred. He has around his person a certain lunatic aura.

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The h{QM's New Clothes

ln a bid to project a new image, the MQM turns its eye on southern Punjab,

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ltal Hussarn's vorce
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MOM rally of the krnd
rvrlnessed rn urbarr Sindh on
counlless occilsronri. !vrllr llli)

oblrgirlory lclcirlron,c
[)eflnled rrt lrorr Lr')r]rl()rl
Rallv:r, llte sccrrrl (}l llr(r
\4OM's Di'c.r:rtttrt)r ?5 r;tlly
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become a broad-based
political parry The MoM's
December 25 rally. held at a
busy chowk in lhe busllrng crty
of Mullan. was the Irrst sr.rch
massive show to be lreld
outside the province ol Srndh,
A feslrve mood pervaded
lhe air and lhe show was
c0rtainly impressivc, evorr
lhouglt parlicipation Lry lhe
local populalton was
cclnspicuously absenl. lf
nolhing else. the rally served
lo prove thal lhe elhnrs p66y
strll has the resources - and
the f ollowing - al rts command
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lrlrrvr'lntCnt. lltO l'4rll,;rlrr Oilri,tr,

\1ovr:rttcrtl lAllitl (lroUl)) has
Irrrrtt:cl rlS itllenlion lo lhc
soutllern Punlab, In rts ellorl to

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Allcr rl s nrct;irnorDlroscs
ilr1O lire lvlulalrrrln Oir"rrrrr

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nressage f rorrr lltc OrarcJ

/or()oQ 5(,ttOr /srr ,oQ A.'i)(r clrr;y,1 1r,16 S,,O/l/t w/(i(i,r rrg lherr nel

lo move hundreds of
supPorlers {rom Kar,rChr attd
H'vderabad lc i"'li.rllan aior.q
Wrlll nl llrLr DArADliCilr;tr S rQr
an exlr;lvaqitnza ol tir,s sorr
Bo rlnCr S, lin g S. OOd

il lS Of

Allal Htissarn, lrqhlS c irPels

and hundreos of lvlOM
SUPporlerS were llauli)d - Or
IrrrCd - lo Nlrrllart u't ( rdet 1()
cns(Jrc llre rnlly's strccess. Tire

l{ W lr'tr',tr'('i,(l(ltllS tlr !U;1;\ .rl

,tll(-'rt( lilrt(-u. r'l)r\it|twl\, c.

wtlnLlljs(lo lor the l,rst lrme a

polrlrcal gverrt el sLrch ponrp
arrd CrrCrJnrSlanCe.
Orre cr,lrc of lhe MOM ,n

facl, descrbed lhe whole

ailarr os anythrng bul pohlrcal.

ethnic alfiliationS,
announcemenls were made in

ever {he raily Cjrd Suggesl

Srndhr, Serarkr. Balochr.

Punlabr arld Pushto, as wellaS

Ho\,,

liriil Altaf

HuSSarrr brmsetl, aS

wclr aS r:lher MOM leadef s.

Secrtred QUrte awaie Of lhe
SOCTO.

DOlrtrCal envrrOnnrent Of

llre region. For exarrr0le. lhe

Spccrf rcally targeled
lr ;lclrl ror'ra; eudai Dolrlroans rn

st)ca(ers

llrnrr S,)eh:CheS and nppealed

i() lr\r) i)ecl)lo nol lo volr) lor
lVrrrtls al,rd explorlers rn
trrliire. MereOver, rn an ellOrl
lo D<:' tray. lhe new MOM as a
brond -based polrlrcar party,
And tO Shake Otl rlS mOhairr

rn Urdu.

As I run-up to lhe Multan

rally, MOM leaders includrng
rls convener, Senalor lshtiaq

Azhar, Dr Farooe Sattar and

Hyderabad ntayor Af tab
Sharkh. as well as other MOM
lo;rcicrs. ltn(, vrsrtL.(J Mr.rllarr.
$lrrrlaallad. Muzitllargarh, Kot
Acldu. Ralanpur. Khanewal,
Dera Ghazr Khan and other

cities and lowns in southern

Punlab to address corner
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popularrty of lhe PML(N) inth

rrrban cenlres of soulhern
Punlab, ll is quils clearlhal il
the MOM goes ahead wilh ils
plans rn
5e13rkr belt, il will
nlaniigc '6"
lo eat a\ryay al
Slrarrl s vole bar'rk, even rf it
farls lo ovorrhrow the PML(N)
all<lr;r.'llror lt rs pt:rlraps for
tlrrs rcil:rlrr llrill

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suDporlcr 9l Mran Nawaz

Sharrl rn lv4uzalf argarh was
tlrllcr al)orl tile lrelding of an

MOM citrrclid;tle rn llte bY'

etcrcl On. He waS Of lhe

OpinrOn

llrll llrrs move was

parl of a
consl)rrflcy hitlchc'cJ by lhe
PPP to ('resriiilihse lhe PML(Ni
rn lhe area
Me;1r'rwhriC. $g13rki
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"Seroiki.rnoh o 1i r iltehod
zindobo d" and "Serorki'

mohoiir bhoi, bhoi."

Although the MOM now
calls itsell 'the parly of 98 Per
cent opPressed PoPuiation of
ihe country', and considers rt
expedient to move awaY from
exclusively moha;rr Polrtrcs
reslricted to lhe Province ol
Sindh. politicalanalysts tahe a
cynical view of lhis new
devolopmenl, They suggest
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It is clear that the MQM chose

the constituencies of
Muzaff argarh and Kot Addu
because of their large nrohajir
populations, At the same time,
however, it strategically
attempted to ally itse!f with the
Seraiki.speaking poprilation,
Graf itti on the walls of biith towns
testif ied to this shitt in strategy,
with slogans like "Seroilii-mohoiir
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meetings. TheY also

appointed parly organisef s at
various levels in lhese areas,
And with the Multan rallY, the
MOM's intenlions lo enter lhe
political fray in the Punlab
were clear.
ln an earlier attempl lo makc
inroads inlo the Province, lhe
MOM contested by'electtons
lrom Muea{largarh district on a
nalional and a Provincral
assembly seat, both of whrch
had been vacated by Ghulam
Mustafa Khar, A Serarkr
activisl, Ghulam Hameem
Bhatli, was the MOM s
candrdale for both seats, bul
managed lo secure only about
four hundred voles.
It is clear that the MOM
chose lhe constituencres of
Muzalfargarh and Kot Addu
because of lheir large mohalrr
populalions. At the same trme.
however, it strategicallY
attempted to ally itsell wtth lhe
Seraiki-speaking Population.
Graf rlli on the walls ol bolh

Purtlab an(l ils

radrCillrSrrr

,,,oO tsec in the MOM's

i3,,,si11 ln 'ACl, lhe recenl
(lr.'roral ei,Jctrorts proved that

rtrt,t"'- l(rt,rrrl

lril r)irt ()f il

slrale9y l(l sl)ir(l lrr!'

w,despreac'i It rlcill ;:r'5 iir

terro|srr1 arlo lc serll[e 1"1'J''
\O a non-mOha rr elcclorill':

Desprte thc lacl !lr;i1 1u

candrdale {ar;ed rrtrSer;il) ,r,
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lhe by-electlons, the friCl.l

leadersh rp a Oparen I l), bcl,..r,"u

it Can SeirVer Q,l ljollr CO,.r11lS

Ofle lhe t.fl)arl Ce.ifC: ,'

lhe Sera,x /e!,On are
predomrnantii, DoDt, alcir r,,
mohalrrs - bollr Urdu atrc
Punjao,.s,.:ea^ nQ ll rs
FOr

perhaps only a qtresl,otr cl

trme - an0 Slralegy - Def o.{l
lhrs potenl filvole ba.k clrr

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(lllrlrrC Cjrv,SrOns in lllrS areA are

st.ar'Jer li a,r gver 6u1619, wrth
!rre nroha j'r eleclorale by and
rrge votrr)g lor the PML(N)
lrrcj Mran Nawaz Shartf

rrnrveslilro lhe crop of ethnic

corrlradi(,r onS. ln thrs respecl,
;il leasl ttl,,. MOM rs not wrong
rr ?elrevrr l il can snatch ils
sha, e of lr ) rnol'rallr vOle away
irqlnr

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Natural' r, Plr4L(N) workers

are cirslre!sed by the MOM's
f orays rnr'. the provrnce. They
rcflr lhal ll e t\4OM may
Succeed ir weakenrng the

CIOSly

ltrr. l,1ON4 S tclrvtlres

rr'\ lllt) $OrrlirCrrr Purtlab, T31
Molrirmnrr(J Khah Langah,
presidcnl o{ lhe Pakislan
Serarki Parly, has openly
crrtrcrsed the MOM's Public

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meelrng at Multan, arguing

lhirl rl w'lt only luel ethniC
lerrS,onS Tlre Serarkr Oaumr

Movel)r.rtl, rvhrch was rnilially

rns;)rrccl t.ry tlte MOM and is
now le(l [y Hanteed Asghar
Slrnl'reen has expressed
slforrg I cficr'tlil'lorll against the
MOM as wcll. However. thrs
party's somewhat Peculiar
argrrnlenl rs lhat thrs latesf
move rs a conspracy against
the peol)le of sorrllrern Punjab,
Tlrey belreve lhat the MOM will
rnlf oduce ler rorism in the area
ancJ lhus lorce investors to
shrf I therr caprlal to central

Punlab. Serarki writers and

inlellectuals. meanwhile, have
n0t yet corne riP wrth their
views regardrng the MOM's
lnCurSronS rnto the provrnCe.

Seraiki nationalists aside,

those who tlelreve in
marrlslfeam polrlics - and
le{rdal polrlicians who are the
direcl largel ol the MOM's
latest onslaught - are worried
lhat llre so-called Mulahrda
Oaumi Movement will cause
urlher polrtrcal polarisation in
this parl of the Punjab. TheY
fear that in response to the
MOM's politicking, Seraiki.
speakrng voters may rally
round Seraiki radicals,
deeFening ethnic divisions in
the short run, They also fear
that lhrs polarisation may lead,
in lhe long rrrn, to heavy lossos
lor the lwo malor political
parlies, the PPP and lhe
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MQM casts a dark shadow

oYer Lahore
dian-held Kashmir, she said.

fhe Forcign Officc decmed it

I ncccssary to reassure the people
(and possibly foreign countries) that

despite the movement of lodian

events involving the MQM leaders and dissidents

place in L^ahore last week. Aiter the Government had
taken the position in the High Court that the MeM dissidents,
who had sought refuge in the city, had been arrested in connec.
tion with an FIR about some terrorist acts, the detenus were
suddenly released. The High Court was informed that they had
been found innocent. Theie were rumours that the decisi'on to
release the detenus was taken by Authority at the highest
Federal level.
In an apparcntly panicky rcaction
promulgatcd Ordinances. Similar
to this dcvclopment, almost thc demonstra[ions arc planned for the
whole body of MQM lcgislators, in.
provincial capitals.
cluding Ministcrs at thc Ccntrc and
Thc atempt made by the Acting
in Sindh, desccndceJ on Lahore to
Presidcnt of Azad Kashmir, Mr

troops along the borders therc was no

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6URIOUS
vtook

lshaq Zalar, to scck a court injunc.

adclrcss a Press conferencu thc likc of

which the city had ncvcr secn, Thcy
not only afl'irmcd their lcalty to thcir

w.

ww

a rcfcrcncc made by him

of anyone betraying him, Thcy

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dcclincd to grant a stay order. The

Act ing PrcsidcnI had aske d thc

thrcatcncd the Prcss corrcspondents

that thcy would have, to familiarise

Cour('s opinion on a rcfercncc about

thc situltion crcatcd by doubts about
Mr, Mumtaz Rathorc's dismissal as

Vi
sit

thcm.selvcs

Primc Ministcr and complaints of

rigging in thc polls and the appointmcnt of thc Chief Elcction Commis.
sioncr as ths state:s chicf executive,

De
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Karachi. Thc ncwsmen walkcd out in

protest but wcrs soon psrsuadcd to
rcturn.
Latcr, the Punjab Chicf Mini,slcr
tricd to furrhcr appcasc rhc MOM
mission by announcing a gifl ol Rs, 50
million for the rslicf of pcoplc af.

fccted In the Pucca Qila

(Hydcrabad) opcrarion l:rsr ycar.
(Dctails clsewhcrc).

Hclwsvpl', an

All Partics Con.

fcrcncs convcncd hv Mr lshaq Zalar,

and a(tcndcrj by all Azad Kashmir

political parlics cxccpr the Muslim

Conlcroncc, domandcd Mr
Ra(horc's rcins(atcmcnt, rcscission

of thc roccn( elcction, frcsh

PDA's decislons

Ths PDA lcadcrs havc dccidcd tcr

obscrvc a protcst tlay on August 4.
L,caders of the partics in thc alliancc
(Ms Bcnazir Bhuti,o, Air Marshal
(Rctd.) Asghar Khan, Allama Sajid
Naqvi, Matik Mohammad Qasim and
Mr Mohammad Aizal Khan) willob.
servc a day.long hunger strike in
protcst against thc passagc of thc
lZth Amcndmcnt and thc rcccntly
August

I,

1991,

had been wrongly interpreted in

somc quartcrs. Tbese quartcrs wsre
not specified,

tion against lhe mecting of the newly.

elcctcd Asscmbly hap failed. The
Azad Kashmir Suprcmb Court heard

suprgmo but also dcclared that they

would usc bombs to blast thc houscs

with thc languagc thc

MQM was effectivcly using in

imminent dangcr of conflict betwcen

(hc two States. The need for this
clarification arosc, in the opinion of
thc Foreigrr Officc, bccausc Cen,
Aslam Bcg's reference to somc ncw
threats to the country's integrity and
the dcsigrrs of its traditiooal enemies

polls,

constit ution ola national government

lor thc intcrrcgnum, and sacking of

thc Kashnrir Affairs Minister. Ms
Bcnaz.ir Bhullcl, who was rcccivcd at

thc Karachi air;-xrrt on hcr return

from abroad by the Acring AJK
Prcsidcnr and had mccrings with Mr
Mumtaz Rathore in Islamabad, made

a strong stittcment on the,gross

mistake' mrcJc in doaling with Az.ad
Kashmir, lslamabad had done what

Dclhi had bccn guilty of in thc In.

The economic sltuation

Thc economic situation appeared

to have deteriorated further. On the
one hand, ncwspapcrs reported a 15
to 2O per cent increase in the prices
of csscntials within a short period,
there were reports on thc other tbat
IMF was not well disposed towards
Pakistan's request for balance of payments support because it did not accept its budget statements as correct
or fairly drawn up. The Government

did

howcver, succeed in resolving

problcms in collecting the withhold.
rng tilx.

The PDA coordination committec

tricd to go oue up on thc Governgrent

by accusing it of trying to compromise on tbe nuclear programme.

Thc Alliance said it was opposed to

nuclear proliferatioo but it would not
sacrillce national interests. At a time
when the Governmcnt was making
somc signs of taking the UN fivepoint plan sonrcwhat seriously the

Alliance high comrnand chose (o exprcss concern at rcports that the

Wastern countrics had reduced their
aid to the Mujahidccn.

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9

misunderstandings and disinforma'

tion sprcad by ceitain ncwspapers in

rift in the
MQM. He said that tbere was no sPli
in the MQM. Plantcd news wcre part
Lahore regarding thc

of a conspiracy against his partY.

Hc said that the consPiracY was

bcing mastcrmioded by thc cxploit.
ing class and some intelligencc.agen.
ciCs toblock thcwayof the MQM and

prcvent it from becoming

countrywide movemcnt of the op.

oresscd. The new name thc MQM
was adopting was the Muttahidda
Qaumi Movement (Uaitcd National

Movcmcnt), hc said. About thc

MQM dissidents, hc sai4 thcy had

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sold thcmsclvcs for few pcnnies at the

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ww

The MQM makes

ploitorswho had been rulingthem for

ccnturies.
Thc Prcssmen wcrc, by and largc,
not in a rcceptive mood and Mr. Sid.

Vi
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HE MAIDEN

De
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performance of the Muhajir

Qaumi Movement in l:hore

left a poor impression not only

on journalistic circles but in
the city as a whole.
Newspapers rcadcrs in the city per'
haps havc scvcr bsfore rcad about
politicians saying that thcy would be
committing inccst if they betrayed
thcir leader, Altaf Husain.
in fact, thc wholc news confercnce,
addressed by 35 MNAs ancl MPAs of
thc MQM was a wcird erpericnce for
thc local Prcssmcn. Earlicr, whcn in- ,

vitations to thc Prcss confcrencc,

wers scnt out, they did not say
whe(ber ncwsmcn would havc the
privilcge of mceting MQM di.ssidcnts or loyalists.

Anyhow a very large number of

Augurt l, 1991, VIEWPOINT

journalists turned up at a five- star

botel, the vcnue of tbc Prcss confcrcnce, Such was the intcrest among
the journalists that cach papcr was
bcing represcnted by two or threc
reporters -" in onc casc by four, A

numbcr of Covcrnmcnt officials

bclonging {o ths Press. Information
Dcpar(mcnt, local intclligencc pcrsonnel and policcmcn wcrc also
there, Only when nearly 50 MQM
men, including workers and legislators guarded hcavily by policc
rcached, thc venue, did onc come io
know whom one was going to meet.

The ncws confercnce started with

video samera lights on and to thc

astonishment

of

from

among themselves and rejcct the cx-

weird debut
ADNAN ADIL

divide it would end in failure.

He urgcd the people of thc Punjab

to raise a lcadcrship cadre

w.

Lahore

cost of collectivo interests of the

Muhajirs. The main thrust of his addresswas on thc claim that thc MQM
was unitcd under the leadcrship of
Mr. Altaf Husain and conspiracies to

diqui was interruptcd several timcs

by laughtcr and occasional hooing.
Much fuss was created when MQM
leaders announccd that each one of
them (and therc were 35 of them)
would speak. Many objected safng
it was not a public mceting and that
rcporters should bc allowcd to ask
questions. Howevcr, thc MQM mcn
insisted and started a chorus which
hit the headlines in part of thc Press
the ncxt day.

One MQM legislator got up and

said that he was not capablc of wianing a seat in tbe Assembly in his
personal capacity and that hc owed

his success to Mr. Altaf Husain in

whom thc people bad bliad faith. If

be cver betrayed his leadcr, people

could question his parentagc, he

added. Allothcrs who followcd near-

ly repeated the same lines. The

reporters werc laughing at them and
booing the representatives of what an

MQM leader said was thc oost

telephonc was relaying thc proceed-

civillsed section of Pakistani society.

At onc time, a threatening posture
struck by a ficry MQM spcaker led to
a temporary boycott of the procced-

ncwsmeo,

ings to Altaf Husain in Karachi.

Khalid Siddiqui, MNA from
Hyderabad, in a witlen statement,
said that thE Prpss conferencc had
bccn ealled to rcmove thc

ings.

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MQM histrtontcs
FIEVELOPMENTS wlthln the

tttOr"t are Bettlng more blzarre'

ln
Thcv comrrlained, mostlv as'

frishicncd whispcrs, that thctr

;;El;i;; and rltations had hccn

pasl becn treatcd as a jokc, but it

is no longcr amusing. Prospects

are
frigbtening bccause it secms to
bavc powerful aJlies in Karachi,

of what more it, can do

Islamabad and elsewhere.

rclcascd.
The loyallsts
As if to counter the nrescnce oithe
dissidents, a five-star horcl in Lahorc
was selccted for a demonstra(ioo of
faith in thcir fuehrer by largc nrrmber

fvl()lv{ l"linistcrs, MNAs a-nd lrlt'As,

\! rth Klashniokor,.totirrq srrards

;'rotccting them, thc portic ipairts. in.

cividulllv and scvcrallv. took hllrrdcurdling oaths of loialtv trr thcir

Ouaid, C)nc lovali.st was .so carricd
away rhal he callcd Altaf I-lussian his
'kaaba'; o(hers joincd in to hurl im.
prccaticrns and curse s on lhcmsclvcs.
anrl soushl condcmnntioii to such unforgivablc sins as inccst if thc'/ cvc.r

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I'ctraved lheir lcadcr. Thcy also

hrcathed sulphur and firc lgrihst the

clissidcnt.s lbr their betriyal, and

nromised tbat thcv would

be

ww

w.

bliminatcd by the people or that

suicidc squads of MQM lcgislators
would blow up lhcir houscs. MQM
lcadcr.s got quite excitcd 4nd
thrcalcncd the L;rhore journalists
tlrat thcv would gct thc same trcatnrcnt as uivr:n to thcir Karachi pccrs
if thcydid not rcport l"lQlvl procccdings fully and propcrly,They also allcgcd that thcy wcrc undcr surveitlancc oI intclligcncc agencies, but
wcrc dctermincd to makc inroads
into thc Punjab and sct up thcir organization in lhe rcst of the counlry.

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w'crc firs( chargrrd wilh hcing rusfon.

siblc lor thc Shahda'a homtr lilasr;

undcr judicial scrutiny, the chargc
withcred within rwo days, and thcy
*crc ail Dronounccd innoccnt ancl

and allcgcd that thc dungcr

murdcr and possiblc torturc

tlrc,ir
;;i.'.-,#;;ircJ tt'c'h to flce
thcir arrival in
ii;;;'it;;-ifter
;'h;;;, tott of thcm wcre arrcstcd'

MOM histrionics brve in the

thev

Vi
sit

oiiiio".

Ilirih ('nrrri,

ltwas also madc plain lhat rhc lvlQM

rcmaincd loral to Nawaz Sharif and

o(

il;il;A

was l.rlicn to thc

fascist mcthodology,

About two wccks ago, .a grouP ol

MQM dissidcnts was drivcn out ttl
Si,.rll'h'to i"il safcty in thc Prrnjah

dclained aad in(erroqatcd lrv intel"

ligcncc agcncics. \\'hcn lhc mat(cr

erg
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co
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urtngitig strend'th to-lts detractors'

it tt it ii not a normal politip-artY
but a msfia of some sort'
cat

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De
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Jam Sadiq

Ali,

Starting with the display of banncd

wcupons, almosl evcry part ol the
proccetlings was in viol;rlitrn of thc
Ilw. Will Clricl Ministcr Wvnc scnd

frrr a rcport on wha( look'placc in

Lalrrrrc? Will hc act at lcast to

irrcvcnl its rcpctilion? Thc NIQM
dissidcnts hare rightly pointcd out
that the campaign of intimidation is
mcan( to frightcn thcm into submis.
sion. lrrcspcctivc of which group is
corrcct in its anoroach to thc
organizalion's furur'c, cvcry citizcn
has a right to express hi.s opinion frec.
lv, without fcar, ancl thc (iovcrnmcnl

hrrs a duty lo givc him or hcr full

I)rrltuuti()n. Wh.rtcvcr its othcr faults,
thc muin MQM group nray bc right in
espousing thc causc ol the middle
class or asking for a land ta* but thc

contcnt ol its mcs.sagc is lost io its