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| MQM calls for action against 'patrons of Talibans in Karachi' |
| 2009-05-11 |
| [Geo News] The Coordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded of the Army Chief and Head of ISI to take action against organization for what it said patronizing the activities of Taliban in Karachi. A statement of MQM issued here on Sunday said: "Action be taken against Awami National Party (ANP) leaders of Sindh who are supporting Talibanization and activities of Taliban." ANP is a supposedly secular party. They don't seem to mention Jamaat-e-Islami and the various flavors of JUI, which have been demanding the operations cease. JI also murders MQM workers when it can get away with it, and sometimes when it can't. The Coordination Committee of MQM also alleged that some government officials associated with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) are also involved in these activities. "Even President Asif Ali Zardari has failed to end links of its party members with the criminal elements," it said. The MQM statement said these officials of ANP and government are receiving kickbacks from land mafia, drug mafia and arms mafia and explicitly supporting their illegal activities. So they're not supporting the Talibs because of any ideological affinity, but because they've been bought? I'm not in the least surprised. "MQM Chief Altaf Hussaind shared the details of activities of these people with the President Asif Ali Zardari during their meeting and despite assurances by the latter the land mafia, drug mafia and arms mafia continue to carry out their illegal business," the statement further alleged. |
| Posted by:Fred |