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One wonders as to why the MMA and MQM blame the PPP-PML-N i.e. Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif for making deals the present Military when they [MMA-MQM] themselves have become the representative of 2 % Minority who is ruling the country since 1958
rather the MQM AND MMA are both the Secret Weapons of Establishment particularly from the days of General Ziaul Haq. Similarly the MQM which claims to be the party of downtrodden specifically of the downtrodden of Punjab since October 2002 Election to the extent that yesterday its key Federal Misiter Shamim Akhter in an interview was supporting Kala Bagh Dam provided consensus amongst the provinces. Both MQM and MMA were "˜very' concerned about Sardar Bugti's tragic death and showed "solidarity" with Late Akber Bugti's family but their sympathies only remained to the level of Lip service so much so the MMA Supremo Maualana Fazaul Rehman had even said to GEO television that "Politicians do not usually resign from assemblies merely on the death of a Tribal Chief whereas another Islamo-Fascist of MMA Qazi Hussain Ahmed demanding the resignation from PPP and PML-N leaders.
On August 28, 2006 MQM organizer Dr Farooq Sattar stated ""The MQM is politically caught in a dilemma. It ideologically differs both with the government and the opposition but had to choose one of them." Facing a barrage of questions about the party's responsibility (being a part of the government) in the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, he said the MQM condemned it in unequivocal terms. "The MQM is a party limited to urban Sindh as far as electoral politics is concerned. In these circumstances, it can hardly make independent choice in national politics. That is why,
it had to choose between the government and the opposition, and it went for former. But this
partnership does not exclude being ideologically different," he insisted. The party, he said, believed that it could better serve national interest by being part of the government as it could influence official decisions and fight for the rights of downtrodden from within the system. "The party is certain that it could better fight for provincial autonomy and other irritants in national politics by being in the government and that is the only reason for it being part of official set-up."

 

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And if that was not enough the Chief of MQM Altaf Hussain has said that MQM is open to talk with PPP AND PML-N.

 

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Well that's news because from 1988 till 1999 MQM remained part of every government and parted ways rather helped some hidden elements to sabotage every Civilian government's downfall since 1988 and now they are within the Government since 2002 with the same
Hidden Element. One must have no animosity towards MQM provided it gives answers to the following questions:

MQM came into shameful ex istence in 1978-79 [General Zia was ruling the roost] and if you are correct then their site is wrong. However the history tells us something entirely different and i.e. "The earliest political organization of Mohajirs, the All Pakistan Mohajir Student Organization (APMSO) founded in 1978 by Altaf Hussain, evolved into the MQM in 1984. Ethnic and religious divisions in Sindh were exacerbated during the years General Zia-ul Haq was in office (1977 to 1988, of these 1977 to 1985 under martial law) as he used them to suppress and divide emocratic opposition to his rule. Ethnic strife between Mohajir and Sindhis who had initially jointly opposed the influx of Punjabis and Pathans into Sindh, rapidly increased in Karachi and Hyderabad from the mid-1980s.
The MQM, led by Altaf Hussain, meanwhile consolidated its hold on the Mohajir community. In November 1987, the MQM won local body elections in Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban centres in Sindh." "The earliest political organization of Mohajirs, the All Pakistan Mohajir Student Organization (APMSO) founded in 1978 by Altaf Hussain, evolved into the MQM in 1984.
General Zia was ruling the roost and we all know how General Zia used his power to win referendum and how General Zia secretly supported the MQM to ditch Jamat-e-Islami by the way the Local Bodies Election was held under General Zia's government in 1987 and the then Civilian Setup of Ghaus Ali Shah and Muhammad Khan Junejo was a setup of stooges like the present facade of Civilian Setup called Democracy. on the pursuance of the then COAS
Mirza Aslam Baig [check the special issue of Herald 1990 when Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed the PPP Government, Mirza Aslam Baig shamelessly admitted that he has taken away the support of 14 MQM MNA's from the PPP to make the government crumble]..

 

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General Zia hanged a Prmie Minister and he was not that fool that he doesnot event know as to what was going on Sindh. When there was a ban on all the political activities then how this MQM came into being? Now if you would allow me to ask some questions. MQM has always been complaining about Police and Rangers Operation Cleanups against the MQM and its workers but what is this? Why they are back and no action not even a vocie of dissent from MQM. I wouldnot write a single line on this i will only quote the news articles. You and others after clicking and reading every link will decide as to where MQM stands.

Legitimizing the extra-judicial killings PAK TRIBUNE REPORT Tuesday November 01, 2005 (1208 PST)

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=124234

Families of missing Muttahida men assured of help
By Our Reporter

http://www.dawn.com/2004/11/01/nat8.htm

MQM and the Curse of Middle Class Leadership wants two Illegally Encroached Islands near Karachi Beach wants to be developed as Job Providers [while uprooting the Poor Fishermen "the infamous 98% which MQM Claim to represent] to jobless, MQM Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Senator Babar Khan Ghauri announced in Islamabad that the Federal Government has issued a licence for a ferry service linking Mumbai, Karachi and Dubai, MQM city govt plans skyline along coast and what not Whereas those cities of Sindh particularly Karachi and Hyderabad which are being ruled by MQM are depicting the picture of as if Nuclear Bombs have hit those two cities. The main problem of Karachi is Transport and MQM despite having important ministries in Sindh and Islamabad and they do not even want to talk about the revival of Circular Railway for Karachi which can solve the problem of Traffic Jam and save fuel and of course help ease the suffering of those 98 % which MQM claims to represent. That is why we are bound to say that MQM is basically a "CURSE OF MIDDLE CLASS LEADERSHIP".


KARACHI: No headway in KCR revival plan.
KARACHI, Nov 2: Despite the approval of the
feasibility of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) revival project by the Sindh government about six weeks back, no headway has been made in this direction so far, due to the same old traditional attitude of our bureaucracy towards the solution of the problems of the masses. On September 16, Sindh Transport Minister Adil Siddiqui announced that the Sindh government had formally approved the feasibility of revival of the KCR and would be submitted to the federal government
within a week, so that a sift loan could be obtained from the Japanese government for the same. According to details, the project will be completed in three phases and its reach will be extended to Surjani, North Karachi, Airport, Gizri, Defence, Port Qasim and other areas. In the first phase, the KCR will be revived from the Karachi City to Nazimabad, in the second phase from Nazimabad to Drigh Road, and in the third phase it will be extended to airport and other
areas. The entire system of the KCR will be computerised and a separate track will be laid from
Karachi City to Drigh Road, and all railway lines, signals and stations with commercial centres will be developed on modern lines for the KCR. However, despite passage of six weeks there seemed no visible development and it seemed that the bureaucracy has yet to realize the importance of this plan, which could alleviate sufferings of the Karachiites and bring the city into the fold of mega urban cities with an efficient means of public transport.

The Pakistan Railways had started the KCR in 1969 and closed it down in 1999 on the pretext of losses. It is worth noting that the KCR had earned half a million rupees in the first year alone, when it used to charge mere 0.25 paisas per ticket. In 1970s, the KCR used to run as many as 104 trips daily. Logically, the KCR which bagged half a million rupees during its first year of operations had to economically thrive with the passage of time due to increased population of the city, but instead it incurred losses and was ultimately closed. Due to the hue and cry of the
Karachiites, the government decided to revive it in 2004 and its first phase between Landhi and Wazir Mansion stations was revived in 2005. But again the nexus of transporters and bureaucracy managed to block work on its second phase. Despite tall claims by the high-ups of federal, provincial and city governments regarding the early revival of the KCR, no one is
coming forward with a solid plan and a specific time schedule for this vital plan. Recently, Minister of State for Railways Ali Asjad Malhi was quoted as saying that the circular railway service would be launched in eight cities including Karachi and Lahore.
Responding to a question during question hour on the floor of assembly he said that in the first phase, feasibility of Karachi station to Dhabeji station and Karachi City to Malir Cantonment had been completed.
He said that a plan was being worked out for launching Karachi Urban Transport Corporation and laying down a two-way railway track for KCR was under consideration.
Interestingly, a year back in November 2005 this matter was discussed between Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and State Minister for Railways Ishaque Khan Khakwani during their meeting at the CM House Karachi and it was decided to set up a corporation named Karachi Urban Transport Corporation for running the KCR to facilitate Karachi commuters;
however, despite the passage of an entire year nobody is aware of the progress made in this regard. However, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, in the second week of May 2006, visited Islamabad and called on Federal Railways Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed to discuss the
revival of KCR. After the meeting a press release was issued by the city government, which said that the federal government had agreed to completely revive the KCR, besides implementation of the mass transit programme. It claimed that the railway minister completely agreed to the proposal of KCR revival and assured that the federal government and especially Railways Ministry would provide all-out assistance in this regard.

It might be recalled that a team of technical experts of Japan last year completed initial feasibility report for the KCR revival and submitted it to the Sindh governor. However, according to the reports, this feasibility report was not approved as it suggested a long period for the revival work. The KCR system encircles major parts of the city. It runs parallel to the main business area of Sharea Faisal.
It touches I. I. Chundrigar Road, which is less than one kilometer from Kharadar, half a kilometer from the Fish Harbor, and one kilometer and a half from Lea Market. In the past it catered to the needs of the densely populated residential areas including Masoom Colony, Chanesar Goth, Sindhi Muslim Society, PECHS, Mohammad Ali Society, KDA Scheme 1, Baloch Colony, Mehmoodabad, Karsaz, Shah Faisal Colony, Drigh Colony, Quaidabad, Malir Colony, Landhi, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Federal 'B' Area, Karimabad, Nazimabad, Paposhnagar and Sher Shah. It is said that some foreign firms are interested in running the KCR. There are also talks about getting foreign loans for this project. But in fact the Pakistan Railways (PR) is competent enough to
complete this plan from local funding. The Karachi commuters demand a solid, concrete plan for the revival of KCR with a specific deadline. They hope that the federal government would approve the feasibility of KCR soon and order physical launching of this much-awaited urban transport plan."”PPI

http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/03/local6.htm

 

References:

Opposition suffers setback in PA: Move condemning
killing of Nawab Bugti rejected By Amanullah Kasi {1}

http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/02/nat1.htm

Farooq explains MQM "˜dilemma' By Our Staff Reporter
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/29/nat8.htm

MQM open to talks with PPP, PML-N' By Shamim-ur-Rehman
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http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/23/top3.htm

PAKISTAN Human rights crisis in Karachi {4}

SUMMARY FEBRUARY 1996 AI INDEX: ASA 33/01/96 DISTR:
SC/CO

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA330011996?open&of=ENG-PAK