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KARAClll,.lrrne 22: ('hie I of the

Army Stalf (len Asif Nawaz lrls

'Ittcstlal '

said that rccent clashes bctrveett

rival factions of the NIQM pr'ovitlctl
ir "charrce" to secrrritl'fot'ces in
Karachi to lirrrrtclt an ttpe ral iott irt
order to elatlicate crirne in Sintllr.
Prrlticrrlirr ll in Krrrirchi.
In ltt irrtt'r vicrr witlt llll(1. broirrl
cAst ()ll Ilotrrlitv. (,lert r\sil \ilrvlz
saitl ljritlav's elirshcs betrvet'n t ivlI

i\{Qtrl factiorrs were thc tcsrrlt

ol'

internal tlillelertces llitirtrr tltc

purt"n-

anrl rr orving clissatislirct iorr.

I{c s:riri:lrc secrrritv folces wele

willirrFt to clirrrrnate clime in Sirrrlh

sittec .t l',tr: tirtte. Ilr'. ltr,rrr.r, '.

rrjecturl,rlleg:rtiorr frorrr trl(J\t
leirtle,r' i\ltirl lItrssuilr Illitt sL,cut rI\

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folccs u'lrrrtctl lo ct trslr his 1lirlt.y.

(lcn Asif Narvirz rltrestiorrerl .jrrs.
tificatilrr ol "t'r'ectirtg irorr rvalls irlI
over the citr. iir:cpirtg l)u()i)lL, in lor'.
trrle ct'lis rrrr<l rlc'rtrantlilA toll lr ()rn
lloot lrcoplc. "
lle tolrl BllC that it rvirs tlrc NIQ\l
lvhiclr. orrlv a wcek itgo, lt:rtl askt ti
thc artncrl l'o|c('s to estarblisl) l)('ir(r'

MQM'Haqiqi'

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celebrates victory

le cutcgolit lll.r' tlcrr r.'rl

t i rt Si rrtl lr ). l

tlrat tlrc sectrrity Iortcs r\'(,rt

targeting ilny single political

groul:. 'l'he arnry chief atlvisetl all

rilitl

trlQlVl grougrs

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of the

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the factrons of the i\lQiVl t{) roler.rtc

coch other. Hc, however', <li<l not
accepl l\1r Altirl lltrssain's clairrt
Ihat the army rvirntetl rc,urti{iratiolt

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Cerr Asif Nawaz sairi thll tlrt'

Iegal mi.lituly olteration woultl cort.

I tintre and succeetl.

Ilc said the people of Karaclri
wele fed up with the "intinridatirrn,
t('rture an<l brutalities. "

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Case against
Saleem Shahzad
Town Police have reSiisteted a case
of kidrrapping artrl robtrery ugairtst
a top lv{QM leatlerr'. Sirlecm Shahzircl

antl his other "rtccomgrlices"

Str

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ntlav,
Nlttltit

Complainattt

nt rn trtl

Osntan. it cilttlc.[)ert orvttct, itllc'g,e tl

that he had pulchase<l a pkrt of litrttl
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fr'oln ()ne Nazeer :tt a e<lst of lls

.100,000. lVhen he trir,tl io get the

land tlunsferle<l lecerrtly to

rrlnre.

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urrcl Vice.Cltairrnerrt of

irlterfen ctl
iri thc nrlrttrr itrttl :rllcgt'rllv
rlettrarrtlctl btilre ftotrt lrirtt. !\11t.'tr
NlQi\4 Sirlcerrt Shahzird

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he rt'luse rl to l)ity his lllegutl

rrcconrplices ()itdir, Slr.rkrr'.

KAR.{CHI. .ltrrtc 22: The leltlels

'1'hc tlvo f actions of Iloha.ijr'
IIQiV "llirtlitqi ' led by Mr Aarrrir' llirbita Council. he clairnerl. havc
Klliur Icti ,r \ irtr)lv plotcssiott irlso extended tlreir sttppol't to
t hrorrgh virri,rus piu'ts of thc city utr
IlQi\{ "l'laqiqi" arrd a ptrtrlic
tr[rrnrliry \lirr\s,,\ll'As Corrrrcilkrrs erntr()lrrlcelnerlt rv<lulcl be ntadc at a
lurtl vat ioir-s se ctol e hief s tvhtl tritvc I'ress confetcnce likely to be
rlurt i\lQtrl antl roinetl rhe tiissi. rttentlecl by a maj<-rrity o{ NIQ[t
tlents wele in thc 1>r'ocession.
'l'he victor.- pr'ocession visitctl tr'lNAs, MPAs, Courrcillors antl
other act.ivists who hatl t cccr)tlv
IlQi\,l "tlaqiqi" stlong,holds irt quit the party because ol a "three.
l\4alir. Landhi. Federal B.Area and nran rttle. "
l-rarltrirtab:rd. 1\t l tttttrtbet of
itlearrwhile, lVlr Aamir Khuu anrl
ol'

plaees botl.r l\lr Aatrrrr Khan:rnd lVlt'

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KARACI{I, June 22: Orarrgi

By Our Staff Reporter

rrlto lr:rtl girllrcrt'(l lo rrcletttttt: tltc

tlissirlertts.
'l'lrc l\'1Qi\l "llltgitli" lcirtlers, it is
leat nt, have succeedetl ul g,ettinH
the support of four more MQI\'I

Lirrcs .r\r'etr, i\'lattsoot Clhacha, whtt

w'us sr:hctlulerl to attnottnce tlte

joirring of sonte III'As arrd Cotrrrcillols at a Itrcss confel'ertce otr Nlott<lrrv evenirrg, l){}stp(illed it at the
lirst rnonterrl,
I lc sirirl tlre l'tess cottferettce lrattl

lrct.rr cattcelleti ils sutlte

j\l;l..,.\s arrtl

m{)fc
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\ll'As lrltl sirowtt

IIlqir1i",
tttcr provirtcill
lr.ulspol t ntiriister irrrcl leader of
\'lQ['t in the Sirrtllr r\ssemblY. Mr'

tlrcrr lol lcirl oI

rrrttttllct ,tf rtP\lSfl itctivi:ts wcl

.jorrting IIQfuI " I lirtliqi".

prisirl.
'l lrt' l'olice t cgistcle tl il (:ilsc on
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Iris cortrplitirr ott Sttrrrlirv lrrrt rto

rcsl !vits rul)()l t(](l till i\lontlirv

iu

r'r'cttirtg,

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Relerling to variotrs

nc!{s

rcl)orts, the two said that a federal

ministel and the Sirrdh Assenibly
Spcitker Have ir wr()rtg imllru:siott
to the ilrmy officials who visited

I\{NAs and six l\'1lrAs. The central

leadership of IMQI!{ "Ilaqiqi" is
likely to :urnounce the joining of
tltcse NINAs antl !tl'As rt it l'ress Azizabad on Sunday.
corrf t,r'e rrcr lvit hin rtext few tlays.
Criticising lVlr Altirf Iltrssarrl.
'['lre forrrcr Sector lrtcltarge of

Aglraz, ljhtslrarrr. Au,arn lrrrl otltr'r's

kielrrirppccl. turtut etl itnti t oirlrctl

-Itinr.
l lc tlirl rrot lotlge it coruplaittt

llr Afaq r\hntetl in a .joint I'r'ess

stiltc|lrcill issucrl 1)11 Ilortdltv
denic<l tltirt tlrey lrltl iieirl irrtl
ncE,otiirtions wirh tlrc leirtlct s 0l

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llatlar irlllal. toltl /)orlrt that

Iiitt oorg ittttl

Shehzad, they alleged

Irnratr

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Dr

Sitlirr

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was "anti-Pakistatr". "'l'lre IUQN
Flaqiqi rvill llever conll)r'(rnrise witl
anti.P;rkistirn. artd ilnti"stilt
forces," they saitl.
'lhc two MNAs fr'om l,irttrllti art
I\l:rlir,,\4r Relt:tn Unrer Faroltli ;ttr
Mr'Wasirn Ahrnctl, rvlto ioinc
NlQIl "lla<1iqi." otr Stttttlirl.-, ttrgc
tlrc. Pr'csidertt ancl the Pt ilne r\'1ini
tr:r' on N'lortday to imnretliirtclt' g,
lclcascrl irll tlrose MNAs irntl N'll'r'
kirlnappeti by "the Altaf gloup"

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'l'irli<s lr'c rrlsrr lteing hcltl witlr t ltt:

luirrlcr's ot IlQtr'l in ll.vderaba<l arttl

llirtrtrrklt,rs. ltc srtid.

'l'hey clirirnetl that the firrrrili

lelll ives of a rturrrlrer oi i\l(J
Nlir-As arrtl 1\1I'r\s lrirtl rrot lreartr
sirtgle wol tl f roln tltcnr Iut tltc li
arr<l

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NATIONAL DAILY FRC

VIQVI infighting : Arrny' s

role innpartial: Brig. asif
sidents.

which eighr persons were kiiled

and 19 orhers sustained injuries,

secr-rrity forces have arrested
about 50 persons and recovered
arms and ammunition fronr their
custody.

Brig. Asif Haroon, direcror-

general he-adquarters, Rawalpindi,

white briefing newsmen regarding

the milirary operarion hEre oi

Saturday, said the army patrol had

sarn.

Replying to a question remoni- garding the Karachi iituation. he

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KARACHI, June 20: Following the gun battle berween the ri-

nection the armed forces

Meanwhile, Brig. Asif said thar taken certain measures.

when the law and-order situation the army will operate He said
under rhe
was created in various parts of the guidance
of rhC prime minister
clty on June 19, the armv was and the chief
of th6 army staff. He
called to bring thc siruation'under said both of
rhenr have irovided a
control. He said the army's role guidcline to the
was inrpartial during rlre Metvt,s eration clean-up. arrny for thc oprival groups-iighring and ir would
..Brig.. Asil Haroon, giving deremarn rrrrpartial. He said the tails
and break-up of rhiarreits in
army had becn giveri the task to varrous parts of
Sindh, told the
restore Iaw end ordcr in the city newsmen that three
persons had
for which as rhe firsr phase it hai becn arrested froln
Sukkur, three
opened all the iron ghtes erected from Khairpur
and lhree from
by the peoplc in thJir respccive Dadu distriits on the charges
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have taken over the MQM head- the

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Reports said that *h":t-ll:
Authoritie-s
decided ,o fr! denied that the army was parsident qroup activists errl^er^ed. 9itthe r"r*t"'r1#ior have
six hours as situa- tisan or providi'g proiection ro
Lines Area, people camc,out on
ii"^'.#""i""d calm on Sarurday rhe MoM oi..ij."nri'a"riirg trreir
streets and accorded
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rousing weicome. The dissiden,
" ilai?;;";r?i""p.
"gil;";h"" Mbv on
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group took o'er contnlete^c^orrlrol
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t;";i+n.'srvulrJ "^?.il""'# H" clairned rhrr the crinre rare
of all the prornincn't places
.bc- ' Til; io,r"..,n1"n, issued a 11g o1 had been reduced in urban areas
lfli,*;"t.fl,'''i,,X?,Y",'"1,..i*-iF :,'^-11',:"!l;! ;r,'i;";ilr;;l iin." tr," nririrary op.i,tlon *u,
;ri"'Jj, :Ii'i;:; []iiffji;i:r!xo"'il[,:'i:j}i;
Llvrtr' I rle lntetnleolate :::i::f"j" T;]fl""*,:x;,s".oJ;
wrLrr uolllluellce On
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N{QIVI aCtiviSts had diS
exantinations have nr"rn*irii" highways and- in other parts of
or gone u'dergrou'd ,"unPP"u"o been
oostponed due r"';h;;;;;Siiol i-Ie seid thar auiinftr," rrrr
arresr or uetill5.virla9
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ais_._ (drrr
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the^rival group (MQM-Haqeeqi).

Sources said

that the

-MeM

that the army

helped the dissidents in 'take over
operation' and as such it,was one-

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attack on the army and held it

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.take over.

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Conrinuedfom page

for the kiilings

and

During the meeting with the

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prime minister the chief of army

to be keen in keeping r i,"

democratic ser-up in thej trdubled
provtnce of Sindh intact has

despatched one cabinet minister

Lt.-Gen. (Rerd.) aUiuiUurit to

nfs
and_ allegarions -levelled dy li,"
MQM.leadersfrip against rt
operarlon. He is to"'army
bi:
accompanied by the special

asslstant to the prime minister

and Federal Minisrer for
Petroleum, Ch. Nisar Ali Khan,

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the operation is proceeding nor left for Karachi. report he had
according to plan and . it would
Observers
the federal capital
yield positive results befoie the are of the in
view that in case
estimated time. He also briefed (MQM-Haqeeqi)
able ro
him about the meeting he had consolidate gains inisKarachi

with the president during rhc day.

Infornred sources revealed that

the chief of army staff while

attracts more workers

and

and

members the tide would turn in

their favour and Altaf Hussain
briefing the presidenr and the party will be over.
prime minister reiterated that the
Meanwhile, the Sindh Chief
operation is inrpartial and there is Minister Syed Muzaffar Shah who
sides. was due here for talks wirh prime

no question of taking any

The target given to the

army

would be fulfilled and hindrance

in its way from any quarter will
not be tolerated, The COAS
reportedly assured the head of

Minister Nawaz Sharif

and

President Ghulam lshaq Khan

postponed his visit for a day. He is

likely to arrive in the - capital
wirhin a couple of days.

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Wednesday, June 24,

COAS briefs
PM on ArmY

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to aPPrrse,1'-

them if evidence in this regard was

available.

Another source told Duv'tt that

the Gen Asif Nawaz reportedly had

shown some "concrete" evidence
to the Prime Minister about the
involvement of an ethnic group in
subversivb activities.

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He said the COAS discussed the

future operational strategy rvith

i-rne Minister and was

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Prime Minister a?:ul

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political pressure from any group

or party.
Mr Naw'az Shsrif, the sour-ce saiC.
lauded the efforrs of the army in
arresting the criminals and ccntrol.

ling the deteriorarirrg law

and

order situation in Sindh.

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The source said Gen Asif Nawaz

hT*liiili*t:'ffi*'
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Rs. 4.50

the army authorities to go after

lSI-.t\rYr^Dnv i""." 31i

.lawaz
TsLAMABAD,
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Astt-l).^the ArmY Staf f Cen
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names of some influential people

and thi Prime Minister had asked

From Nasir Malick

on TuesdaY

20

army had shown him lists of

"patharidars", which included

act10n
N

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'rne source sard during the Prime

Minister's recent visit to Sindh, the

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informed the Prirne Ministel

about the inquiry against an armv

Major who was allegedly involved
in the gruesome murder of nine
innocent viliagers of Tando
Bahawal. He told the Prime Minis-

ter that the said army

off

icial

would soon be facing a trial irr the

field court martial general.
Asked whether the Prime Minis-

ter had sought any explanation

from the army for not providing
him the true facts about Tancio

Bahawal during his visit to Sindh,

the source said he was not aware of
thar.

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his
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nrimc :..:::" 'u

uPltrt of rhc

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lcncs arrd intinridation. 'I-lrcy

ad<l that in thc cvent of pro-

Dismal day for press

Iongcrl hostilitics with thc

MQM, thcy arc bound to losc
an<i cannot aflord to closc
thcir papcrs. Nor is thc
govcrnmcnt prcparcd to hclp

<k>wn

Ahmed Rashid is sacidcncd by the turn of cvcnt.s in Karachi which

foreshaclorv morc diflicult day.s ahcacl for thc prcs

thcrn, they complain. Finally,

thcy point out that thc batrle

is a political one and nor

rrrerely confined to the issue

of the press.
The political game is sim-

ply stated. The Dawn group

is owned by Mr Mahmood
Haroon, the Govemor of
.Sindh and a supporter of
Prime Minister Nawaz Shar-

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position Pakistan Peoples

Party -- a charge which Mr

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and its computer room was
irurnt down. The MQM's klttom line remains t}tat no

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ncwspaper or journal has thc

right to discuss its internal af-

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dcnics.

mouthpiece, Takbeer, wcrc

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Haroon vehemently

Thc MQM is quite

trying to force the resignation

of Mr Haroon.
The MQM has also criticised anolher UI member, thc
Jamiat-e-Islami. Copies of its

fairs, something which

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highly conservative

tlrc

Dawn

rurrd Takbeer have very rarcly

<lone anyway. The pressurcs
rn Karachi arc not totally unconnect.ed with the motion of

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IJI. The MQM is also a

part of the ruling IJI, but it
has accused Mr Haroon of
bcing in league with the op-

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rro-confidence which Mr
Cihulam Mustafa Jatoi is at
tcrnpting !o put togethcr
againsi Prime Minister Nawruz

Sharif, with the

lrclp

N[[ili::',:#lni;
the history

of the

Pakistani

As doz.ens of Dawn
hawkers lay in hospital,Zafar

press.

Abbas nurscd

his

hcad

wounds and Takbcer's oflrccs

werc bumt down, thc govcm-

rncnt and tlte counlry's

prc'.ss

barons yicldcd bcforc

wave

o[

the
violence unlea.shcd

by a political party in Karach i.

trrrl law, flogging, .lailrng unrl

cxilc of joumalists had lailcd
to do -- curb the right of the
press to write about the intcrnal politics of any political

ilany. In futurc no Pakistani

papcr will bc ablc to write
about the MQM objectivcly,
discuss it.s intcnral affairs,
criticisc it's lcadcrship or impute that thc MQM has any.thing to do with violencc or
tcror in Karachi. No ncwsl);tl\!:r will lxr irtrlc to prrhlish

li) (l('.'
p,rrcttll';
'r()l [)rLrl)ar!:(i
fond prcss frscdortt. It \^'as
the saddcst ol all nights tor
jorunalists everywhere.

O[ course, there wcre altcmativcs '- a national strike

by all thc newspapcrs in the
country, an appcal to intcnra-

tional prcss brxlics and human rights groups around the

world, an appc.al to the government that might havc cttr-

barrasscd

it to tlo sontcthing
ol tltcsc <>p'

concrcle. Ntxtc
'i 1r1Li,.,,r,t,.

I ri,('1,

ir:i:,ill,it'

iltl

possitrlc

ol the PPP, MQM,

JUP

and other dissidcnt Muslinr

l-eague clements

in thc

tional Assembly. Strong

Naru-

mours persist that Chief Minister Sindh Jam Sadiq Ali is

giving Mr Jatoi quiet s.rppcrt
and that is why he has also
rcfused to condemn any political piuty for thp violence in
Karachi against tbe press,

Itime Minister Nawaz

Sharif has not uttered a word

of support to the press bccausc he is fcarful his fragilc
{JI mev collapse if thc N4QN1
I ll'

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VU

Ltttt lt)

lllU

i Jtu.tJ

itliiCJ

Press stays rnurn as MQM

ir!' \i ,t iirni nrr)ic itr lh. \ilnll

r),rn:irr'')l r)f Cirlrhao r-.lilbai rxr

thc cvcninger

.ltor Arrrl rl
llcs'ihl ilr

tlx)u8h cvcry0nc

ilt..lcrs r\l(nS(rl r')

\1{jtrl,

lvcnonc uxr, tlrr: lcm

'unlnoeT a\!rrlnillr !l*,lr
Wrqt ran a otrc c()lunu. lwo

wnr visrrc(l bv

lv4 in trwt

shrcrJ

of bur rn hrr rcprrrs on Silrh. 5ul hc

wrs punishcd (or nthcr madc atr cxrrnplc

of, rs Alrrl llussun would pul it) prcily
for

Lhcsc

rearorrs

Whlc all tht ncwsrrpnlr *crc buzzing

sith rhc ncws of rhc a*sault o Zrfrr, the
followint nromint'! ncwsp.pcas prctcndcd
s il ndhint h.d happcned. Da*a {or orcc
dccidcd to ,how somc couragc rnd dit.
pirycd rhc ncwr qn lhc frou pEge witb a
nrc colunrn heldlinc. lcn3, lhc eounrry'i
biggcst drily, didrfr rcpon (hc cvcnr il rll
md only caricd thc con(lcmn!!()ry ltatc'
rruili of lha llrilrsh Hi8l1 CorDurssrqner,
Thc Ncwr riidn t cvcn colsidct Ih( alrrck to
N'u'()!rl)\',rl rtr frrrrt !ngc. Not r rirrglc

The essauit on Zafrr Abbes ,:

not an isolllql cvclr. The tn of
prcss intinrrdatior. inrroduccd by
thc irmaat Isl.mi and pcrfercd by
thc MQM, has comc ro suy be.
c:us ir *uls. Thc li'lrlirz has
sincc lmg rctcd u r dc fi.::o ncws
cditq fw dl of Karrch;j m.jot
deilics but rhce dtys. cvcn rhl is
mi cmu8h. Thc Pir of Azizebrd

htt
p:/
/

folloving day

who h$ clffcdly toE rqrlly

puaoid
rfta tlr rcbcllim sithin
hir pany's rukr
mrc srt- is no
iificd with 0r rcams
of trivir is-

rhc

*u m crqcir

*sds wqc cxovq who wrs rc$pan,

t}ti:
fq
torDr srrrc of lf.
fairs. Mog of t}tc mmbcrs
spqking on thc ecrsion cm.
in futility. Hor

cbengcd

Vi
sit

ritrlc

.
.

ph.siscd UE f.ct rhtr thc ncws.

p.pq omcn rod cditoG didnl
have fic tul.s lo slard up lo
rhce tacrics. Thc prcsidcnr of
thc prcsr club lrshcd out rt thc

o(

clrnc uil(,er attrql. Hrs prcgnul maid. *ho

ultchcrJ lhc cntttc lnlldenl, *aj ro lctrd.
xlrurk lhr! shc h.d r ntrscariags.
Zaftr Abbas, J Jcoror rcF)ilcr *rlh the
Englrrh n(xnhly lltrtl,l atd r conL\pon.
dcnt fot thc RllC. rs aclrnowlslgcd ls .
h'Bhly rcrpc4rcd lrxrmalist
frcr u'hich
-. whcn hc wN
r'!s qnph.lici;ly unddrstrsJ
r*,arded rirc i99{) ,\pNS !$a.(l for bcat
fcaturc wrrtcr, l{c rs rxrc of thr' lcw Urdutltcii{rr,t trtrrlrJl itr ir thc pr{rvincc *ho
uc cqurily r*i!r(lrd hv Sin(ihi$ f.r.n his
de{ractun $uuid llrnl il h$d to trucc i

shi Union of loumrlisrs on

Dowa rdministrrtim for

nqr

MQNI's nem

wu finnlly

cludcd in thc rcsolution,

What *cmqd likc

in.

sonwrous was
rqchcd: rc covcragc for MQM till it ren.
den rn uconditionrl rpology, Sindh gcv.
qnmcnt'r functions will bc boycotrcd rill
$c limc it rncrts the culprirs, And hm 5rdiq *ill bc pemni flon.grart rt rhc pruss
club {whcrc ha drops in as oficn as hc vis.
ift Altrf Hussain) siil hc dsi ionrcthing

rtpur thc siluation.

Thc ncxt rlly's ncsspJfrrs voultl havc

thc presi.

dmt to 'do somc$in8' rbout thc

ncwJpapcs which hc clairu uc

rhc

$cd d.ily by the Mslc.z rd publishcd frirhfully by 6c Kurchi

gepcrl Hc low wulr cvwy Kua"
chi drily ro rum inb u MQM or.
ru. Thir ir r dcmrnd rhrr cvcn
mol obligint prp6r rc lmdint
hgd to met if only bccaBc businqswi* it cu bc r dierrcus
propGition. Alr.f Hussin'i dcspsrtion cu bc geugcd from thc
frct lh.l hc har bcm .ppcrlint lo

$c pnmc mrnistcr rnd

grving thc cvcnt proper covcr.

rgc and for not wdling rn cdi.
Itrial on it, but whcn hc hinsclf rop to read thc rcslutron,
thr MQM s nrmc *es misrint,

An uprorr follo*cd ud

shon

it was husincss rs qsul.

ol jabi sultaa
Thc joint metrng of rhc Krr.
rchi Prsss Club ud rhc Xm,

De
m

{vct lhugs bclonSing lo lhc

l'lQll'rho ril.cicd him wrth pi$r('l hs[s
r! sq)n rr hr hnd opcnc<! Orc drxl ryd
i.lcnnficd ntnrsclI tlrr rwo yountcr lnq(hqs, mc o[ thcm doun *,ift Jaudtce, llso

fritMully by cvcryb*ty. ln

ww

if hc hinrsclf hrdnl btcn thc vrerrm Zafei

lirrcs itm sEying. "Joumalisr

usrultcd by'nmoloom alrat.
So much for saytng lal@-..

lvlrrlil I 1 *'rs thc krnd of sttll'7-r.

fil itrbls s1)siil hJv!. lowcd kr cover. only

pd
fsp
lit
m

i;ir'rr'l.iii .l 'lt(].Iittk on Zitiiil'

.{;rii;t; . ;'i;lrrlirl 1tv llle plr''.

ro*splpcr bothcrcrl to grvc u

crlrtorial on tlrc rrrtrrlcrrt urcclt

w.

llohanrrucd IIanif rvlrns th:rr

()iit(; !0't::r:ilisi.i nl,v tn('ci {ilL'

erg
er.
co
m

batters journalist

dclighlcd uyonc trur

fufu Abbu.

Thqc

wcrc tn strlcnrcnts rnd ncws ilcms by thr

MQM on,rang'r fronr prgc onJy. Thc most
promincnt snnngsl thsn a slatcmcnt iry
MQM chEirmrn Tariq Azim that, "Wc
can t offcr plots, pcrmirs ud lsltlcs to rez
onir1ouffulisr\'. Jrn Srdiq madc thc hclrl'

lincr in virturliy all lhc prpcrs bo!s|ng

rt{}ut ho* hc h{d r(rlorcd law Urd ordcr
antl lovcnr[rril liilralions wcrc covcrcd

hrtching conspincies againsr him.

Thc incidcnt rlso rcvcals thc uholy nrturc of thc sgcl rlliocc
bctwo Jm's gwcmmor ud lhc
MQM. Bdh scm to bc followirt
. mc point rtcnd.: dis$nl, bc it wirhin
MQM': own rank3, in thc fom of pulir"
mcntrry opposition or prcss, will not b.
toleritcd. U thc local prcs, which hu bccn
hailing Jrm as Sindh's srviou ud Alef
Hussrin s r bom.agein dEmffir, failJ ro
pick up th g:unrlct throm by ther pow.
qful forccs, it $hould tct rqdy ro r@ivc
morc brd ncws in thc nqr futurc.

Ihe Attack,,.
ZaffarAbbasspeaksoin,,,u,ffiffiandsofarmedassailants

Tfiftiff
:.11j
1tl,i

hev knocko"i,1n r.c cJccf . asked for nre .r,,d

rr)rcn.J rj-.n,r. .*,,"V,. lrll(]re I CCUlrl reAlrse,,vi.itt
wer.r ihnv lrn ti ;"_r,S Z:f inr,.db:,1S aS r-,p .aq,1lig
,!a,rr156u1

th{: horrlfy rq 1;y;1n15 9r lv4arch I 7

,,r,.,
any reason or askrng lor any exp/anatron, liey
Fultg6 ar, therr gunS and staned stfl(rng rne *itt
them, At ihe same lrme, they conlrnued lo rain btows on me
with lheir fisls ancl Droceeded 1o krck me,'he says
Zalf ar's resrsf ance h..ic i.lrro;"idv oeen weakened becnuse
he waS rCUperalrne f
'or, 5 ",'.4q,.1 bOtrt Of t\,,rhCld, \,Vhqn h,g
yOUnger brQlher ,/\rwe'. Cirr^ r. h,S resCUe. he,.^;iS
atSC
attacked wrth the butl cf r q!n. \{gsnwhrte, another brOther.
Azhar Abbas
of lhe News, who was In bed
- a reporter was
sufleflng frorn laundrce
also attacked when he lried to
intervene. He was, however.
spared when Anwar pleaded
thal his brother was sjck
"The live or srx Dersons, cne or lwo of them masked,
deslroved whalever canrp . lilerr way, ' says Anwar. who was
left wrth a deeO werjnd 9n hrg lqrplg6( Thgrr malr lareel
seems tO have been Zailar bhar. srnce lhev keOt on bea-trng
him conlinuouslv. ' he adds
"lt was a close call for me. Zaflar says, 'The Srght the
af
guns and the daggers scared lhe daylrghls out of me,,.When
he was hil on the head wrt|' the guns,;l feit a st16pgs
satrstaction thal they were not qcrng lo kill me afler ail ..

ww

htt
p:/
/

Vi
sit

o(

I
I

De
m

The Heratd, Aoril 1 991

I

erg
er.
co
m

Zolf ar Abbas, a horrilytng ordeol

pd
fsp
lit
m

L ir:g altaak was prof esgrgngl

and Cerlarnly premedrteted Art enlrances and possrble exrls
were caref ully guarded. and the letephone was wrgnafrgl sr.,l
of its socket lrnmediately,
The Abbas' maidservant, rvho was f our monlhs pregnant
al
lhe lime. was also oresent rn f he fral ,,vhen the attack took
place, When $he made ln F{{eril9 rggh elll for heiO, She vr,aS
d/aggBd and forced. dt q1;rx6,^, lc srt ,guretrV ,n lhs g9r.4r
The terrrfying 9r1s41
"gjrty calSea f'er f o rirSCarry.
The attackers ftecl, leavrng behLnd a serously woundec,
Zallar
- wrlh thrs6 Oeep gaSheS tn hrs head and a ta1.ge
number of brurses itl 6yar hrs bocy
- a wOunded Anwar and
COming oul tc olf er assisrari(

z.

\
I

blood srnailered all over the ransacked rooms. The attackgrs

scaled the compound watl and disappeared.
Zaflar and Anwar were lhen rushed to Jinnah Hospital,
where their wounds were stitched
sealing inside the pieces
of a. broken glass whrch the assailants had smashed on
Zaflar's head,
The First lnformation Report (FlR) lodged with the police

w.

lne drama was over r,vrll" - nrnpfgs ,A1l of us hacJ,qil4ed

ShOUttng tO dr8w the attenl,c,.i ot the nerqhbours. says
Zallar "However. lhv ,,r,F." -qi:ocecJ al qunnornt lro'

l jl
}liu

named "unknown' assailants

reasons. A
- for obvious
wounded and harassed Zaftar,wilh
his battered spirit, could
nol have done otherwise at that particular moment. '
The assailants are stiil at large, despite promises by all
lhose who matter
the prime ministerol the
- which includes
ccunl'y and lhe olherwise
all-pe1'yg;r1 Chief minisler Ot the
0rov,nce,

lrcnrcally. some of the peopte in Zatfar,s neighbourhood

recognrse some of the assailants. ',But I don,t want to risk
the,r hves
and that's why I am not involving them in this
rmbroglio," says Zaffaln hrs usual self-effacing way.

25

sister publications Star and Dawn

rcbcls. Last wcck, rhc Kabul

r()vcrflrncnl hacl unilatcrally

Gujarati following attacks on irs

hawkers by MQM activists, but aft,er
the agreement latc on Thursday

Karachi

night -- which was seen in Lahore as

a surrender to the MQM's strongarm tactics --, the papcr came out.

Press under siege

aaa

From Our Corrcspondent

the incident at Islamabad airport

when an incoming planc. skiddcd
while landing in rainy wearhcr has
opened the is.suc again. Expcrts scy
that thc incident took placc becausc
of [hc poor maintcnance of lhe run.
way, In fact this was thc fourth inci.

dent of its kind during thc last slr

months. One expert confidently

a committce of the
PIA had dcclared the Islamabad
airport runway unfit for flights
revealcd that

during rainy wcathcr.

Dawn

and its sisler evcningcr,

Star,

remaincd su.spcnrlcd in Karachi and

lowcr Sinclh for thrcc days and was
resumcd only on lv{arch 23 -- Pakistan Day. During thcse thre.c days,
the Sindh Government complctcly
failed to providc protection to thc
distributors an,d huwkcrs, and the
policc passively sarv lhc lawlcss clc.
mcnts succecd, Thc intcnlion
scemcd to havc bccn to forcc thc
managcments ol Dawn and othcr
papers to bcg iorgivcncss of thc

MQM chicf.
Distribution was allowcd aftcr a
joint committcc ol lhc All- Pakistan
Newspapcr Society (APNS) and thc

w.

thc CAA itself is rcsponsiblc for thc

maintenancc of thc runways. Will
thc inquiry t:j:,t

ww

Aviation Authority. Intcrcsringly,

Council of Pakistan Ncwspapcr

Editors (CPNE) callcd on the
N{QM lcadcr rt his Azizahad
rcsidencc on March 22 . an<)
rcmaincd in attcndancc for over

hours, listcning

to Mr.

12

Altaf
Husain's haranguc. This was thc
longcst known mccting ovcr hcld

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An inquiry into ths larcs( incidcnt

was conductcd by a tcam of the Civil

in

Balochistan, Thc gathcring

is vehemcntly opposcd by thc fun.

damcntalists, who considcr the Zik.

ris to be outside the pale of Islam '.
a point of view thc IJI's mullahs
have bccn insisting should be givcn
lcgal sanction. Last ycar at thc timc
oi thc Zikri gathcring, clashcs had

crupted and at least thrce pcoplc

werc killcd.

Khosht attack
THE Afghan rcbcls' scls.s

o(

()utsidc Mr. Altaf Husain's hou.sc,

200 milit;rnts kcpt wliting to roccivu
thc latcs( ordcrs on thc "ltoycott".
Contrastcd with thc situation at

thc wcck,

Azizahad on Mirrch l2 was thc car.

licr asscrtion of thc N4QM chicf and
thc Chicf Ministcr oi Sindh thot thc
N'[QM was not involvcd in the forciblc stoppage of thc di.stri[:ution of
thc ncwspapcrs and thc dcstruction
oI thc scizcd packrrgcs.
Thc drry rvhich srrw thc mccting

bctwccn thc tvlQM chicl and thc

delegatcs of thc APNS and thc
CPNE also srw thc dcstruction of
of

Khosht, capital of Pakhrii firdiincc,

continucd cluring

Nlilitunts

De
m

sions

Vi
sit

anyrlrhcre in thc world.

REPORTS from Quct(a said rhe

Zikri question and thc group's an.
nual gathcring on thc 27th of
Ramazan at Koh-i.Murad, in Turbat, was again raising scciarian tcn.

Pcshawar report said Radio Krhul

had admittcd that somc narts of

Khosht had bccn capturcd by thc

- a partner in Government -. had

becn cnforcing, through its

militants, a boycott of Takbir and

ot

hcr ncwspapcrs and journals.

Takbir's Editor, Mr. Salahuddin,

snid that cven altcr 12 hours of the
incidcnt, the police werc reluctant
to rcgister an FIR. He said that
aftcr thc destruction of thc Takbir
officc, thc housc of thc Managing
.Editor, Mr. Sarwat, Jamal, was also
allackcd and his flmily threatcncd.
Thc boycott was lifted on an undcrtaking by lhc CPNE and thc
APNS lhat ncwspapcr reports about
which thc MQM had complaints
would bc invcstigatcd and thcir ac.
ccptancc that "the story in thc

)
)

erg
er.
co
m

says, the dust has settlcd on the

scandal surrounding thc faulty con.
struction of thc Lahore runway. Bu(

THE DISTRIBUTION of

lice despite thc fact that the MQM -

pd
fsp
lit
m

AFTER the exit of Mr ljlal Haidcr

Zaidi, our Islamabad corrcspondcnt

dcclarcd a ceascfirc in thc war with

thc rcbcls.

aec;aea to suspcnd the publicarion

of its local cdition togcthcr wilh

thc office and thc stocks of the latest

issuc 0l thc weckly Takhir. Thc of.

ficg was iittackcd bv 30

armcd
hoolig;rns cirrlv in thc morning at (r
r nt, and was scl on firc. Thc Sindh
Oovcrnmcnt failcd lo protqgl thc of.

March issuc of thc Heral<J undcr thc

cap(ion 'Thc Battle Within' appcnrcd to bc incorrcct and unfoundcd'. Thc name of Ncwslinc
docs not appcar among the papcrs
and journals against which thc
boycott has bccn liftcd,
Thc Press in Karachi has bccn
faccd with asphpcia at ths hands of
militant political groups. Thc suf.

-,f
'(

focation grew worsc sincc thc MQM

')

camc into asccndency

in

urban

Sindh. Thc first attack came in 1987

whcn thc officcs of duily Jang wcrc

rnnsuckcd and its distribution u,as

disruptcd hy arnrcd hooligans. Sincc
thcn thc cxcrcisc has bcen rcpcatcd
rvhcncvcr any discgrceablc fact has
bccn publishcd bv anyjournal.

1987'protcst'
Thc

1987 "prolcsl" was against ccr-

tain rcnrarks which Jang had

pubiishcd about thc MQN{. Thc

proprictor of Jang, instcad of standing up for thc protcclion of Prcss
frccdom, sought forgivcncss of thc
MQM chiel'which encouragcd thc
lut(cr to tightcn his stranglchold on
thc Karachi Prcss, spccially scctions

*'hich arc rcad lr)' thc Llrdu-spcalinu pc,rple

\ ICV'ru{i\T,

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.,2

:f
I

..'s

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Press under assault

New style aclion

Two Prcssmcn havc bccn bcatcn

un in (hcir homcs hv armcd eoons in
an opcration that closcly follows thc

stylc'oI Hitlcr's Naz.i narrv: rt was

cieculcd with a ncifccricin rhat
comcs wilh long cx'pcricncc, Thcn,
as has happcncd frcqucntly in lhc
rcccnt pa.st, hundlcs of hllrck.listcd
m;rgczincs

and ncwspilncrs

Itccn (:ir[)turcd lntl

lr;rvc

tlcslrrrvcd:
ncwspirncr hlwkcrs havc hccn bul.
licd into trovco(tinq thc ouhlications.

tl;rmagcd othcr property,

Thc assaull on thc

rhc
and

De
m

Prc.ss was
prcccdcd by warnings to journalists
lnd manaqcrs ol thc targctcd nrrbliclrtions, 'ftc aulhoritics- wcrc' kcpt

in[ormcd of thc imncndinq attacks.

and wcrc probahlv inyhow awarc of
whul was af<xrt. Yct, Klruchi's ad.
ministration took no cffcctivc stcps

((.l pr()lcct thc. ncwsplpcrs

irnq
nowspcrsons who wCrC vtcltms ol

thc MQM rampagc, Evcn *hcn

nolicc cuilrds wcrc nostcd ill

hcwsoanlr officcs. t hcv dls;rnncrrcd

oftcn'whcn thcy wcrc host 'n'cc<'lcd,

The administration's sturlicd in;rc-

Iion hccomcrs cvcn mr)rc scendalous

sincc tlrc party guilty o[ a scrics of
crimcs is purt of thc rulirrg coirlition
hoth at thb Csntrc nnd in iinclh,
It sccms that this limc thc ucncrol

rc;rclion to the hizarrc h;r1l[cnings

h;rs bccn conlmcnsurillc with tlic

Prcss frccdom

but a

vicious

onslaught on freedom itsclf. If thc

constitutional safcguards of our fundamcntal riqhts cannot be oro(cclcd
bv thc Statiand aqcnt.s of iarticular
nlrtics arc ocrm"ittcd td dcnrivc

law.abidins iitizcns

of thcir

basic

rights, thc Tuturc of whatevcr sort of

dcmocracy wc have civcn our.sclvcs

is doomcil. Thc Primc Ministcr's

BY LINESMAN

claim to uphold thc rulc of law loscs

its force when such methods

arc

condonbd and wcak excuses found

ol thc Scnatc
thc Senalors to
sncak out ;rtllrinsl
thc cxrraordinarv
-prcvailing
liiwlcssnc.r.s
in Karachi.
Thc Punial-r Asscmblv hrs also con.
dcmnc,,l ihc disuracclul conduct of a
n:lrtncr in SinJh's ruline coalition.
Bciutcdly. thc Sindh Chicf Ministcr
h.ls promiscd to hold an inquiry into
boycott by Prcssmcn

scs.sion ncrsrrudcd

thc

mattcr.

Thc strons countrrnvide nrotests

erc lullv iusiificd, rriU if rh'c Prcss
rcm;rini l'irm, it shoulrl bc p<lssiblc
Irr ohl;rin quitritnlccs lhirl ntit hing ol
tlris srrrt will bc ;rllowcd to hanicn
ag.rin in SinJlr or in any part of'thc
countrv, Thc MOM ancl all othcr
politicil partics must bc compellcd
by thcir lricncls and patrons to acccpt that thcy cannot be pcrmittcd

to dict atc nolicics (o anv scction of

thc Prcss ind still lcss ian thcv bc
allowcd to usc strong-arm mct6ods

to achioc thcir cnds,

The

philostrphv ttf inrdcquat0 covcragc

and chuructcr assassination is a lot
of bilgc and should nrll bc tolcrated
u,hcn it lcuds to Ihc emasculation of
Prcss frccdom and the dcnial of the

rrs' riqht to lruv a nd re ad a

nc\r'snitpsr of thcir iwn choicc..
uithout rrrrrning thc gruntlct of
girnus. o[,rrmcd g(x)ns lcd lry
citizc

gir u ic

rt c

rs,

Thc fir.st thine io he done is that

sinqle irrlividrrul involvcd in
cvcrv
'lrlQV-sp{rnsorcd
rhc

nur\rfirpcrs

slroulcl llc

for blatant acts of fascist terror

through vague and unproven char-

erg
er.
co
m

nrlgazincs wlrich, llrcy implicd, had

provokcd thc pnrtv's just ivrath" On
this occusion lrll ortl;rniziltions conncctcd in lrnv *.rv "*ilh thc Fourth
Es{iltc htrrc' joihcd thc protcst
agcinst Nl()M v;rndalism. The

o(

Thc uan'clals " also' attackc<i

ncwspapcr olficcs, assaultcd prcss
workcrs and chowkidars, and

Nl()Nl's actitrns by criticising

prrlicics rrl ncr,.papcrs -

pd
fsp
lit
m

Sindh.

rcsponsc.to similar hooliginism was

w.

Nl()lvl

lcadcr's consniracy t hcorics wcrc

rcportcd without' dclctions, and
dctails wcrc qivcn of how thc .scnatc
clcction.s wdrc 'misconductcd' in

thc

trmrd ancl an itltcmnt wa.s madc bv a

group ol Prcssmcn'ttl whitcwash ihc

ww

also lngcrcd whcn lhc

Prcss irccdom. Last vcar

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bid to suborn the Press and ter.

rorise journulists into .subrrritting
to tlle commands of poli(icll pur.
lies and fuctions. This tinre llrd o[fensive ugainst the Prcs.s wils
undertaken by tlre MQI\I with tlre
tacit he lp of the Sindh (lovcrnment,
It sccms that a sccrion ol thc
mcdia is bcing punishcd for rcvcal.
ing somc of the truth ul>out thc
brcak-up of thc .Mohaiir Quumi
lvlovcmdnt. Ihe mvstcrioirs cxilc of
its lcadcrs held to bc corrupt, ancl
expulsion of narty aclivisls on a
l;rigc scalc. Thb ruling coalition was

cnormity of thc criminal at.tacks on

Vi
sit

NOT for the first time, fascist tac.

tics have been used in Karachi in a

Between the Lines

attlcks

on
itnd ncwsPcrsons
irpprchcnclcd and

punislrccl u.,.icr thc llrv. lt nccds to

hc rculizcd tllitt wh;tt hls hanncncd
in K,rrirchi is not onlv lrn atiack <ln

ges. against. unnamed Prcssmcn lor

actrns wlth bras or as mcrccnanes,

-,F,
Thii is not a privatc skirmish bc.
twccn thc Prcss and thosr: who scek
to conlrol it throush violcnce. The

thrcat to Press lrcedom and

hence the nconlc's dcmocratic
rights -- concirns'evcry citizen. All
reDrcscnta(ives. evcrv honest oolitical party, 'public forumi and
all

cvcrv orsanisation concerncd abouI

thc iounirv's futurc must ioin hands
to dcfcat the opponcnts of frecdom,

Thc trucc negotiatcd betwccnthc MQM Qua-id, Alraf Husain,

and a ioint dclcsation of the
CPNE ind APNS committecs
rcprcscnts a wcuk compromisc
mudc possiblc by blrtnnt blackmail and thc Prcss rlrqanizalions'

timiditv. Thc issucs- of Press

frcedoin and thc usc of violcnce
were smothcrcrl in idlc cliches
and worthlcss assuranccs, This
cannot bc the end; for this is a
battle that thc nconlc of Pakist,an
cannot aiiord tb loic without surrcndcrinA thc frccdoms thcy

chcrish before the argumcnt of

forcs.

And now the

Zikris
REPORTS relating to a political
deol negotiated behveen the Ul ond
JUl, brlore - and mainly for .- the

recent Senate clection, reveal that

one of the three points of tlris agreement ls lhut Government will take

necessary measures so that the

Zikrl sect can bc dealt with in ac.

of a
I\lusllm as provldrd in tlre Con-

cordance with the definition

stitutl()n.

March 28, lfr)1, VIEWPOI'\*l'

.das^r*..*As.

-i-+ivs

....

NHffi
Knrachi, Tuesday. June 2J,

n Ocobcr 22 1990. af'

h 14, l99l

thc

PNS --"crnivc Cemince

d rcpcanarives of trc CPI',IE
d ohcrs mcl rd "urmirnow-

cmdmcd thc rcmt

ryatc

cadnuru violme eq thc

r wcrl in Ksrchi aganst bc
wspaper indury, irs crnploys ard

di:ributon". Thc'y dso

;rscd hcir "strck" I

luc of r& Fedsal sd

0re

Pm-

rcial govcrrwrerus ut protcl

?tcss as glstanrccd

:rsdNrion

n ilr

wc mainly promptcd
by thc plight ot Noslsc
which n its prc'clection bsuc
wrotc r disrurbing (o rho*

CPNE

concerncd) sbry on thc muy

milirmt rifts within thc MQM.

The vcifcrous. .voladlc lcadcr, Alaf Hussrin. pior to md

aftcr thc clxtions. indulgul in
lengthy fulminations bclween
(krobcr ?0 md Novcmbcr 4.

against'falsc
stories

ud mrlici06'

in gcnatl (Nwslirc,

Iterod a$

orhels) end on Oc.

3l suggcstcd lwo tcmtcither buming tic ofdics

fcnding publicatimt or mt
obcr

thm to bc sold.
Thesc wcrc no rmPty
*ueac. Thc Lrqlg ir r mrn of
allowing

Ncvcrthclcss, r sorry rnd

shamcful capiolrtior cmc h
0re moming of Mmh 22, s r
prcludc to urc daming of Prki.

rccLls.rionr Frblishc4

tions. The honourrblc reprcscn-

thesc

Siaec thcn, not only havc

thc cditorr of Hcrald Nnd

rt*rvs{inc ben subJcctcd to
hsusmcnl but

0rc BBC s Zr-

fu

Abbas had his had split

opcn rnd his flrt rarsackcd for

reponing onc of Oc mily

rtatmmr isswd lry tJrc Lcad'

er of

Azir-abad. Ttre ./cng

Oroup wu tlucnacd for rcponing thc smc ircm but it is
sard by thc unkind $!t ils own'
ss did thc riSht rnd propcr
thing ud mrdc thc pilgrimage
io Azizrbad to sek forgivcness, thu frint bcllcr thu tE
othcrs involvcd. (Ccnan nasti.
ly suspiciour quarurs hint that
thcy evo cuhcd in on thc osuing cmfuion to lncrcrse tlrc
circulrtion of thcir latcsl offs-

ktgetad for te.

poning (wron8ly or rightly) in
its Much issue on.thc rifts md
cracks in the MQM hicruchy.
why? On Mrrch 7, the MQM
Chairmsr. Azcem Tuiq, confirmcd *rrt therc had bcen r
"hcinous cmspiracy" egainst
*rc pcrson of rhc MQM lcadr
by r "Cang of Thrc" which
had nqt fie *qc llera6 zlso
wa:s

reporrcd rhat

Altal Bhai

"camc

unds rttack" at a pany meuing

for ha"int r panncnhip in e
hotcl in thc US o*ned by hir
brothcr. lf thir bc so. what on

eurh is wong *irh rhat?

Wc

{e told L\al Altnf Bhai worlrcd

in hc US for r nrrnbcr of
ycus, prcsumahly cming md

ing to the public, which of

catx)t bc truc), Dcwa
dr got it in thc nak but stuck

@urrc

not msrcly drspnsing ehrity,

ud it Lr cvm n,mowcd t}rrl

likc muy of his drstirguishcd

counrymcn hc is thc proud

omer of onc of thosc madly

to its gw, so its distribution

in Krnchr wes disruptcd for
four dlys md rupcndcd cn.

covetcd colourcd crds. WhY

should hc not om up o his
pos*ssions? Whrt on Errth is

tircly for onc.

wrong with that?

dirc ud physicd consapgacct

of Ns own t rncf,ity inro Ecourt whcdrr whrt hc ptblishcs is thc unvamirhod Euh or it
impop"t c mirchicvollq Uut
thc hws of Pekisten nry pro'
vi& for rcdcss rgainst frlsc

stur's Reprblic Day cclckr-

erg
er.
co
m

mcnt will cithc curb itsclf or

thwrn ils ow designr.
Last yeu's corecm by thc

IIcraId

his word, rnd morc.

pd
fsp
lit
m

To. '- ril,

is urorrccivablc thrt thc govcrn-

writes on the MQM's misguided

crusade against the press

w.

olhcr thing:, 0rc

:sh wlvg of prssuc on
'* spaperr ud newsmm ud
*r pieu for hclp..
nongst

cmsatcd from a oalidon put.

ns of lhc Sindh govmmt. h

AminaJilani

ww

the nrmc of dcmoqacy, ro

rachcd by all from thcir vs'
gaEd pulpirs, not to indmi.
.rc any membcr of thc hcss.
On Novembq I l, 1990, thc
udng Comnitcc of thc
3\E mct io considcr,

It is now no sget har bc

trcaB ud violocc in qucstjon

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sd won hess frecdom ud

Bmsgressor of thc Corudrudr:n,

r (t;'!

Vi
sit

eders of ow politicrl panicr

I act vid resfrinl rrd tolcrrce. inxpcctivc of how rnrlaublc he camnenb madc
slr rhcm ia the kcss. Hc
.hored rlrcrn to uphold our

WelL thcir shocl ir incomprehasiblc rs hcy mst trke

ino rccornt 0E frt $at $c
Sindh govcrnmat iaclf is the
prf,pcEatq ofthc violene srd a

o(

rxhibitcd hir utiprrlry o.

ards thc hcss, thc hesident

i $e CPNE rp/pcrlcd to thc

undoubtcd riglrr ro s+t wher hc

plc$cs, bul h mtEr Irlc lhc

Whose press, whose freedom?

hc MQM's Alraf
Iv I Husrin
"r
had prblicly

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/\

1992

latives

of 0rc hcss

prcscnad

bot

lrws l'c nol !o bc trkcn

rdvurtrgc of: drf mrth must

thmrelvcs tl UE Aziztbsd nevar, in r &c 8d opcn 6lvlukaz to usurc 0r badcr comts, ovct@mc or crPosc
md his kryal mcn of "r rcsnt- cror; thrt vimrc mwt ncithr
blc working rclztionrhip" bc- bc tcsrcd mr rtrangdrcnod.
rwco t-hc hcss rnd thc MQM.
Thc lew of Azizrbed will
Whilst thcy werc m doing, thc
K

ryachi offices

ol

T&bccr

wre bcing kr rblrzc.

onc xks? Orer tlre ycrs
mrdc mlly a bubcd dig

Why,

it hs

0tc

MQM lnd bccn'wmcd'oftcn

cnough. This timc it printcd r

prcveil. Thcrc will ciths be

complcc submission s thc cr.
trrction of u cy for I tmth
rnd r lsth for rn cya To blez-

es with Tafucr ud its likc.

Lct thc rcr&rs of Dun do
sirhout thcir daily @py. And
so what if 7:fu Abbs is mt so
lucky nert time s o gct off

talc on thc "crpon" of the

"Cug of Tlre" rnd suggotcd
rhrr thc rcasn Alrrf had b bG wit}t a msc

bashcd up hcrd?

hosprtali*d wrs a bullct in his

lcg. So. would it bc cxmordi-

Wc must all go along wi0r

Taj Jamali, thc segrioru. u-icd
nEry to corusidu thal r just rcri- and tcstcd chicf miniscr of 43
bution may havc bccn crrlcd?
p6enl of ot lmd mljs, who,
To thc rimplc-mindod ot> rfirr medng with thc MQM
servcr. rll this clculy indicuan chicftan rt Abbsi Shahocd Horthat thc hcss hrs plcdgcd, fc pid on Orc cvcning of Much
beuq or lor worsc, to go dmg 16 old r ge0ring of trwsmcn

with l:dcr Ahefs dclmidon

and practicc of hesr frccdom.

It would s.cm thrr ecording o

his tmcu eeery frcc mrn hs ur

dr.r hc wrs inFsscd by Altef

Bhai. thet hc fourd hin o bc r

noblc pe'sm rnd r mrnrc poliricim. So bc iu

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Fronti,erPOS;t
TUESDAY JI.JNE 23, IggZ ZILHA:I

2I,I4IZ

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LAHORE
It{ewesmen boYcott

MQM MI{A i*i\"ches

Abdus Sattar l-alika, ministcr of

statc fot political affain Abdullth
Ghazi and oarliamenlrrY scctctaq

lor inlormall(tn Javcd Ali

Shah

vrsi!cd prcss S3llcrY lounBc and

requcsrid newsmcn to cnd thcir
bovcott.
Senior iournalisrs Oatscr Butt.
satrrnd Sitrir and olhen lold mii'

sters ihal ncwsmcn's boycoll was

asainst MQM. The ministcn latcr

thc spcakcr aboul lhe silua'

ii,on. Ahdullah Ghaziaskcd MQM
,memben lo t0 to prcs gallcry
lounec to tnlk wilh ncwsmen lot
cndiig rhcir boycoll. but lhcY did
nol ohliec thc mini$cr'

tid

'

. Mcan-*hrlc, thc

National
Assemblv dccidcd to conslitulc
12.m.'mtier House commi(lcc fir'

pd
fsp
lit
m

complctton of lwo hours dcbatc on

admirred by SPcakcr Gohar AYub

Khan.
Dcputy SPcaker Nawa: Khok'
har. $ho wa5 Pte\ldinF ovcl thd
scrsron announccd thal thc c(rm'
mitrce to hc constiluled on lhc rec'
ommendilliofls o[ thc lcrcler of thc

Housr and lcatlct ttf thq opntrition s.()ul(l [rx resgrnsibilitr on the
culnnll I hc sPeatcl aftct consul'

Irng lcrdcrs

of tnth rrlcs *rll

ll' mcm'

ainouncc lhc nlmct ul

trcrs, hc added.
Wrn,lrng uP lhc debJl(

I. l"rill

mlnt(lcr for tnfotntfllt(ln ilrl{l hro'

adcil{lin! Abdur Sattrt I alrko

usrrrc,l iht ll,rurr that lJl tr\\crn'

mcnl woul<l il(tl t('lctrl( l('trr)rt\nt
and violancr itSillnst ncw\nlcn snd
nc*roapcrr Hc :airj that rs \rrn
ar Chrci \1in'ster Sinrlh Irm :arlrq

Ali rcturned from London hc

woulcl he taking uP thc issuc with

him

"l would nol succumb lo any

orcssurc and worrld fight for the
lausc and freedom of the Prcss"'
hc assured Lalika said lhnt lhc
B0\'crnmcnl was all out lo Frovide
nccessarv Prolcdion lo routnalisrs. Wc would nol sroP henllhY
criticism hy ncwsPaPcr on anY
| ('i!illrr\rsd on Rrck l'auc)

both sidcs in condcmning lcrro.

rism unlcashcd on iournalist: and
ncwipapcr. -Thc membcrr callcd
for bannrng rhc ethnic ortanrration. From rrcilsury brnchcs most

w.

adiournmcnl mollon cafllcr

ww

'8n

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cott of MQM mcmbcrs

Protcsting iournalisls also raiscd
sloqans asatntl MQM in thc Presr
lou'nse otihe Parliamcnt Housc.
Fcicral minister for information

The dccision was taken allcr

Vi
sit

soecchcs of two MQM MNAs

d'uring t*o houn long dcbate. on
thc incidcnts of violence. agalnst
iOurnali5ts 8nd neusp8pc6,
Thc newsmen Patscd a rcsolu'
tion rcsolving thaias long as MOM
wottld nol rtsurc to stop allacks (tn
iournalisls lhcy wtll conlinuc boy'

(Continued trom page l)

condcmncd a "lerrorist" otganisSissuc," he maintaincd.
rion on .rtackinS thc oflies of
was
vicw
thc
Hc
of
that if the Dawn. tnng and Takbca. ltgian
prcss wat not protccled and inci. said that Sindh governmcnl was
dcnts of violence continucd it will , irsclf behind crimc rhat was why no
bc a sevcrc blow ro democracJ.
culprit involvcd in attsck on ncws.
Thcre war almost conscntu: on mcn and ncwspapcrs wet lrtcatcd.

ncwspapcrs.

o(

sion on WcdncsdaY boYcottcd the

Newsmen boycott MQM MNAS speech

of violcncc a8ainsl journalislr ilnd

De
m

' F.P. BurtruRePorl

Thc membcr
ISLAMABAD
of parliamentary- Press gallcrY
covcring National AsscmblY scs'

of spcakcrs bebnged to Jamaa(-i.

lslami dircctly acused MQM of

condocting tcrrorist activttics

ogainst thc nc{'!mcn

Pf)A mcmhcn alsr hcld MQlrl

dircctll- rrspon5ible for attacting
journahstr and ranracking ncwspapcr officts
Sarrhr Farmq Ahrned Khan
l.cghari. rlcputr oppositron lcadcr
condcmncd MQM lor harasring its

opponenri. Hc accuscd thc

govcrnmrnt

ol state

terrorism

againsr icurnalisrs. ln thrs rcgard

hc rcminded chicf minirter Sindh's
threats to The Fronrir Post. Hc

dcplorcd thar ioumalists wcrc not

cvcn sale in thc fedcral capital

whcre thcy werc lathi-chargcd in
front of the Parliamcnt Housc on
Tuesdav.

Hc hcld Sindh govcmmcnt and

its agenoc: responsrblc for murdc.
rous attack on Kamran Khan and
othcr journali$r of Karachi. Hc

Mian Zrhid S.rftsz. trking part

in dcbatc rcgrctlcd that lh3
governmcnt was not takinB ary
ict,on to stop rcpcarcd incidcnts ol
violencc agarnst ioumalisls and
nesspapen. He dcPloted lhat
people ol onc ottani$tton setc
allowcd to stop sm6lh dclivcry of

new!papcK

and magarincs

tn

Karachr l{c allcS,cd lhat lhc

govcrnment has failcd lo protccl
frccdom of pres and was cngrpcd
only in stopping publication ol
news itcmr against itsclf.
l.iaqunr Baloch, movct of lha
adjournmcnt motion, s3id lhat lhc
eovernmeol has [ailcd to chccl lhc
ierrorist activitics of MQM. whrch
was making thc ncwsmcn largcl
rcgularly.
He dcmandcd thal lhc olPtirs
who attacked joumalists and thcir
houscs aswcll as ncwspapcr officcs
should irnmcdiatcly .bc arrcsted
and awarded scvcri Punishmbnt.
He accuscd thc MQM of having
armed pcoplc to subvcfl smoolh
dclivery of ncwspapcrs in Karachi.
Hc uid providing full Ptotcction
to ncssmcn was rcsPonsibilitY ol

thc toYcmmcnl.

ANP presidcnt Ajmal

Khr

also dcmandcd of ihc govcrnr

tocnsurc sm@lh workingof r
mcn rnd protcction of thcir c

and rcsi&ncts. *lf

joun

wcrc not rllowed to wrirc

thcn il ryill tr big blow to

cracy.-

PDA'r Afrab

Shaaban

Sycd Perucz Ali Shah and

Ahsn

l,

condemncd NIQM an

rcsponsiblc

for

unleasl

rcign of tcrror against jour

rnd ncwspapcn. Thcy dcn
of the govcmmcnt to cnsur

ficr'rl,n

,
L

love.hate rebtionshlp,
'I'hey love him. hc b2tes
thenr. Piek up any Kerachi
daily end mog df ihm
rea,Llilie diarics of lhe
throu8h lh. rtal".
mer, ,rc isrues o{T end on
aboul thc nredia end -you
will find ni)thing bul con.

people's minds Those

wril-

lng in flrc HcrsU and

Navr!ar, hc lhundered,
should stop considering
lhem*lves intellecluals jusl

btcau* lhe; write in l:ntlish end crler lo lhr Dr.

len(c.Clifian crosd. I'his

wes followed by a diirlribf

Yen thr most obliging o[

paper\ (rn qlisfy hiJ appe.
tite for hog3ing lhc head-

on thc vic.< of lhe linllish.

speaking rich, ebout thr
french watcr they drink
and how thr, ar sillrnB lo
scll their $ouls for a b0ltl.
oF importrd liquor. Encour.

lines-

aged by th?

Aluf llussein hai lurned

press-bashing lnlo rn afl of

crowd, he announced (hat

he wa.s not sali\ficd wilh
whrlevcr he had jusl said

$ort{, lurning the heal on

when and whcrc rcquired.

and would

language.

ralll?s and post clecfion cel-

lool

bashes"

saln singlcd out

Altef Hus-

tic

prcss as

public-enemy numbcr lwo

@enazlr ?2rdat\.s hG rc.
lers to her, mainl.ained her

ranklnd. Hc dcmanded
that the deily,/oag change
Its cditorlal stdT bccausc
lh'cy wcre J:m:at+.Islaml
trop

rcentr- Thc

-i"rU

Jamael-run

r"EE_ffi;nf

nor usr 'balari'

And *hat followed morc lhrn adequrtely proved hb eloquence in

One nerd not .dd thal he

has al* avs a<hlvrd r6;ults.
In z seric* of prc.clection
cbmtion

checring

slang,

headlinr "AltJf llussrin 0r

Superman?").'l'hc report-

trs atsigntd lo cover lht

MQM are given lheir beats
et lhr lvl(.fNt's dict le. lndi.
viduals drring lo dissnl or
cvcn drl'ferring can frperl

aylhing ranging frorn

De
m

lsmpt for th. pr6s, Nol

Thc Karachl pres, with

odd cxceptions, slopped
questioning th. MQM's
nylc of politlcs e long Umc
ego. The pr6s C.kmnG
fsutd from thc Mzrkzr trc
ofttn carried as stafl rc.

ports - somctimes evco

hcadlln?s rrl
dldalcd.

(Otharwisc, r'ho ln bls

rtght mind would run e

fw na\t) phonc calls to a

tarminalion letaer from th

itor. $s3;\ligq-ft$31,
reDortr and a
m.mbrr ot lhc panel whlch
od

z Dova

int rviewed Altaf Hussain

for PTV beforc the elec'
tiorls" didn't ast r slngle
qucsUon durlng thc hourloog programme, thc com.

rnm rcl(tion emong K:ra-

cbl pressmcn was, "3loa tir

ao pyri rchia hoti (who

illtll{'s
glso

trrts it as ir< oen pfopJ.

SlneL$ftt. lllll-lbc-+aper
committcd e suicidrl error
earlier lhis vear uh_tlt it

pd
fsp
lit
m

Kffi,l;t;"m
a

nol br allowcd to poison th?

prints praising the

Quald. TSI--MQ,\[__

brouf,ht out

lqae

pago sup.

P-lsl!!ot--9o-lhc.-dc.rth of
l"!l_1q]|l.-!.*!_N,t

b_

..\ h

me

:tn-d__3ls!_.qdl9d . hirn'rha.
htqd'. 'l he purposr $J\ just

l0 mak( . fsu qui<l hutks.

w.

Dr?ssmen

lines as to th! poems it

llul lh" Flarhar

rcacred

slron8ly, pl.linlv asLinB thc

ww

arachi's

llenil

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By ll{oh.rmnrcd

Diary

Vi
sit

IiIr

The Pir nnd the Press

Sindh

o(

lF

plpct lo pack up.

l-hc

p;rprr could nol c{rme ou I

for e wholc veek. l'he edi.
tor heg:qed. pleaded an(

r..ilrl
d({sn'a
t0
live?)."l'uhlKltr,n\ lr.lrrrl{
l0 pr6rrre lhoir indrprn.
dence c:rn crPe(l r bo)(0il
or an allr(h on llr( olli(t.
Whon ;loag friled'to gire

'appropalnlr' (r,\('rJqe l()

Karachi mrror l"rr'r'q Srl-

lar's marrilgf

lrr 11 v1''17t
pi(lur? nnd

ago (lusl onc

lwo columns on lhe fronl

pagc), the t\tQivt

nounced r boycotl of
paper. 'l'hat day, tlert

rnough

Aziabad and clarify

the

misundrrstanding. Nou' all

lhe ncwspaper owners hrvc
z ready crcuse, "If Jg4.g.
beine !h3_b i!ggL-lenn,Dl
stind uD to them- how can
sql" l'hat. ncedleis to 9y,
has made lhe MQM's job
crsier.

ooumi Akhht. e Karachi-brsed Urdu evenlnpcr.

lhe ls a casc ln polnl The papcr
ve- st3ried as en lndapcndent

un-

hicle nhich p&$ed throuBh

l.LChundrigar

Road,
where th( loap olTice is lo.
cated, was scrrched for the

papcr's copies. E:en-.pdire

mobiles were searched. Mir
Khalilur Rehman was slse

opologircd bforr hf $as

promiring
thrl he $'ould nerrr :rgrin
reprrl rhc rin. l)urinp the

lo pay r visil lo forgilrn :rftcr

cvcninger more than e year

ago. Today lt ls the l.rBest

circulaled cveninger ln Peklst n wlth r clrculstlon of

morc than l@,000. Thc

paper owes ltg populrlty.s
much lo lts scrc.mlng hqad

th" paper :rgrin

fc* ness
ili.ms :boul orhrr prrties

elcctions.

lried lo sncak in a

and ag:rin Altaf llussrin re-

itcrraed hlr ulrning. Igt

th!-li!8glhc-o!!(r-bjld .
trsqlp-gtd-s!--hlSbsvc.

lle

inYired Corps Com.

mandcr Gcn Asif Ntsaz to
the omc. and fhshed lh
plcturc* of his visit on the
front page next da!'. And

dld

ll

$ork? Thc lllarkzr

har nol uttered a *ord

rbout th. p.pcr sincc thaa
dat.

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rmugo ws dnn to iruing rcu
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rcnrm
- .t.rur thc prqr by mcd
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^ ,. Lrh@ ry !h cffirl
IAI o{ Ncwrprpcr Edi6 rhof,-

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Wh:t strpr do yos inlrrd to ulc to

prcrEt w frerdom, uksd tirc Edi.
w p( Ttu HuqJd, Sbary Rc.\mn
Thc PM fciS.ncd ignomr, But
hc grurpd w, nmctbl*. thtt he
'*oq.ld l@l nro it',
sir tbcrr r nmbcr Ef rairu

De
m

5e:*

io,ui6 hlvc bf, prpesilcd

rSrEJl w commsiry. Lst w*k"

q$ed lcrMiru of tbc MQM rt.

tt'J.A Mr Z^tu Abbrr (BBC com.
rpardqil md sulta x Tfu lt qsl{l

ud hi, fmiiy in KucN rnd *nt

relng {e hosprri, Thc dir(ribu.
Iron of P*ki*s't lcrdirg dr jly,
him

0or. *u

chokcd rn

r.t city md I

numbq of pw hrskcn ehg rcsllt,

cd $c tsgitctr mr vid lvlr Ab
bs r frc. A dry lrta, u\c officc of

To4*cr *<e rmrclcd ud itr crpd!ivc ryp.Erm d6mycd,

N.cdls to rry,

tb* hu

b.a r rquc* of pDlt

cvm

not
frem

hmc Minirta,

Wc mty rightly
rfur h! it r0ll "lke8 firo
it'. Howacr, hir fwrgn pEs rd.
vis. lt{r Husrm Hrqq@, who ir I
psr lilcr rt L\c g1 of rdd$g in.
t}te

pcMc

ruIt io

qs

riury. nyr

of

nowq

h?

hu $nt r

bou.

to lv{r Abbu wish.

0to, Fc:uc,

no

or

cxp

'frudon figtum' ro rrtc

rgrid

thc rdorirtr Bul

biBy ac d.y sikr h prc{

Defending ourselves
ug lim r 5pcdy rEorcry. Uotil
ocxl tmc. t}lrt ir

Ar for *E Qricf Minirte ol

Shdh, I4r Srdiq Ali, tbc lgr rrid
thc bctrcr, Hos cu hir riliwo puncl pc:ibly gct up ro rny nidc.
mc&o6, iE eut: to brow, Wc mry

swc, thscfcs, lrc it not sm u.

clir.d to tivc u lhc timq of dry,
In privrtc.

ud l}lc

mbqr

o( thc CPNE
A,PNS hrvc rhuldscd

rfriror $*

crcas h

ftgwcva. thay tppcr to hlvc

public,

fiel.

ly yicldcd bcfoF tc nigbry AluJ

Hursrin who hdtorcd d6 into r
rafrrhar cgu$ gn ilE do'r ud
don t-l

of rspmribic

jowiim Lr'

mcnlrbly, t@, hy hrv. roughr to

aonvcy thc cmnour impmrron
r.lrr{ pcrhrpt Tllc t{ttold vrs n tult
for rurcponing ncvl
A couplc o{ imporu iluo c
r( srrlc hqa.
Finr, $c rnirudc of *r chicf cr*urivc. Fu from irudrting msct
to pralud iuah brudi(ic! rgxEt
ihc prcs. rhc Frinc Minir{s hrr
:en llr to lrc r couplc of brsdlds
rgrrnst ur

hirol(.

Hc tJrirkr wc

wrfiB 0r irrcrpoNrblc tr rsrtonrlBl mo$ of thc timc, rpccrr.lly

*hc rcvr rbst is

doinp ud

u.

(butt r
Tbc

ly ro dns a(arion to ou
ptithr? A tokcn ncwt boy(
MQM, c of rhor who u
thc rcffiirt+ lilc Mr Srdic
Norhing of rhc sn. Appu

corccmcd.

cuiou lhmt

i5

l}lrt hc didnl

pct ladt wqc rdrcro

point r fnga l rhe MC

rlvry: tldnl (hs, Whcn l}lc pr6r

wu muuicd

u&r tE

long

yeu

mrnjrl lrw. during vhich hc

joyed hir C}ricl MinirtcnNp o{

h6irb *i$ou hrving to

o{

a.

wonda bov thcy pluclc

lo bcg for u ruor

suls

0r

drCrqaMuhiretf,

worry

rbou dE pr6r, Ur qu6.i6 of

uy

If

tretruios d ou pu didnl
uir, of rcw. Lrrr, lioscvcr,
wh6

hc

au dolirt

bunch of !E4dy

ocr ploE to r

thorc lont ycu of lifc Mdd drc

wbruilr of rhc Ccrcr.ls h$ lcfr u
irdclrblc mvk on hir politicr. So hc
ir rrpidiy rwcning ro fm Aod wc
roy hrvc ro wrir I lmg rmc b.Iqc
sm@nc alac rivs on thc sac
ud -!mkr inro if .
Nos. cxmc *rc pilirblc nerw
of ou 'pur b@ro'. HrvinS livcd
oll thc frt of govstmat rdvcrti*.
mc ud ncwrFfi quoru rll rjlcir
livct. dry hrvc lort rll ru ol in.

Egnry .nd cqulc, We*.knc.d

urd wcrl.willc4 thcy mr cva
&rg thcwlva ro cffer r noml

Fpou to tbc rbuBtcry

.bost

no longcr c,

bqst, wGting jowri

lsl to throlvq tor rhc)

ud colledw vcll-bcing.
Urt it i, 6cir nekJ wh,

hskr md succs.

fully uging $em ro hlvc r go.r lhc

PPP, r 'fr* pu:' wu $solurciy tlE
f[$ word in hir rcJurbirhcd public
vcrbulyy, Bur ir sru now rirr

cu

tlrcy

lcdm frcm thc rurc or

i5

lhc

lie Urmlly,

So whs
body of workir
irs wtrich ir nor iruacc
Sriprtd
thc rcvcrrl wi

ir r fomd

tod.y. [f wc could .ssmr

cosry.widc grgup uc
su.tc
rlrc

rctivc, civil fro:

cxcss

of poliriciero

rucecd in rtcming thc

n:

violcre which thrcalcro

rion,

Thc'pras bum mar

hir idcr roully miiplrccd
if jowrliru rwed in
hqr oft thcir boso in ;
violcnt

tiurdw,

lo mrIG ricu

lcrv;-"

mot

cosld tlrct pcaibly

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I{otionol

,,rrr

/^ mc Yd t$, maling hrPPad o

\ t Euopra tmrlrrt reiuc
\J SoE rw.!m61 r l,l diq hrd in
Hlil $pdnthip of iu om a iu maY'r
c rd riglra tqEd hirn iol d dl v!U. I
r otll Ur Fml,ill of $3 ?qtan
.[da sh r mi* dr 0E mrtP.Fl
qcincd tidc rFr too th. daldt b rilhl
dE mt dd lo rrrmbaof drir &unirY,
Tlr clrgnip vs 16& srddn.d od wq'
wndnint dd ss ottiqdy eFnd bY uc
qffi of d! madia Po*qirl lcdqr b*mc
F*qL.r dfiitlL Govffidtt bovcd b
$. $Fit rua3dr of tho ntblsr' TIE
mrg vu r[i{od Ird 0! Fd Yot bd b
rgrmd b.hviu.Tt4g Inrd. ss inc
dhq @Euy nd &. h.s oI thc +irodc c
obyiuly Et rPtic$lc b s. Hae r cvcry'
tr bEwt, Ed{nt tut !6 Ydt it vqdly

ft; $iii"y ri?lil,',

-lt-l

prticrl rc&n d8 if I

Ostriches are fair game

ebi.Erod to vudrlitnt I vrll bc n no Poli'

tidl D ut td ryngrthY wha 6c rm. h|P'
Ft 6 ms Ard h4pa it vill. V'Plmc rr r
hllir thr trDvr r it ir indullcd in. \ftn thc
,md did it tlrcy rar inviiin! mublc tor
ddelvcr onr dry. No* thu ricy htvc tol
if 0|ou!,i dc pl of w cml bt ond@
it bcrs *c do not wd lh. intedon b
rFqd I hpc liulc dsb 6! lh3 rlrvint

Ow noy nahe an alli*nce uith a carniwn Ln lhc hory ol iwndbb

Ban Att ota should nol Ioryel the Mtutu of t,E F'asl, s4'6 Zeid Bakr

NN

%71',4

hu opiniru ml 3rrdy dillmt

s hG qrl.
rqr Em hr i! e I dillaal bGGd Thcir
eilh lid. m.
plc ia lUc i! b m&
'rr4y
Ou rhould 3ovo
cm rbua thc PrrriPla
iu Thcir indilTaae b ehrr hu hlPPand
rFrb louda thu wordt. Bu vhy sbuld 6c
prBicll pumrlirt. li! 6. who vill b. tli.
sta of 0E rurl dE!. b. F 6c6cd eidt
d. inlclB of lJlc onqt of tha PlFt eho
ricy do not sn lo b. P[ialslY bolha.d
G thon
rbput hb? Tbc owrt of @,
tithcd rnd do mt ten to slir tlrrt if tltcit
wil,t
tLuUt
6ctc
opat
vc
ldd
up
aploycc
wld bc no onc b fill $cit P.36 Nr will
rh3t bc .bl. ro m*r mEh lM.Y U ttEir Pl'
Fr sc rc3 dloecd lo rcldl 6c Public. rc'
lrrdlcr of whc6a tho mwt ir &l.d ou bt
6c tovqm61 c 0016' WhY. tln dould
lhr jqm&q vb fe tnim.diuLhr4
mr hrvc ula ollctivc rdml
But o cm o 6o cowcd cirY ol KmU.
I rgpa't l,o hrtr b@m t.lt. lndin!
Srund for Fsim. Hitls't lhulr tol. w
rdtis $d xv{!d th6. oForcd lo lril i&J
lonj bcfon bc vu tblc o obrrin pora. In.
d..4 qr3 ru.d violaca eu hi, chola
mcrrFd fd ruinirt ir Ths who blErcd
sh n.(Ht hrd b Pry lu, Th! q!oir.'
dotr l}lrr r6d, bchind Urc viola* offcrcd lo
the grcr in Krrhi clriru iB trollh otr $r
bru o{ iu dcud $ovin!' Thu ds not
m*. h . dawndc prny. To bo demmric
)ou hrvc b ba oPd lo Pttblk rrulny nd to
eGsF llr. rifha of odst b hold difictq3
vicr. Wimin3 u .l4ti6 ir mcnin3lcsr
6ts dc rifhu of lo:oo n rsFi&d s
Tha. vho & chst.d rilh uF
ffisr
holding $c lrs rhould rdirc til or nry
vith . csiq. in lhc hogc
dliu6
a
md.
of imcdirc Srin bol 6c rhould Dr fortcl
dro tr.u. q( dc b.sr On. drY il i, boud b
lm m {r. hud thJ fEdr iL whq thll hrP
Fs $cy viU bc in I rva w* J6. I
lmdil

6on ny on. Tha Flra bmr

ldrririg' lldiotr !vlt. Jm ir h hir

wc E in tha ircet of rll tortiblc

ol rtr

ch.i rd

jw.

Thc

66kr

of thc fosrh

6rc M

lh.

n* of inFry, cva &rtlr in hc ewc

do, lI rlrry

uury

nin rrlcgurdr

ir. Bqi

iris

f$rjil o crPl6t vsyinl

0|s

Ef da-

opinim ir whu a'

Fs sivc dd tElF ia ml only
u inJm bqr d& b odrl!. /uY lFo
prpc wiU hrvl r puiculrr poinr of vir or'
it it da?r nol (g ir rhc sl vi$ mc of ow
il.iord ddlisl ! tnly mldn rillsid tur
qlr "rtln of tlrc sicry r rD(lr mrY lnd
r -- r Fccdonr of aprrrrio licr bchind
pr of drerry, But ftzr. h r bgc
r
6r - . sptint ol p@Ple il ir dvryl Fli'
blc fo? w p.opk o nFrd Ocir m oPol'
bn u 0: uhiro Eudt qd fnd rcorirt
wng h prworiag r mrtY Yid FDn bGu! .tp(Ed. To PPqt *h Pr!'
h<rdcdns b th. rt*poEibitiry of th! otlvi'
o( ditrqinS

A, nOcoba 22 l9O. rI.

I l- l}E MOM'r Alut
V tt*,.jo brd Fblily
crniEed hir dipr&y r

*udr dr Prtr*

dlc

zrrchod by dt hcn Orir

vl'

lSil.dtqlpilrdbirdDi-

le

ury

On

mobr

of

Novnbs tl,

lir Pt{'
1990.

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Cmis o( tha
rrr to csr.ild,
rmrx orbs d|btt, dt
'sh vrr c( pEs on
urrprpct rnd rr:m rnd
Ssrdnrf

CPNE

lEir

pla

To rc

for b19..

wril

qr Mrd 14 l99l 6!
rPNS Erenvc CamB
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anws$sy,fiaploy.
e 'rsihs'. Thcy .Iro
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r ftsr s surtld b ct
'di[i4

di0mt

rlru vry

nlcd

sid, b trus of ofE @uci6.

Bchid rhir pririplc of d.mqdic

qtn.

d{

livdibood

rtll b. Frl .t ruL

tu
Thit
m'

iaYohcd h th. vudrlis

BBC Fmdi& th! Prfll
.tdN

wN drc

Es

il!

ti. rdql i ltle P.F. Ioqb!.t,

Nov ld m tca 0E rlco{d rrrirhr Thc
bef,
lmq eha I hrrc dirlild vhl thl
hrvc
BBC hu hd lo sy. I hrvc di(lffir s0t
6c Drn gqp md io om m 4rsir wdd
troup sd

n ider,l rirurrion o(ouEq lhc clE6d l?d'

crr ic drarciv4 comitcd b 6! FEd'
vuion o( dorwry rnd rold lrdlY Siie

elrwa
btvs m d rhr $a Jrnur rcPcaour
Nr hrvc I fcioca tlut di. ,mu thutt
luvr dro rstd b ttroq mn lrds to trP.
Fq o;,i^io @tGsY b whl Pua fc
thar tlrouthl I lhoul4 dclqte b. h.T'Py
rhs uEy h.v! bd tlEu m!.qPG.. I n

w.

viev. Thac u prticdlY mthin3 in

ww

r'9 pqvc E r/plrld titjt FffPl+ TnsY

wold rct dlor ru o{ thcir rllict horda
FiN. to tsbvd Uc vay idcrl rhich tttl
rc @miurd o &fgrd, Pora in uchugc
'tot t cotc blelv b emil uy kind of
rhugcry ir Dt ws* hryint, But dr.r u I

onm hcrs
rlE

lrr.

Et. And nol (q emtmat rc Olr d.dl of

be crgxim don. bul ds fot Uo FrdY

ur&ubEd rithr b rn whll hc

plat, bul h. mul blc lJlG
dir ud phyriol onrqueer
of hiJ on tffiry iilo r66r wh.1l111 rh! h. FrbllA,
NrvdthclE, r tdty nd 6 ir tlr uvhirh.d lnnh ot it
rhurcful cpiubtim cmo in mIrcF r mishiaouft lhJ
lhr mint of Mgqlr 22. r r drc het of Prkiru my fp-

Whose press, whose freedom?

Prqidqt

rpceld o the
lc.dat o( ea polidsl F li.r.
o B rilb rEErit! ud tola.
uE, bcrg*tivo o( ho? e
tttd.
pdrqblc O. @l'
$q! abo b th. Pra llc
etlscd dm o ughold m
\Jd *6 Prrs &crdon ud
s rh! nd qf dalsry, l,

of thc CPN

o(

WcU

dd rlgt L itqn.

FdEliU. s

dEy mEa

Flr

s!! rh. fEt lhlt 6.

Sindr lwcrmt iklt it 0r
9rr9*u of th: viobe nd r
urrtre o{ da Csltiuin
hirrtrosatrllb
&Htr !d vDlEs in $siql
cnmrd &sn r uliti.r Plt.
rof rhlSindrgwro[t
iriffiivrH! tf 0E td6.
lld sill cirtE oitt i*lt q
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rbsstll|omd-i8[

bt y*r m

bt

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sbtsblh.obs@of c4itrnomfi
ehrch sicry r!8.
i, 6t FP.
TtG m$ bsr of thcs m
tabn of iidividudr rlrirut 0l. creq of
ortnircd b$dr of mti-dancaic fm' la

l@rytnncry.
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rid Ed n irdcuio of 0l. rEortd

fil

poglc wirh diltah5 p*cpirn And ebovc

thc rulpntjs sc h6 cldC l.rdst ?hot.
Etfuh iE6t h FrFBru4 UEit Pqrd ir

Fmdlu rsiYr
Fotetir
'r$.
u o .lsd pst o( lhc dqmdc Faf6'
'l'hc

lrdon it

th6

Amioa;itrql writ6

on the MQM's misguided

crusade against the Prest

De
m

diftqsr

mt. bsiq flc o( Flidal

Lilc. Onup of irylivi.iudr ro orluircd in
ThcY sc PrcPrrtd
nru of
ltrirul cEro&htnal bY 6.
b d.fqd
E oppcd hlmu. 'l)EY n..d lo do
lbU,Y lo
h! bcclry { ttty & Er

c miald b datct&y, thu

{ritt n r detFEy Oa &rlE .
E rubjcd |9 Oe lu phidl thould m'

rxan rvdtr ir Ksrhi

wid lmve Il ir oly dg,ffiag'Y tlut rllon
canirrio of di:al md tmvi.ts !l o'ftPot'
of dr: d:y, Qr rc

pd
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b. lrel vha danmlic rutc ir dlc cdc

erg
er.
co
m

c(
'tld vo(k Utully dEy do rc in cordilioN
vlrn wnd rolia & ml .9ply - ir ovsirt
wB d Bolutioil gf violcnt qimr, ln rcl
d.d rin6 0re u ls d83d' WorLial in
dlyr o( dicwthiD mrt b. d! 4i4 rinc.
L\sc ir liaL srl (d itEndilu .retl b El
d in Finl vllrl 0E twffid of th. w

do not dcfod thc

rithr of opF holdin3 vicvr difral fm

mim ud iroGd mw with joY *ha dtcY uc

Hqab wq rptld tq 19
hirrcrd.odle
SiB th. mr qdy h.vo pcrunl (wn3ly s ntiu,ly) h
{r. rdiE ot ltqcU trd iu Mgclr su c thc nfu nd
l}+r&r ba $btrtrd b crb in dr MQM higwbY'
hsuman bu d. EBC! z.. wlry? Or Mrcn t, u. MQM
f{ Abbo hrd hit h.d tPlil Chumu Ala Tgq. o.
lmod 0l! dE h.d bqr r
opar rd hir tlu Erebd fq
of $l roY 'hciFur cs[!rry' .trira
rqFoatmtl d
rqr!'ras i$u.d

by dE

l4d.

rlrc

fspn

of

o!

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