TERRORISM BETWEEil JAMAT.

E-ISLAMI AND MQM

Qazi Hussain Ahmed

Ehsan Ahmed Ansari

AMul

Altaf Hussain

Baseer

is attegeO rhar rhe MQM

havc murdered Mr. Abdul
Basir and Mr. Ehsan Ahmed

was that Jamat-e-Islami must

Ansari, the memben ofJamiat.

The details of the two murderedpersons are very shocking and the same can be sum-

derer

burial of the dead-body of

Murder of Ehsan Ahmad

press-conference and pointed

Ansari:

out that. during the last sven

months nine main persons of

pon, Karachi. His body

had

cuts with sharp-edged weapons. His bones werc brokcn

zurd bullets were fircd in thc

arms and legs. The internal

organs of the body were urken

out of the body. The flesh of

the body was cut. and takcn

away from its different parts.

At the time of his burial and
Namaz-e-Janaza the slogans

raised by the workers of Ja-

mat-e-Islami were showing

their hatered against the ruling
party/group of Pakistan. The

also been killed. It is alleged

that he bclonged to the anti-

MQM group of Afaq

and

Aamir Khan, hence Pro Altaf/

Jam Gr6up could not blerate

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murderer of Jamiat. After the

Jamat-e-lslami have been

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2200 hours 4th August by thc

MQM terrorists and was tortured in the torture cell of thc
MQM, as alleged by Jamat-eIslami and after the death due
to torture, his body was thrown
near Eid-gah situated near Air-

Jamiat. and Altaf

Hussain of MQM is the chief

murdered in Karachi and sev-

cral havc been seriously in-

jured while hundreds

have
becn raken out of their houscs

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He was kidnapped at about

of

and tortured. Syed Munawiu

Hassan had threatened on the
murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari that his death would be
very costly for he people of

De
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He was the studentof Second year in Jamia-Milia Malir.

UI and Mian Nawaz

Sharif because IJI is the murlcave

student of lst Years. Another

student namely Amin Abbas
of thc same institution have

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amat-e-Islam is the part of Islami Jamboori ltehad (IJI) headed by Nawaz Sharif while MQM is the chief agent of
Ishaq KhaninSindhsupportingthe GovemmentofJam SadiqAli on behalfof IshaqKhanHoweverterrorion between
Jamat-e-Islam & MQM in Karachi is in progress, in which dozern of supporters of both groups have been seriously
injured in different colleges and some important persons have been kitled. ihe tussle between the two groups might
result in the separation of Jamat-e-Islami from IJI because Nawaz Sharif can not take risk ro mke action against MQM
as it would aruny Mr. lshaq Khan which would be fatal for his Govemment.

MQM, On thc other-hand, thc

Chairman of MQM Mr. Azim

Soon after the murder of

Ehsan Ahmad Ansari Mr.

Abdul Baseer was also killcd.

At. about 2200 hours the door
of his house was knockcd by
thrce armed persons and a;kcd

MQM and Jamat-e-Islami to

ftem except the dcad-bodies
of their children. It is strange
that Jam-Sadiq

Ali

have not

advised them to put the a

PPP workers havc done these

murders to create rift between
Jamat-e-Islami and MQM as a

conspiracy against NawazIshaq Government.

Murder of Qadeer Qureshi

about his brother namely

Abdul Waasai. Mr. AMul
Basir came out of his house

He was the Deputy Director

Taxes of water Board, Zonal
Incharge of MQM as well as

and he was tlken away in thc

nearest strect where hc was
fircd at. His injured-body was
urken to tre hospital, however

membcr

his lifc could not be savcd.

The father of the deceised
lodged the FIR in Police sra-

Ahmad Tariq treatcd this

murdcr an ordinary tussle
bctween the students. It is
notable that at the time of
murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari his father was not, ar

tion Sharah-e-Faisal Colony

against Nooman Zaidi, Na-

Karachi and he returned from

Hajj two days after the death

leged by Jamatc-Islami and

its students Organisation

of his son. His another son Mr.

Rehan Ahmad Ansari was
saved from MQM who wanted
to kidnap him also- He is the

speaking community in Kara-

chi is now seriously thinking

what has been given by the

yyer AMullah and one Hamid

who belong to MQM.
None of the murderers have
been arrested till date as al-

i.e.Jamiat. Most of the students killed or injured during

August 1991 are urdu-speak-

ing and therefore the Urdu-

of

Ccntral Office

Committee. He died on Wednesday, 28th August 199 I in a

hospital alter bcing seriously
injured due to firing in North
Nazimabad Karachi and was
under treatment. in the Hospital for about three days. His
dcath has shakcn the workers

of MQM. Hc bclonged to a
poor family. He was 34 yean
old and was married 6 years
ago. He has left bchind onc
widow, one son, one daughter, molher, three brothers, two
sisters and was the only sup-

porterof his family MQMilts

alleged the students of Jamate-Islami to be the murdererof

Qadeer Qureshi.

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Press

clipping from ,'The Frontier post,,

Dated: October 22, 1992.

Bhatta: MQM used

to collect Rs. Lb
annually
F.P. Burcau Report

month from 20,ffi0 smell shopr at

KARACHI, Od' 2ltAbout Rs. the ratc of Rs. 200 per small ihop,
onc billion annualh used to bc Rs. 18 lufth from 6000 mcdium
collected forcibly is bhatta ro- rhops at the rate of Rs. 300 pcr
portedly by MQM terroristr from shop, Rs. 10 lakh from 2000 big
thc-people engaged in_ diffcrcnt shops at the rate of Rs. 500 pcr

profcssionr belonciru

to all

per month from

thc ,rhop, R.e. 50,000

ethnic communitics-of all thc 2000 han*crr at thc retc of Rs. 25

thrcc distric$ of Karachi beforc per hawker, Rs. 12,000 per month

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19th June, 19P2

when rcal from2/. petrol pumps Ct thc rate
cradr-dor*'n agalnst MQM tcrror- of Rs. 500 per petrol pump, R.r.
lstr ttaned ln rhe metropolitan 40,000 pcr month from 40 big indusries at the rate of Rr. 10fl)
sccording to the omciat ciriles"
Thc iiistrict-wise break.uD of pcr unit, Rs. 200 lakh pcr.month
the-bhatta colleaed by MeM tcr- from 4fi) small industries at the
rorists per month as released bv rate of Rs. 5fl) per unit, Rs. 81,00
the official cirClcs on Wednesdai' lakh per month from l6,2IXn
is as under. District South: Ri. medium houses at the rate of Rs.
1783 lakh per month from small 50 per housc, Rr. 2.000 lath pcr
shopkecpen at thc rate ofRs. 100 month from 8000 small hourci at
pcf shop, Rs" 25.% lakh pcr the rate of Rr. 25 per hourc, Rr

per month from 2-4l]f/J

month from 12,961 middle dass 2.4 lakh
Mazda mini-buss at the rate of
Rs 2O0
per lre34 Rs. 2832 takh pir Rs. 100 per taxi, Rs. l,8O lakt pcr
month from 12.000 rickshaw and
month from 9440

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shopkcepcrs at thc rate of

gq$-e- ratc of Rs. 50 per head, Rs.

Rs
27900 pct month frbm 55 pitro I
pumps
Pumps at thc.rate
the rete of Rs"
5d0 per
ner
{s.-!Q

pctrol pump, Rs. 10,000 ber

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Distric eag: Rs. 4 lakh ocr

month from Lines Area pre.dohimonth from cach.mrer of big-in- nantly Mohaiir arca hivinp rhe
dustries Rs. 13.05 lakh per m6nth population of irbout six mnl Rr
from 2j,1 small industiies at the 1,50,000 pcr monrh from 1940fi)
Rs. {ohajin, 13,0q) Kschhis, 14,500
919 of Rs. i0oo pcr industry,
-irom

2.55 ctore

pci

month

25,5066 small liomes 8t thc

rate of
Rs. 100 per home, Rs. 2.65 crore
per month from 132958 middlo
clas homes at thc rate of Rs. 200
per home, Rs. 65,000 per month
from 650 mini buses atihe rate ot
Rs. 100 per mini bus, Rs. 1.64
lakh pcr month from 1645 taxis at
thc rate of Rg 100 Der taxi and
{s. 2.77 lakh per inonth from
2TTZ ri&shwts rir rhe rate of Rs.

lfl) per rickshar'.

Disria oentral: Rs.40 lakh per

Sindhis,

l\z/Ul'

Balochs,

800

Pathans and 5{D Puniabis lii'lnq in

Malir extension area, Rs. 400,fu

pcr month from 3,00,000 Mohajirs, 6000 Punjabis, 9000 Sindhir

lolltg

Malir Colonn Rs.

-in
per month from- 31,000

2"00,000

Mohajirs; 49,000 punjabis, Z jooo

Sindhis, Z,$0 pathairs a;O }Om
non-Muslims livins in Saudabad
and Rs..2,50,000 pir month from
50,000 punjabis

f!,!!!

ltlohajirs,

25,000 Pathans and 25,0@

living in Modcl Cotony.

Sfidhi;

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clipping from "The Frontier Post"

lrom ,,The Frontier post,,

Dated: Juty 28, 1992.

Press clipping

'- -Dated: July 24, 1992.

r,i,FlBF
contributed
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MQM torture,
killings,

-'.'

sabotage
From Inrdad Chandio
KARACHI, JuIy 27: MohamZaki, an undcr training, ASI

m-ad

of the policc departntcnt, w.lio was

arrested by_ a
-,law-enforcing
agency on June 28,
has nradE

ficials oJ MQM (labour *ing) as_

<From:M;Ilps Khan
sociated with thebank.
:. Julv.. 23: After -_Ih*
e<ecutives said rhat the
branches all over X.raiE
lMiui'ihe second NB?
tl Cg.{P0rate r SoufC of had hecome tn" nef of tn" Meirf.

stanlirg

According to sources Zaki conparticirration and colhis -in

.Bank1.of Pakistan (NBP),

force em_
contributed cash and ser- proyeo tn thesc branches, but also
r worth.one billion rupees to !!e^_b-?nk senred as one of the
alone.

. . :', An,official who spoke on con. ' dition of anonyrnicy iaid that
over
tnc past one year, the

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_. A _highly placed source told

I he. k-mntier posr that city-ritOe
collections on the basi6 of iorgeO

recorded
irregularities of the MeM in ttre vouchers drawn against petrol ind
NBP alone would account for one conveyance charges by ihe MeM
billion rupees. Bunglings of which raDour wrng, at time ran into eisht
there was no widencc, or whose Irgures-for a single Oay. No pEy_
trail has been slyept clean, wouid men-t, demand has evCr beeri io
amount to much more.
readily complied with by a bank
--- .Recently
law-enforcins anywhere in the world, the source
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of mont-friy

dreaded organisation'during

- _.agency
various deoarti added.
' ments.of raided
the NBP, and took
Besides,
iway

MeM unirs which cx_

.
rsted rn every branch

lb to MeM
I

bank, but they were entirled to alt

MQM (labour
.Deat
up several

held

De
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:|"*:TIT#"H*J".*;,f *:
ft1{F'*:,ift !ff",{l:;{TT
:r"Jr" :': ,il: lilllllno',f;"1i
.tn"
weru not
regular employeis of the

wing) officials

senior executives

o(

.tls!

ll__16 u result the insurance con-

of NBP in connection with getring

this fighting force regutariied

servicc.

At

ii

lea.st one such gxecutive is known to have lodged an

FIR with the ooticeSince the' beginning
rhe

army operation,

MeM

of

(labour

wing) and unit officials ari

miss-

ing. It is sulprising, however, Ihar

.senror bank o<ecutives are still

reluctant

other terrorist aclivities,

According to dctails, Zaki is an

o< lakistan Air-f,orce crnployce
and was discharged from scrvice
on account of his long a absence
fronr duty bcfore to 1985 clec-

tions. He joined the lr{QM in

1988 and was active rill the tinre

ofhis arresr. He confesscd that he

was informed by unit incharge

Abdul Majid thaf he had rcceivEd

directions frorn scctor oflice that
next day agitation would bc observcd in the whole city and we
had to block thc roads and if a

Cotuinued on page 2

loans.

[TiJlt'ffiiTr"r,.T;fiil"j;
Ranrenrs were nsrer

laboration
rinnine rorture
cellq kill.ings of thc MQM dissidents and a Sindhi doctor, sctting
on fire propcrty of Sinclhic, govi
ernntcnt and privutc vehiclcs and

ajid, Charrd, Awais, Kanrran,

service facilities including soft

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records with a view to probe inr6

of the bank
MQM excesses in the bank. But rn the,metropolis had fixed rates
senior bank orecutives told The on all
,insuiance covering thJ
. Frontier Post they would find loans feleased
W the resneritive

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fc.ssed

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M9Y. major sources

contributions. ;

during intcr-

FrcntierPosther.

g$y_w_as a substantiat d; ;i
{ot
the MQM fighting

lis mega-finance was the Na-

disclosures

rogation, official sources t6ld The

to talk about the ex-

ploits of the MQM.

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r.sqrt

.st

.esv

Diplomats Lrpset by
car snatching

'l'lrc Srudi, Turklsh,

Brltish,

Chlnese and lndonesian diplomats

were among those who had lost

rheir cars to armed men on the
road. The Saudis have had two cars
snatched from them. Nor all the
vchicles werc insurcd-

Earlier the car sniltchers

had

confined themselves to the vchiclcs rrf Pakistanis. Thc foreigners

ncrc targctcd after lhat. and rrow
rliplrrrnuts too are fallrng victim in

distinguish llctwccn cars owned

by drplorrrts arrtl tltosc bv thc gcrr.
eru l pu bl ic.

Onc consul Rcncrill raid, "l\l! err

is insured but not thc vln wc krst. I
did not think anyonc would wart lrr
scze thc var as wcll".

their cflrs rnorc rcgularly

now

beer

try

drirking

and streer dancing in

colours. Comparcd to thar thc

suclr r a^-. ll(. wiln t s rn(rrc fof I he

aBrictrlt rrrrsts {rorn tllc grrvcrnrrcn(
ald not nxrrc frolt t hc zant i ndars to
arr-t

thc grrrcrrtritcnt.

Jatctl.labhrr

has

lcrurrrcd to the

Pl)l'irrltl. llc is htrpirtg lr rcturn to

thc Senrtc in i\lrreh on a l'PP
ticktit rlht.rr nri<l.tr.rrn clcctiorr< trr

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incrcasing rrtrmbcrs.
Roblrcricr l(xr ilrc on tllc risc in thc
Itorrrcs of rliltlrrnratr. 'l hc hrrnrc of
(icrntatt colstrl Jrrcrgcn [tcngal was
rtrltlrcd rrf cvcrything vnlrralrlc hy
.rrrrrurl rrrlrlrcrs rcccrillv. Antl last
r'<'r,k tltt.hrttrsc oI I Brrrglatlcsh

Nalcrl Qanrlr. i\lNA, who has

l nreotlx'r of tlre tlsk (orce
scr up bv tlrc llrinrc Ministcr on
agriculttrrll inc(inrc tilJ u,as nlso
prescrrt. \1ill lrr iuplrorl th('tilx?
llis tilrhcr Qirrtrirruzlrntarr Shllt.
prcsirlcnt rrf t hc Sirrrlh A grictrlt trrtl
Clrunrbsr. i5 (crtrrinly opposcrl to
tlcconre

Diplonrlis do not insurc soorc o[

thcir lcsr cxpensivc curs as thcy art
tux-free. lvlay be thc.y will insrrrr.
dcspitc thc rising cotl of insurunce.
Oktober fcst
In Germany the traditronal
Oktoberfcst in Eavuria in the sorth
is famous for its lun and frolic, its

rerniritts to bc scutt.

fut urc.

lier, follorsing the xithdrawql of

orhcr caildidates. !fill he now
nrakc it trr thc Sindh cabinel? lt

have bcen snatched. It is time for a

change so rhat car soatchenl cart

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lT WAS not a war council, rather

a garhering of agitated diplomats.
'fhc consul generals in Karachi had
asscmbled at the rcsidence of rhe
Saudi Arab consul general Bakr
Gazzaz, doyen of the. consular
corps, to discuss the problcm of car
snatching. Atxrut a dozcn cars hrvc
so firr bccn snutchcd from tlrcnr in
rcccnt mor[hs arrd they wcrc fclr.
ing mrrrc will be snatchcd in thc

irrrrrrl:rtc stalIcr rrls roblrcd. lhc

l:r(lt rrl tlrc ltrrrsc olrcrtc(l thc rkxrr
irr tltc crcnitrg trr a knrtck, prcsurn-

irrg lrcr cltildrcrr who harl gono rrrrt

Instcad.

expected bui could not make it.'

dcspite his excellent conncctions,
with Trrrkey. A day earlicr, he had
obtaincd nomination papers for the. .
presidential election. Guests pre.' iumed he was busy filing hls nomi.'i
nation orconsulting his friends und.
advisors.

Caretaker Minister for lnforma.

tion Hakim Ahson was there and.

was asked by guests whether.,

Hakim Said was really trying for"..

the President's office, "Thar is one,
thing in which he did nor consult.
mt". said Hakim Ahson. Anyrray it,..
rvas jtrst a rumour and the gr'r'crnor,.
rrus not anrong thc 27 persons rrho'
filed thcir nomrnation papcrr for,
r hc prcsidcnt's officc,
Crrcsrs wcrc asking Sht rbaz,
Ilazirri whct hcr hc worrld rcally be
eontcstin11 thc prcsidcntial clcc'
rrrrrrs. Ilrs Nationul Dcmocratic.
l'rrlv hil(l decidctl a rlay bcfore to,,
rromirrate lrirn [(rr

tllilt officc. llc.

.aid ltc wrruld rrot. An.tway, hc did.

n(,1 w{nt t{r contcs( lgairrst cldcr
Irrother Balakh Shcr l\tazarr who.
was thcn among rhe scrious candi-.

trc r0tto.lL,d

rrn behalf of thc opposirion and scc.

ur utl an imprcssive 52 votes agninst

IIATIONAL FUNCTIOH: Turklsh consul general and hls wlle wlth
Bhutro's hundr6d
thosc
9ue3tr
- insmall,days.,
::
the NA was really very
Oktoberfest clcbrations at thc col. tlrc Scniltc are ltcld. \\'ill Krntul
Former foreign secretary Agha...,
ourfully decorated residence; of Azfar. formcr scniltor and advisor . Hilaly was there trying to ascertain.'
the German consul general Chrirr.
who was Iikely to win the presiden..-,
ro rhe Pl)P chief arrd Pi\I, too get a
ian Nrkonz arrd his wife Shirin Irith ticket?
tial elections.
Detlef Willrodt, thc Ccrrnan *cn. 81 r'arn r\rari rros dancrrg au'av the
Akbar Hashwani, president of:.r
eral manager of .rrvlri'f owers ar co- niglrt ar his lrrtcl r{hrch provided
the Cotton Association, president,,
host was less spactacular but surely
of the Karachi Chamber Haroonr.
rhe irxld. {as thc co.host. He had
exuberant enough, Lufthansa flerl lusr rt,turncd Ironr'[irrltkent and
Rashid, and senior vice president..
in beer barrels frorn Cermany to wa s pack in6, aga in lor a not her r rip.
Ebrahim Panwala were among the..

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'tlrc diplomats who met last wcck

warted thc government to help and
urgcd the t'oreign Office through
its Karachi camp office, ro act.
lf such moves yield no results, I
woultl nor bc surprised if they take
up thc issue wirh the Corps Cgm.
mandcr l,r. Gen. Naseer Akhtar as
the arny is still busy with irs duties
in rhc city. They are also seeking

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t(, t)lilv hir(l rctrrtncd,

young Speaker of the Sindh Assem- '

bly, Chous Baksh Mehr jointly cut'.
the large cake in the Durbar Hall of,
Hotel Sherat()n with a large crowd,.
applauding them
'Covernor Hakim Said was'

the help of the Citizen

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Police
Liilison Comminee, In f act irs chief

Nasim I{aji and his'dcpury Jamil

Yrrsuf werc invircd to many diplonlilic llirrties bef(trc incidetr(s of
cirl slirtclrinA trxrk Dlircc.
Strnrc rrIficills *ay t:ar srrirtclrirrg
is rrot urtrrruul nround thc wrrrld.

Cals arc snatched and

persons

rnuggcd in licw York us well, they

rr[uc. And a diplomat says thlt he

@
Ncw Y,r.k wlti"lt h

r{11, including chcagr curs. bur nor

rn Karachi whiqh hirs so liillr:_!r

rrllli. tiuractri,iiGii-'r.r,iii.ry
elrcirp servants

bril'thcy arc

not
cornpctent any nore und could rur

m.Iir

tive rhe authentic

Oktobcrft.sr

touch to the Cermans q.ho rrere

prcdominantlv thcrc.
N()l onlv wcrc t'hicfs ol (ir.rlrrrr
crrnll)ilnics liku llcl[rut ltlrtchul;rt
tif lJrrvcr irn<l ltASl"'s liurt illrclrel
Wolf thcre, but illso ll..l. llcnrrrtcl

of thc

Nct her,lirrrds

who

hc'rds

Lever Br(tthcrs lnd W.S. Zcrr <rf

Sandozs who is a Swits. and
Cynanid's Suby.larudi, who is an
American.

Crtmmcrcial hrildcr'Farook

llitsltt.

tvltrr is llsrr.tl.tc clrrrrrl\,rrr ol

Pak'l cl, wirs tlrcrc iiyirg his lrcrt ro
raise frrnds tor thc ncrr rnrl lutive

Crtnccrncd Citizcns Association.

which is drring good work.
,.,Makhdoom.

Raf

iq harl rhat

day

filed his nominaliorr papcr for thc.

Sindh Assembly sear vacntcd bv

cicnl and

involved in crimc
tllcrnselvcs. Though tlrc Poliec is
gcttrng bertcr equiprncnt da.v by
(ldy thc rg-jillts are perring w('rse
hc:r.
Some diplomate helicve that if
tlrcy nrrd rhc gcncral prrblic did nor
6gl3!gm

havc (hc samc ycllow nunrbcr

plarcs ls has beerr thc case sincc
1989, fcw diplrmaric clrs would

cldcr brorhcr Amin Fahim, bur had

not rcceived the Pl,P tickct till

thcn. Thc panv crr.chairpcrson rlds

believcd to lrate grvcn y>rcfcrcnce
to the young Jamil, sorr of Amin

Fahim, who rctained his farhc.r's

NA seat for rhe Sindh Assembly,
which upset Rafiq, former Sin<jh
Ilomc lrlinisrer. But n{)w Rilftq llus
won uncontcste(|, irt ihc sumc m:rn.
ner as elder brorhcr Amin did ear.

Consul SIefen Keil of Germany

and hrs wifc werc lraving (hcir last

Oktobcrfcst <larrce irr Karachi i.s
tltct arc leirving Irr (;( rcrir. 'l ltcy
irrc llrv:ttiarts rrtrl rili(l Oktolret Icst
rv.rs

rrrr,rllv r r.lrlrr.rtccl il llilvitrtil

lt l(,t d{lit.vc(l lrerc

irr Scptcnrbcr.

ns rhc (;ornrnn

rerrIiIicrtion cclctr.

rations [ad intcrvcned. but was

other*ise jrrst as colourful with a
full rnoon ilbovc and gleaning
watcr b!'tht'sitle and a larRe vari.
etv of cltccsc lnd brrrun lnrl.black
Itrerd flos'rr ttt I r(,rlt,(;ut

rlr ir

r r

y, , ,,,

Turkislr daii
r\ large arrny and naval prcscncc
is alrva!s conspiclr(,!5 ilt thc Tur.
krsh nilti(,ili1 frrrrctrorrs. 'l lrat is
beciruse of thc' abidirrg friendship
bcnrccn ltakistan and Turkcy and
the facl thar the father of modern
Turkcl-, Karnal ..\la'fnrk was a
nrilirary cdmmarrdcr. So rvlrcn the
popular c(,lsul gerrcral Ergun Ulku
and his beaut iful rrifc held a recep.
tioil to cclr.brilrc the 70rh anniver.

sarl' of the birrh of the Turkish

Rcpublic, CorJrs Conmrndcr Lt.
(ir.ir. Nascr: Akhtdr aId il large
numbcr of army and naval officinls
were frronlinent tlmre. He and the

businessmen

ahere.

:r.

Javed Anwar of Pakistan Oxygen':

was bcing congratulated by some.-',
gucsts as his shilres wcrc soaring in.
thc sharcs rnarkct, which was only i,
sccond lo thc highest, PSO. Pakis- /.'
tan Ox-vgcn it apears gives nine-'
bonuscs in a ycar to its workers. :
Nice place ro work, isn\ it?
: r:
Some very pretty Turkish Airr,r:
lines hostesses in their uniforms'l:
and a considerable number of Tur..,
kish studenrs were at the party, cnd . tr

wcrc cu8er to gct 4rborographedrr,(

willl thc hosts.
Masuma Hasan

When Haroon Ahmad gave

luch

to celebrate thc elevation of ...

Masuma Hasan, chie{,of NIPA,,.lo
grade 22,

t presumed he woutd bo.,.

speaking about her virtues as an,,

officer and person. lnstead, he:,.

urged her as president of rhe Pakis..-

tan lnsritute of

International

Affairs to hold elecrions and bring

democracy ro the PIIA, That was

..

exactly what she wanted, she said,,,and added that an ordinance for .;
that purpose had ulrimately.

reached the President's rable. Thi: r,,

announcemeni was cheered by the,r.
-,r
Suesls.I

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NATIONAL DAIL

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lead
Fissidents

12 to 15 thousancls live caridgcs

from tho houses of MQM workers
rvho lought for three hours and
then fled away front lhe area.

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<lissidents have rccovcred

airor"rt 40 kalashrrikovs along u'ith

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the

88" and thc biggest-ever "torture

ccll" nradc bv the N,lQlv{ to punish
thcir <ipponcnls. He said that in
the ccll, q,hich was calle<l in the
MQlv{ tcrnrinology ".iail", aboul ,i0
pcople u,erc nrurdcrcd, irrclirriing
thc l0 {'ronr Lines Area, He said
at least .50 FIIIs had been rcgistered agairrst the ab.sconding sec-

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of MQM in ntetropolis on Fridrry,

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-capture biggest MQM torture cell where 50 men were

butchbred, recover 40 kalashnikovs, 15,000 live cartridges

AII tlie recovcrc<J kalashnikovs tor in-charge oi I-ines Areas,

have becn handed over to llte nanrcli, .)avcd councillor, so iar,
He rnaintairred that it *,as thc
Rangers patrolling in the arca,
The disclosure was nraric by ccll rvhcrc fuccs ol'nlany y()ur1gMansoor'Chacha', a tvcll-knou'n slcrs \\'('rc rlistigurcti bv lrorrrirrg
lcadcr of the rcbcls itncl lornier acicl on tlrenr arrd rnaking scrlclrcs
sector in-chargc of L-incs Aroa on thcir bodics with blacles. I{e
Itcrc on Saturday, I ic rvas grving irrlroduccrl a boy, Nadccnr, wlrt.r

on its own resources. He said that depriving Altaf Hussain's followin the area cvery shopkcepcr was ers of legitimacy to resist the opcompelled to piy Clianda worth e ratio n.
about Rs. 15,000 per nrontlr in the
Since Friday afternoon, resispast. Mansoor also broughr on old tance by MQM activists had begun

woman whose young son was to gradually crumble when they

killcd by the MQM peoplc in the rcalised that while the dissidents
eell when ths dcceased was rc- wcre putting pressure from ail
turning horne bringirrg dou.ry I'or sides, their backs were guarded

b1'

army and rangers.

The current phase of operation
In the area, he said, all the
MQM loyals havc escaped from seems to involve the rounding up
thcir homes, while in tlre last day's of the MQM rank and file belore
fight rhey have arrested 30 pcoIle hitting at their huge ammunition
and handcd lhcnr ovcr to the po- dcpots, Surprisingly, this task is
lice and Rangers.
Tlre al.so bcing perlorrned by the dissimuch-awaited arnry r:pcration in
Cotttinued otr page 16
Karachi finally nratcrialised in a
mosI uncxpected u,a,v, with thc
non-arrny MQM disshcrrts lcading
the swoop on the forccs of Altaf
his sister.

shorved his "drilled lcgs".

H ussain.
dctails of Friday's "showdowrr".
Chacha lv{lnsoor declarcd that
The idca of pitting the dissiAcldressing a press conl'erence,
he disclosed that thc "veltuc" \\'as "Chanda (ftrrrd) politics" has bcerr dents against NlQM acconrplished
larrous as "Quarrer No. S7 and encied and lhe'oern'rvjll be run the rnost imprortant olrjective of

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MaM infighting
KARACHI, June 19: At least
five persons were killed and several others injured in early nrorn-

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ing clashes between the two

MQM groups following which

oust thern if possible. Five deaths by MQM dissident activists.

have so far been confirnred, but
Curfew impose: According to
some reports suggest a much APP curfew was .imposed in the
higher death toll.
jurisdiction of six police stations
Soon after the attack, which ih district east witli effect from 5
came in all parts of the ciry at p.m. on Friday.
about 06:30 am, the affected areas
The police stations are:
resounded, with automatic gunfire Brigade, 'Shah Faisal Colony,
and annpuncentents were nrade Model Colony, Malir Extension,
fronr nrrisque loudspeakcrs that Malir Colony and Landhi Sectors
'Ghaddars'had entcrcd the area' 37 and 6, it was officially an-

w.

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curfew has been clamped in different aleas of the metropolis, In

a related dcvelopnrent, nvo MPAs

of MQM have shil'ted loyalties to
the dissidents camp.
According to reports collected

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from all over the ciry, MQlrf dissidents nroved into different parts

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fwo

fti;

destruction, and should be shot at

sight.
-The

unit and sector workers of

rhe MQM erected road-blocks to
check nrovement inside rhe af"
mosphere

of siege, All the af-

fected areas were cordoned off by

Lhe larv-enforcing agencies in-

Sindh

but he-could nor'iCenrify

therfi,

Provincial Assern bly were missins.

Badar Igbal, a former piouinciii

transport minister, who was expelled from rhe MeM lasr year,
said by telephone rhat ,,we aie in

full control-of the siruarion and

Liaquatabad-4,

in which two

Dissidents have the support of

some sirting members of th'e parw
in the national and provincidl as'-

diqui,

ei.
pelied Iqbal and others, is currently in London, reportedly for
medical trearnrenr.

Meanwhjle, rhe MeM's ruling

^
faction
asked irs supporters

ro

come out and resist the dissidents.

As
rro()Ps ano
paramilitarv
and pararulttary
I rangers
^s troops
renrained on
on'alen.
alen, borh
borfi
I rangers
I main.M.QM facrions respondcd ro

I the clashes by_closing irdn garcs at

I key poinLs, cffectivclv seaiinp oif
. I various ncighbourho6Cs
Oiilcjals

According to Abbasi Shaheed

Hospital sources 13, cases of firearnr injuries were brought from
Liaquatabad, Jacob Lines, Lines
area, and Jamshed quarter for
treatment. Three of them Kashif,
Shahid and Munir succumbed to
injuries, doctors said. Nine are
still under treatment at the hosp!
tal. Injured are still pouring in.

first evcr open press conference in to Jinnah Hospital for treatment.

MQM MPAs also

semblies.

nounced.

cluding rangers, the police and

army personnel, Movements in
Edhi sources claimed that two
and out of these areas were com- unknown persons were shot dead
pletely blocked,
this morning and five injured in
Towards early wening, dissi- Landhi and Korangi.
dent leadcr Aamir Khan held his
Thcy said the injured were sent

gratefu.l ro the people for rheir response".

The founding leader of rhe

-MQM,
Altaf tlussain, who

support

fected areas and there was an at-

of the

members

with agerrcies'

participated.

Meanwlrile, informed

sources

said some persons have

been

One of them, Ahmed Salinr Sid- rounded up in this connection.

is MQM's parliamentary
in Sindh Assembly and
holds the important party office of
deouN seiretaw ' information,
Ieader

nilnred Salim Siddiqui won

AFP adds: Troops and

oaramilitarv rancers cordoned off

i:arts of Kirractri on Friday after

tension within an ethnic party

his suddenly turncd violcnt, leaving

seat from PS-80, Liaquatabad.
swerol dead and injurcd.

The other MPA, also repreAmbulancc sourccs said thc

senting Liaquatabad's PS-79, who casualties camc whcn dissident acporricipated in the press confer' tivists of the Mohajir Quami
ence, was Mohammad Abid, Abid Movernent (MOM) forcibly took
said he had left MQM because it over I party office. Sporadic firing
had started erploirinq t-he Moha.

jirs lor the beirefit offiraf Uus-, began in the Landhi and Malrr
sain, Salint Siddiqui, horvever, was areas in the industrial eastern disin lou, spirits, He did nor speak on trict where the MQM dissidents
the occasion.

moved against the office.

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Valik

Ey Alt Abbas

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the measures taken bv the MQ\{ leadership and theJam administration

contain fte crisis within illQM rank?

ha
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plices, An impression is being created

thal the trio fled the country without the
knowlgjgg of the central command, aiter
cmbczzling party funds. Dut .vlQM iruide
sorlrccs an<i indcpcndcnt obscrvcrs allc8c

ww

lcgs

l"ighting the most serious threat to his

leader.ship ycl.
l'hc olficial MQM version of the Badar
lqbal cpisodc is that hc was forced to
resign on comrpl,ion charges, Afaq
Ahmed and Amir Khan were his accom-

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uld

has virtually been turned

into a de facto Markaz, Aluf Husain is

llospiul, which

that the threc left the country as part of a

deal stnrck with the centrd command,
which wanted (hem out, because they
were leading rhe disent wlthin MQM
ranks, tn a lettcr printed in Mtunon
March 5, Badar lqbd wroe from the US
that he had been forced to resign from his
scat and leave the counry because hLs lifc
was in danger, So seriors was the split in
the puty that in some ueas a ganllel
MQM exutcd. According to MQM dlssidcnts, its activiss ue reportedly on a hit
list given to thc administration by the

Vi
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that

n a flight that left from

Karachi airport for \cw
York in the early hours of
February 27 were lhrce of
the MQM's lop leadersr
Badar lqbal, ex-transport
miniJter, and leader of the MQM's 27
MPAs in the Sindh assembly who had
been forced to resign his asembly seat a
few days earlier, Afaq Ahmed and Amir
Khan, ex-1ointsecretalies of the !{QM,
who had hcaded the MQM s mrlitant wrnq
for ycar.s. The immigration counlcr raiscd
objcction,s to Dadar lqbal's <lcpRrturc
sincc hc did ncr havc thc rc<;ui.rite NO(..
A scnior govcrnment officiai rcpxrrtcdly
inlcrvenerj saying that thc -"OC was on iLs
wav l'hc dcparture 6f 1i16 1l'1r,ss \1Q\{

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ls

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la( no

iCadCrc sras thC lirst puhlic f onl'trr:;lrnn

oi tirc fact that thc parly is rn <crror js rjis

etnY.

',Ei;LuffiS,m{&;

For thc last fcw months, VQll unit scc.

rcurics havg bc66 callin3 mcetings ol
thcir w'orkcrs to tcll thcm that thcre rlerc
traitors in lhcir ranks who w'crc bc'ng
cxncllccj irom lhc party, Simuita nrnrrslv

lccal papcrs have bccn carryrng a irarragc

ol aggrcssivg statcmcnls armcd

ir8
c

ir

*it*
-

iJrc.

.r I *is'l-J-

prcllrng tlrc iact that somcthing rs scrrouslv

s,rong rn thc \4QM ranks,

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, j,nl
"

v'ith thc divisions and disscnsrons

'n

''1QV ranks now an ofrcn scrrc{, tire

''2uard

.n(f

c.l'clrrik is bi<ling his tirnc

in

,\bbasi Shaltcerl ll<lspilal wrtlr arr rllncss

which insiders .sa,1 has morc to do q,irlr
psychological pressure than his kidneys

bEa

'-k

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\a'

"-fl'ffi

c MQM bqnncr on Shohroh.c.Quqidcrnr Dirr worningr from c dorporglr

loodcruhip,

[rom thc fir$ floor ofAbbasi Shahccd

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45

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Infighting wilhirt rire [{Ql1 l]0\i' piis its own \\'c[]-armed r:ii li trn

cil(ires against the ccltir":ll lcade rship,

furMedRebellion
'Ib conrbal tlris thc MQM bcgan inducting various Urdu-spcak ing professional
criminals intr: its ranks to pro(cct nnhajir
rnlcrc.sts in urban Sindh. Also, it bccamc
rncrcasingly dilficult for small-tinrc crimirrals likc garnbling dcn clpcrators and drug

handed ovcr a list

pushcrs to opcratc indcprrclcntly in arcas

ciorninrtcd by titc NIQr\1 So a nunrbcr o[
cr jminals wiro lrad carlicr ticcn oixrating

tion was corrfirmatron of thc lact that the

MQM is no longer thc uncompromi.singly
moncllithic force it uscd to bc. Many MQ,l4
activrsts liavc driitcd away from tlrc party
ovcr tlrc last lrvo years, or lormcd dissi<lcrrl

y, srx-ln bcga n <4rcral irrg u nclcr

tirc urnl.lrclla ol rhc l'1QM 'l hcy bccame

tirc slrikc iorcc ol-lhc orgalrrsatir.ln arrcl
,,"'crc givcn llrc lrt-sk of trairrrng tirc MQM's
()ung,cr cadrc in tlrc rrsc o[ arrn5 arr(l
[1orv

o[sopiri.sticatcd

ww

rnlnging a rcaular

w.

ior titc orrty

r\lrlrtcy rvas tltc Lrig4e.st hurdlc in arrang,lrg arnu and anrrnunition lor the organisa'
tron 'l'hc funrls which Llrc ,vlQNl rcceivcd
irorn ils supportcrs wcrc ((.x) irrsigniiicant
rrrr.s

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to iirrancc an .lrn\s tluil<1,u1t lb gcncrale

ntr rrc f rltcls, tltc ytb itl-"furrrl r;ri.sing" tvaj

ffiffi

In the ['IQI'I, differcncm with

the leadcrslilp lriive aln'41's
bccn hushcrl up, i)ublicly,

grr>ups witlrir-r il.s rank.s.

lhc di.sallcr

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'lic)sc on thc li.st and arrestcd sonrc oI

-l'hc
rcm
rcsl havc apparcrrtly gon<:
undcrgrourrd.
Why did Altaf I-lussain want hr.s owrt
partyme n arrested? ln a scns, thc NlQr\1'.s
chickcns are coming honre lo rcost. '['hc
samc armcci gangs which iornrcd thc
p:rrty's liglrlrng ir)rcc :ue r)o\\ rip rr :rr1)5
a;4arnst tltc party kzdcrshilr
Altai's rcqucst lor govcrnrrrcnt lrtcrvcn

rrrri iv iciua

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top MQ14
aclivists. "l want thcrn arrcs(cd by your
acjministration," hc reJxxctlly dcnrandccl
.l69
pcrsons on thc list, I M wcrc
Ot tilc
lrom Karachi and 65 from llydcrabad.
kxrn allcr tl]c nrcc(ing thc Sindh adrninrs.
tration launchcd a provincc-wide hunl l lr
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Jam Sadiq Ali, arrd

rvillrirt [4QM ranks

stcrrrs fr<trn scvcral lactors, all ol tlrcnr aris
rrtg, rrt <inc \\,ay or an(tl)cr, liorn tltc rraturc

rlisside nts havc lrrcn blamcd

,tntj Broivtir o[ tlrc organisatiorr

N/i)cn tlrc MQM ca{r.c into bcing rt wa-s
rurxJcr llrrcat nrl rinly frorn tltcJarnrat-i
lslarni'.s " llrrrrr<k:r Scluacl" (a gr<xr1> o[

01'funds or \\'orkirrq fclr the

,rrnx:( I

r) rl

tlul

al5r I

frrlnr varrt-rus

()tlicr ctllr'lic cornmunitics irr Sirxih, wlro

strv tltc risr'<l[ tlrc rnolrajir conrnr.lr'uly a\ A
".cc{ tltrcat to thcir ccorx)nric intcrc.sls irr
rrllr

)il

crirninal to rcrnain lroncst and givc his

cntirc booty to any organisation?" asks an
MQlvl activist.

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crinrrrral clcnrcnLs activc in thc

tire MQM soon turned into

org,anr"sation,

powerful rn il iurrl organLsat iorr equ ippcd

wittt sophi.st icatcd wcapons and spc.cialisirrg irr strect-garrg wariare. This militia was
uscd by thc NlQM to paralysc rlre snrc
machinery whencvcr the need arose.
llowevcr, after thc Novembcr '88 elections in which rhe MQM crrcrgcd as the
.sccond mapr polirical force in Sindh, thc
ccntral lczdcrship rric<l ro bring r}lc criminal clcrncnls in iLs rarrks under control,
finarrcially arrd organisationally.'flris belated cflort at discipline proved unsuccessfi.rl.
Sorne MQM workcrs who werc initiated

into crirnc for 'idcologicai purposcs' have

now turncd profc,rs ionals, cmba nass ing
thc pany lcaclcrs. f'lany o[ tlrem are also
rcscrrthrl ol rlrc facr tlrat llrc MeM lus not
about rlrc crirninal cases
rcaistercd agrinst tlrcrn lor actions prcrformcd whilc rhcy wcre on'party dury'.
I)isagrccmcnts bcrwccn rlrc lcaderslrip and
tltcir crst wlr ilc su pport crs lrcclrcntl y canrc
to bc scttlccl violcrttly
'l'lrc rifr wirlrin
rhc MeM lras bcrorne
dangcrous cnouglr ovcr the last Z0 nronths
for Ihe ccntral lcacicrslrip to reson to calling
in thc local aclrninisrrarion in a dcspcratc
bicl to takc carc o[ ius dissidcns. But lhis
attcrnl)t to.slatrr-u:lr lltc rli.sintcgration in ils

c1<nc arrything

lir>n

rIar']t.s)

a-signcd to the party's "toughies;" they

reportedly raiscd llre rnoney through kidnappings or dacoitics, ln the initial days
the "fund-raiscrs" were allowed to keep a
major sharc of the booty. But with large
sums of nnncy coming in, party funds
havc bccomc a sourcc of dlspute in severa.l
arcas. "l-low can you cxlrcct a professional

of

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In thc last wcck

August, MQM clrici

Altaf I-lussain mcl
lhc caretakcr chicl
minister o[ Sindlr,

itlicr for rnisapl)roprintion

police , .\Itrliv n'tirhcfs \\'li0

disagrecd n ith thc

i)iirt)' have
allcgcdly bccn irusht

il scvcrc lcstlrt,

Ncwsline ()ctobcr

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Dayof theDissidents

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routine affair

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of firing in Karacni
vvere rnore than just a

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The recent otrtbrears

Orninously, the.v
represent the
spillover of the feud
between the MQM
and its dissidents cn
to the streets of the
metropolis,,,

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By Husain Aaser

TheBattleWithin
The recent sacking o f an MQM nrinister rs the culrnrnatron of a bitter feud

between the militantwing and top leadership of the party. The rancorous

bust-up now threatens the very survivalof the MQM,,,

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and VNA. Saleem Shazad.

v/aS lhe f rrst to come under
atlack, $peakrng on the
occasron, lqbal asked Shazad
to tell the rest of the members
how he had arranged for
200 000 /upees to soend on
r.,c, \/alrma. helC in DeCember,
.rrc tf lhe cther orooertres he
srrpqglly owns rn Karachr and
lslamabad, Durrng 16s
drscussron,i both Aamer Khan
and Af aq Ahmed began siding
with lqbal, At this point,
Sf.ahzad accused both of
them of takrng 50 mrlli6n
rUCeeS frOm lhe lnter ServrCeS
Intellrgence (lSl) ts !s5lrqy 16s
p.esenl fu10M
Atler tl"rs, rl was a f ree for all.

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The MOlv4's vrce chairman

w.

MOM chief
Altaf Hussain,
was admitted
to the Abassi
Shaheed Hospitai, lt appears
his condition had suddenly
deterioraled after he had
attendeo one of lhe most
slormy meelrngs ever lo be
held by lhe MOM's cenlral
commitlee, Thrs meelrng, held
in the aflernoon, drscussed
the corruption charges
levelled by the Sindh
governrnent aoainst the
party 5 provrncral lransporl

min15lsr. Badar lqbat, Nearty

3ll the cfltce-bearers of the
MQM's central cabrnsl.
InClUO,ng readerS Ol the
MOM's mrlrtant wing, Aamrr
Khan and Afaq Ahmed, were
present at thts meeting.
When the members of the
cab'nel accused Badar lobal
Of lak'ng ten -nll,p6 r.,JpeeS
from the !ranSDorterS'lobby lc
allOw an ,rrCrCAS rn f grgg. ii.g
provrncrai mrnrster nol onlv
denred ihrs sllggatiqn [ut in
turn blamed olher members of
the cabrnel of soending the
Darlv s {u^ds on buvrng
pf3OBrlV .1r'g lh'ggyrnq lSyrgh

ww

ffi

n the night of
February 9, the

three, rn tUrn, aCCUSing

each and every member of the
cab,nel of corruption and of
sce^d;.9 lhe cartv,S money
for therr CerSOnal garnS. ln the
cnangeo atmcsphere, the
\'!O,ry' chref . Altat Hussarn,
!\,/e- Came unCer aitaCk He
,vaS 3CCUSeC Cf havrng a
934n9r5h,9 n a holel CWned
c)/ nrS brotheT-,6-ig,,v 'n lhe
lryrln 3ll

I.r.,iec S'.ifec Aliaf accelreo

i,'

ih.r:kia;i,,
rLr ir r!rr nlr
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i,.

r,: ( I fiali
.r. - .-rsOr,.r^
r

i, I {r r9 !/r
vqrirrq!,v,,

dates l)acK to December

1988, when the parly decrded
to share power with the
People's Party government.
After coming to power, it is
alleged that the Biharifaction
of the party, headed by
Saleem Shehzad, started
asserting its importance by
deputrng Bihari youth to key
positrons at the area level.
Soon after the break-up of the
alliance with the PPP,
however, the MOM, with the
help of its militant wing
headed by Aamer Khan and
Afaq Ahmed, launched a
campaign of destruction to
dismantle the government for
iis betrayal ol the the MQM.

^-

r" 1 \.,j rc

Until the fall of the PPP

government on August 6, the
militanl wing was in total
command of all the atfairs of
the party, The realcrack in the
MOM started appearing
followrng the decisron to jorn
the lJl government. The final
biow to the faction came when
the party's central leadership
decided to change the name
of the organisation from
Mohalir to Mutahidda, This
was done not only to enler the
national political mainslream,
The party's militant wing
and a majority of the party's
lower cadre vociferously
opposed this idea, The militant
wing, whose iaison d'etre was
mohalir nationalism, appeared
to be lhe mosl affected. On a
number of occasrons. bolh
militant leaders reportedly
rnformed the party higher-ups
about the resentment brewing
over the decision, but this
warnrng fell on deaf ears.
Because of the ongoing ritt
between Brharis and those
from lhe UP. a feeling among
the mrlrtant grOup has gained
Eround that their peopie are
cnly used for frghtrng wrth the
,

0Ol,Ce and tO frlljgrlg, whrle the

Srhgrr5 are Aiiegedly

Lnflggn6,ng lFe OarlV S OOlrcy
a+C'S,CnS anC are atSO the

-\irO. f.oFrlf.C AIeS

i ,4hpra.-i.? lCrh - rrtant

.1dc.q cir e?t that Saieem
She.;ad. il.e rrug-grs6 6at at
ill3{ i,;g<,a .. ,S nol Ontv
unnecSSar lv rnterfer,.g
itse,r &C., l,;l .S drSC
aiJOO,r.i

rn hosprtoir

46

Cordiol r3lshgng

rs

'I'he present rrft rn the MQM

not a new phenomenon. The

I'g

rn

,vOrk6rS Of hrS Own

choosrng,n rnlluencral
Posittons.
ln December, as the idea of

fhe Heratd, March tggl

MOM, clearly indicates that

the federal government is nol
happy wrth the risrng tensron
between the Jamaat and lhe
MOM. The crisis in Karachi
was also disCussed in the lJl
parliamentary party meeting in

By Mazhar Abbas

lslamabad on March 4.
But this tirne things are more
senous. Four actrvists have
been ktlled, including a local
nazrm of the Jamaat, The
Jamaal now has lo satisfy its

The Last Strar,v?

student wing, which is not

students, Aamrr Abbas and

Saad brn Salah, dead and 1.1
others iniured, The very next
day, two persons
KTC

rncrdent. fherefore. as

The vrolence ccniinued. The

Same nrQht, unkncwn QerSonS
opened f ire at the Jamaal

office on Eurns Road when a

meetrng of Jl shoora was ,n
Sessron. The nazrm of the Jl.
Crty was serrously wcundec
and succumbed lo hrs rnr{rr es

htt
p:/
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lhg ngyl m6r^ing

Tl'p r<i,1n', .i3r* r1. . ilr lt.'
3nc lhs,lli traxrsl,.tn \1s^1'

sludents organ,salror are

o(

Vi
sit

cresentlv the strongesl

stUOenl groups rn Karachr. tnC
irolh l'A\/e iost rnernners 'n
clg5ngg OVer lhe lasl CCilCrrr rr
yearS. DesPrte the ef rons :i
cn-e <Anp/ glgmantq n n.:'laof the rwo \{a'rrng s ces
oeace has not yel oeen
restored and there rs no
irkehood gl amrty in lhe near

;,ffid

These are only some of lhe

question being asked after
what happened in Karachi
from February 24-26 Many
observers agree that it was nol
tolally unexpected, if one
considers lhe kind of the
relationship that the Jamaat
and the MOM
- and, ol
course, their respective
student wings
- have had for
the past several yaars.

On February 23, the student

wrngs clashed yet again at lhe
Government Polytechnic
College, SITE, leaving two IJT
32

De
m

,t'Afl
An IJT octivtst:brvtqllY

pd
fsp
lit
m

the killing of four of its activrsls

in Karachi?

rn Ooirce firrng.

constituencies,
The krlling of five persons,
wrth four belonging to one
oar1y, is nol an ordinary
exoected. the entire
ieaciershrp of the Jamaal
lrom Amrr Oazi Hussarn Ahmed to MNAs and MPAs
retaliated with harsh crilis;sm
of the MoM and the sindh
governrnent.
They dtso put ce(ain
demands before the lederal
CCyer.menl, CCnd'trons that
rnr;sl |)o met rf f he iatler
desrres lhe f lrture COope,atron
o' lhe Jamaat. One such
dernand. whrch could be an
awklvarcj one, rs lhat lhe pnme
mrnrs?er'vrsit Karachr, conduct
personal rneurnes 6nd rnrlrgle

ww

from the lslamr Jamhoori

lltehad? Will the Jamaal
demand the removal of lhe
Mohalir Qaumi Movemont
from the government, or will rt
continue its support, despite

drrvsl Yaarnaod Ahmed and

Farsal of the IJT
were krlleo

the two parlies will accord

each other respeci in conrrnon

w.

\%nffi*

erg
er.
co
m

Ihe recentstudent killings have inlected fresh venom

into the ongoing Jamaat'MQM battle for Karachi,,.

uture.
The same rs true for lhe Jl
and the MOM Both pan,es are
:lose lo Nau'az $h3r'f . i ' ','.',r4
ihe lJr as a rvhgtg. bLrl slr'
Cannct lolerAte eacli other
Ooposrng the alleged
exolorlatron of lsiam by oarires
lrke the Jamaat and the JUP
has been a leading slocan of
MOM oolrtrcs rn the recenl
oast. At the same trme, lhe Jl
haS Seen tryinq ,19 level best
srnce 1986 to maxe a
f

comeback rn the urban areas

of Sindh, and the cnly maicr
hrrrdle in rts path has been the
MQM So, with obvrously
cruOal OOlitrcal rnteresi al
stake. it rs near imoossrb e lra'f

appropnate 3g1r9n ggarnst the

fvloM,
So f ar, the Jamaat has been
keeprng a relatively low Profile,
even though rts narb amir,
Prolessor Ghafoor Ahmed
rvho is also the secretary

general of the lJl

- has
f h'eatenec lo launch a
l''1cven:ent lhrotrghout the
country rf Jamaat-lJT
demands are not accepted,
Jamaat leaders alSO held a
meeling with the chief minrster
of Srndh, Jam Sadiq Ali, who
lhe parly also blames for the
explo5rve situation.
Sources claim that highievel lalks became oossible
gnly afler rnterference from
lslamabad, The arrival of
Federal Minister Malik Naeem
rn Karachr. and his subsequenl
negotiations wrth the Jamaat,
the Sindh government and the

ready lor any compromise,

Consequently, the Jamaat
currently finds itsell in one of
the most trying situations it
has laced since it entered into
the coalition with the Pakistan
Muslim League and the other
parties in the lJl,
For Nawaz Sharif, severing
links with the MQM is no easy
task. The mohalir ethnic grouP
still has a firm grrp on urban
polilics in Sindh, and the
Jamaat cannot possibly be
expected to provide an equally

eflective allernative.
However, any upheaval in
the lJl due to a Jamaat exit
would be a personal loss for
Nawaz Sharif. The Pakistan
Muslim League cannot give
the lJl the organisattonal
network which the Jamaat is
do efliciently delrverrng. The
prrmg minrster could also face
trouble in the Punlab rf the
Jarnaat decides to leave the
alliance.
Meanwhrle, the four-point
formula for a oossrble Jl-MOM
patch-up broughl from
lslamabad by Malrk Naeem is
not working. Both oarties are
strll issuing strong statements

against each other, and the

situation is still too tense for
colleges to be reopened.
Although additional Rangers
have been deployed, the
adminrstration expects moro
clashes if colleges are in
sessron.

Perhaps the only solution in

srght is to gel the aflected

groups
- the Jamaat, the
MOM, the IJT and the APMSO
to sit down together at tho
-negotiation
table and hammer
out an agreement acceptable
to all. Given the gravity of the
situation, it rg 6pyv up to the
prime mrnrster and Jam to
resolve the issue at both the
politrcal and student level. And
save Karachi from more

political killings.

Ihe Herald, March l99l

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\JI IU

The Friday Times

u r wcc
I bir nqe utly 6u ir
.|. *. lur y*. Somc

1'1'1 hc riNruon

intomod p@plc fcu violocc

in tlE rsrclr, if tnc MQM frilr
ro anEoi thc powc.ruugglc
wi$in ielt. ln rirr om! ir
m.y cv6 rW !o h(ieidrrinS
iu om rupporcn ud prtroil,
in ords o rcnml digcnr.
l'{r Brdw lqbrl r}rc prcvh-

cid trurpon minirrq. hu

cloly cxphiad hir ruignr.

tion. [n lcran o Sirdi Asmbly Spcrle urd Shdh Covcmor, wruch vac publ&lud by r

Krrli

dri.ly, Mr

hir r*igntum

Brdr lryr

v[

obuncd

udq duc,g md r3rwt

tur

vuhcs. Hc ould mr rcrirr ric

prcttlc N hir lifc su n drn.
dE lcJH rtd.
T}c lccrr w* rppscndy

!q,

qlcn
tc

rJl

oYq

on F?b 2,5, five dryr rf-

lu{!flt

MPA' hsdcd
dc

dlir rcigrttjfit !o

MQM Chrirnn But t}r. diJr.

dadt v6i.m u bcin3 encr.
didcd h prry rpokermm.

/thc

rrtcd

erg
er.
co
m

'Mt 8ds h$ b.6 chutcd

lor compuon ud

by

puty', rr),r Mr Tuiq M?h.

mo4 r htq)sur foddd mh.

-;;6'il,f

; wr

Diss.enters
go
on feCoid
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ir ' ;'
Y
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iro*
':'t" "
r joiru wlg7' oda 'no
lwo
dur
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s533F

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'

hicruhyl ubll yrr"rr,r, prry hs noi o*, o, thc caniruion.r

rrp rcoi'- bca rblo o uphin rwry eirh
- hitrsctry, ud hg inrirod r

MQM

.rriril.
rut' hd
pqronin rhc'rE
hrvc nadcd hic
iucmpLrcy *cio. '
Ajrrq wu tEh r ddicrr.d haaongly, rllc trtr{r qL:.. ?u cqaptq
I!!:s'd clsrd
:r 'nc rcrtd
psly
sd e mrc.d ro rprtsy ,r"ory o.r.ropnr
'Thcy vc 6outit to b. pq.
rlrc prry dieriv<
hu co.
lirnn thc MeM il rbogr:;
nc o( d' miDtq od luvc eortfl u&d to crJl drt
hn Iu. srdig
Ali l po.iurr iri*i*.
rrvr w nivrr Kr Du:Jrmu" bccrus of mmr n 0r rifl Jn srdiq
h!
fii*k:"-t"'

joinl
mcd

f lorq
frq
nd Mr Arnir

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'
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rbour

pfty.

w.

@mplcE

thc
which fqcd
io psr wid 0e

ww

rrlqne
'il:il;:'""ffixlH;
rels
r.hfl

I'

pd
fsp
lit
m

irq.

'
Mt Bds lqbrl ir rle finr
, pcron in UE MQM who hs
' dlcd to livc hjr vdion Ovq
thc pu fcw yw. wo
o[
, p6plc
who wirhrd o grvc up
. thqr'dutis'luvc bpcn rrckcd
frcn Orc orluu!rcn rnd
, prcicd
off to dtc Unlcd
' Stuq. bst lhct hrvc rJl mru.
- uincd

j "'ilTffiio.,,**""ctA,. Il,,?'"J"il.'Hrl:;

notc .grigi L{r lqht

hir
@uqguq be|e rh6'rdl.!s
yi!h.
ii"o tqr d6nl
Jm sa.

U* For crmplc, mtly

Lo ,r. bi3 fur in Hydan.
brd rbour rr.lc of prbtic prcp

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m

o(

Vi
sit

;3J"]H],T,.mg
*l ud Arfq Alacd rponrucour d-rrru. Amrr il:"til,,"?,iffil,:"ro:
i :1
b dirmirlps
rqc bcin3 rld o$.rr
vac rc' ordhrry workcn rn K.\u r comsd Md oml
34.1...rpp1*rfy
r{i
lquel
r'sigurion s r vd. to*.a*.y
' lhr qfuitrtim.
FEer. . Tl,c
comovq
hj,
coNrds
wu
ufthd.
; mudcd
rd
ourra.
viJit
Durin8
.Thqv
I
rlte $icre ro @nv( T{EhMd
powatut
porrrronr rogcrbrc. "Trtsv h& prrlcd hosp'ur b Mr'Arr.t b
Hwrrn
Ho,-J;;;'l;;_.';,;
, ud cnpycd lhc 6nfid6cc kcy rqld ln orgnirmt ri. mrl. recnriy, hc nd whocvq rg bcsc mug poiru of on,
, ud brchng of tic Qrud '\lr imu' AII ..n. w ,.ica o ix foud involvcd in conpdon rauoe Alms( rll u. MeM
! AluI HNu ir on l@rd for udq tlrcu cmcal sd drcv would b. ula ro u*. -I'h."c ouc,llory hd ,rrycd rw.y
. rrlin3 dru nlffi u dmprc! wcrc fre o dcuc ro !s r"hffi ukcd tic inspccricn
in, frn
irqr+ ddugh rlr of
"*, fcr- rhcrn oc
3 of rincairy nd dirrplinc rdrr, whcrcvq rhcy d.dcd fit., vdrlrE @mFin rc
brry r.\os bclurd rhc*

: i;',l1liLlffiIl,i?.
:
i ro Hy&rrbrd .L,, *r," i*.

,.vrromrMqM,'rponr.

I.::J*;H**:J

r.'li:-r,-.ia-i-iiffJil lxr.

so,. rcFs ry d!

ffiffi;

are appaftfrly betng supptled $t sone olher

t ,ht rr.lc"
::J:.d
dkstdeas as\i.J| whkh iflrJu.deiome promt- ;n
ffioflJffi

-: ff

And !lro*

,. y.v.!o b rq our 'r'G dJffd.

LBo.n 16.l lodq' nent
d ff
.+tW, But they tsui ,n31in- -':
|etnaki tn th. '-'^4,,-,--::t,'"'."
;L
.. bd orrur*n. Hir rwmcn. tained
,:-_-^_;:pm/ile so fat dcspile hautng"-':*rr. +p*ii - . ,^r_-) a^ low
a.rim
alatr . YT.1M* dE h@'y rhd
i
i 1+"r
Tg. *i g hc war amoud ol controt ouer uiV ana oianit fJ:H*Sffi i:},i
brck b Ksf hi. Triq lrwud
6d h.ne chr6s,

ftom Mo.

lcb.l, Amr Klu, rcfisd ro rrtt.bql rjE in. hrjireruiMovf,qrbMd.

l, ;;fflir".*.*hr3cofHv'
--i-q -i.*-.ld
ud?.d:r
Ahq Ahnrd uc rpgu' volvenat of hir mini:ur in rhid& Qrmi Movmor ig
,,*.
:;
-o,
,: .h.;;
:HlHij",RY,?";iI *#,li:", ,bu, rwh;i,*: ilo*fr;ffi.;iT"Til
il bodi! mhi:ttr, hs sincc c\cn includc rcmc F*;
i;. m6s o! Jn rhib i:.ry, cici-urc rtridr h{ r}Eb hs
a cmcd thc rcFr(lin of b.in! mils in rl,c ,r{bM. Bur r.,rey in! bi,hclp
brginirruon nis txdr, uy dirgt., syt
o "- crcffily ntds ,.ll- hrvc mrin(rinod r lov Prcfilc rgeinrt r fcw ric
indivi{d 4;ri.. oh!MQMcdchcr. ntirii li
I bcrrrvca ua unpoti*J tiir.

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ing tn offi6c

l"t;,*::J;;i:;*il ffH.*,,Tffi;i;"r:f, 1ffi,:":o*i),;-;il.-

ud orugr' r*o qr thc MQM'i .ii,r,' ,p*ut.ar rhn h;;;

u it i, nor jut idorogicd
btSSctr pockcu in Ksrchi. m&c $c nruonrlirs hrppy by diffcrercq du'w
,r*"i-g
Their rupponcn c sii hrve tccpins tt' r'lqv r-a*J in',. ro rip drcusi thc
MQM, rid

rll MQM lqdqt

0Ecmint*..rrr.yo-ol
Alur Hwrin to vtrit 'ol'coininfishtins.
T}c onc grning curqcy orgulr,iont in,-.t pou.

{h'llcn8ed
crcqP(

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corv

il indicrlvc of thc of thc

lcw dc'clorinmu r Lhc

ro

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ro t]c

C\f irdct-.

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rrc l'l luu}

I llllus

M. stery shrouds Altafs illness as people fear violent split

mystcry shrouds the hospital at
Karachi, wherc thc MQM lcrdcr
Altrf Hussain is rdmiucd for
catmcnr. F;ail ('l(l mcn lrrl visibly agirarJ young oncr cr.n bc secr qucuing up our.
dc and all alound thc ward of the Quaid.
i:hough Altal Hussain is occupying onc
rorr) on lhc lrrst floor, a complctc block of
!- .(!spi:.:; hrs [r.cn dcclircd'pr()hibrtfd
rrc for cvcnrxrc, Sccurity anangi:mcnts
c bcing handlcd cxclusively by rhc Haq.
r'il(r Sccuriry Ouards, equippcd u.irh

Sibghat Ali

r.r.si(s

Karachi t0 check out Ailaf llussain's mysteilus illnes

the rounds in the city's bach allelr

ord the gossip dong

irclcs: sets and nutomatic wcapons,

mcd guar<is stand on tnth sidcs of thc
sitors rlucuc efrcr cvery tcn stcps. Evcrytc. c\ccrft th,)s!: pcrsontlly known to thC

toun plmninlt, public hcdth cngincering'

erg
er.
co
m

aCcrs and rhc sccurity gu:rrds, is scarchcd

rrrouthl) ixforc bcing allowcd inside.

iritorr ars rcquirul ro suhmit thcir rd.

i'.rcr I:rr':: irtntlrcs u,tth

w(trt)cn In(l

rlrj:cr rrr'rr)i lfI Ihrrlith unchc{rl('{l

i)irrtlr rri ll'rncrs hrlg tll arrritnrl lirc
,rif, Frriltf iitt rItprcsrion lhat clcctrons

\r rfi\!,r. r'1|\n iltc hcin;q ctxtrhrctctl

,t:) :r(j:,\it .l :inrl Ihr: hanttcrr srrr.arn
,rlll tn lirf ,):t;rrrt, pralrng for htr r'rrir
r,)\rriY l llii\,(i! thc lrorprtll, srilrrllr rlrr
":, .:'( i', ." ,,: ,, , rire u allr
i,,.;.,.1i.r1

y .\ \, rir!l\ ), $i(trtg urlh iha

r.!:,\rIi! ean [ccl rt llrli rr,'

..\::;'.'\t

millions of rum(rurs rk ul
lr3[ r....rrit]s conlrrl ovcr thc organtsa.
.n, Such nrmours are cvcn t'cinB mur,,:rcd in the. iong queucs of rhe
Quaid's
*il ivishcrs. Etcry6nc has his own thcory.
:tt thc iron cu:trin of sccrccy around thc
ganisa;ion s irrtcmrl politics is not lcrring
ryrhirrg comr' through.

li'tQ.'..l hicrarchy lrr,s,

for thc firrr

nc.'dcvclopcd scrious diffcrcnccr ovcr

.' nJs;1a1.111irrr'r nolttics, gocs onc, ru,

aillr'l n)tlc \cnsc

slvs orrr'pcr,'rr 5o, rt rs thcir rclltrorr'
shrp with Jan; Sr,i'q ghrch hrs cruscd thc
splrt, sayr rnoilrt r Nrr, llrc hhakix wlnl thc
r)1,

MQlr'l to ilrr |rL!\surc rn Mian Nawaz

ShariI to ti:;r:lpc l;;s fiulf policy, vcnturcs

yct anoth\'r N('lrir;rF rs gonfrrnrcrl. NothinF

Ihc \1(.)\4 s (hirnlrrF J\)\llr)rir (i\'(:r (hc

prsl lctr v('ar:. How can rl rit'vclop lt:r'dif.

w.

has

fcrcrrccs ovor issucs rlr Polrltcill Prlnciplcr,

pcoplc lsk, Most of thc tirnc, it is lt'd by thc

tcntirrrcnts of ils rcti!rsts in(i sltnlorlcrs

$'rtholit nny of its lcatlers gtvrng thr' 1tr11v'
lrnt'on a grvcn issrtc. For ('xampic. altcr lhc
$,rr slilflcd in thc Culf. rhc MQ\l dcci<lcd
to rrric thc wrve o[ pro Sctklrtn scttttrncnt
*irhout rcally cxantnrnS lhc rssucs in'
vol\'('d. lt is the s<rt ,rf an rxcuntrliion

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of thc Quarri

ciui hc corilrlr.c.l
Thc \1Qr1 irar rjrvclrrPcrl a rcput:tron of

rlting Jrolilri. i,rr rntntcdialc glins. rJisrc'

grrrirrr; .ri' p:'t.:1ic5. brcrking pron:iscs.
bctr:1'rng ut-li u'*i;trr rnd rtahhing fiicnds
in thc hatI i'i'r Qulrtlr illncss. cxldly
cnrrugh. rs rnri l:; crlny Jrcoplc rcmcmtx'r

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Thc MQM's differsnces with Jun sahib's

administratioir arc morc of a rryth, bcing
l{tvingly nuflurad by a fnr-strrtcd opposirion, than rcal. Accotding lo ouGidc obscrcrs. rt is a rclationship of cmplion undcr n political umbrclla which allows Jam
Srtliq ro kccp rhe N{Qlr{ happy by giving
its gurus \the powers rnd privilcgas that
lhcy u'ilnl. Thcsc "privilegcl- ofica llow
fnxn thc bancl of thc gun'
firc irlQ\| cnjoys an cquel shrrc in the
provirrcral B(,vcnlmenl. Thc "govcmmcnt
o[ nrux,rtrci rrr Sindh is doing wcll for itsc![ undcr thc bcnign gazc of the nrling
troika. lrlrnrstrics lhat rcrlly matlcr at the
srrccr lcvcl, lrkc Ihc local bodics' housing,

rvhich crn fonnallt' ohscn'c (icn Ztnr

(l!-rlh xnnrvcrrrty ilrld hosl s rc-r'irlrr)l) l0r
Bcrrrzrr llltrttto on th\' rrtnr' (lJv.

c(lucrtron, auqaf, ctc. are in thc MQM's

crrntrol Thc way Jam P.ys uibulcs to Allrf
Hussain rnd his "rufaqa" in cxtcnding thcir
coopcrrtron hclics thc possibility of thcrc
hr.ing <iiffcrcnccs hclwccn ihc ls'o.
Thcn s'hat rs Altaf l{ussains illncss all
rtrnrl') l:cu art' willing io bcltcvc thrl hc is,
J\'rrril'\ rll lllncss tl,rs nol lcrvc rnyonc.
c;rirrl'il of isrltng prt'ss slat(mcnls uvcry'
.i;ry nor rirus ll allow onc lo rncct hundrsls
oI r,irrlrrrr tvr:11 tlay , says onc ftlQM
$ irl(lrr'r ,\ (iIlor 8(Es ctcn frlnhcr. livsn
., ;\, .i: ; . .','*'n s,ill faii ill rl t,. i:;:r to lrc
l'll,: ;rll r:a1 and shahc hands utth hunLirc.!. r'l lrcoplc. This rnal'not lx att rll.
ness hi;r a pcrsonol crisrs thnt Altaf is ,ighl.
ing aglnst. Somc of lhc slogrns bcing pilinrral ()[ Karachi's wells thcse days havc
ncvcr brrrr sccn bcforc. "Quaid-kay'san!,.
aman ho ya jang" can bc sccn on millions
of strckcrs and grstcrs plastcrcd all ovcr
Karachi. Thc badges bcing wom by thc
Qu;rid's supportcrs bctray morc. "Jo gu0id
ka nafarmann hai, qoum ka ghadtlar hai".
says onc, "Quaid ke ghadder, qotun ka
shaitan hai", sryr anothcr. "Quaid pcr cm-

hri", rcads yct rnothct. Wh:l forccd

pafly workcrs to preparc such stickcrs,
nran

hadgr:s, brnncrs rnd slogens? Why arc rcccnr .i(atcmcnB from MQM lcadcrs loadcd

AcadcmY

ricd awly by thc policc. Thc Sindlr

Govcrnmcnt . has dcnicd tltcsc

month. What does this indicatc,

Azim Tariq .inquircd. (Prornptly,

Alunrini, Sintih, thc Chicf Ministcr

announicd thai cvcry civil oflrccr
would bc givcn two plots so that hc

rvhcrcatrouts. Howevir, onfuarch 4,

MQM lcadcr on Sunday

own.
lil:rboraling hi.s gencrous offcr, hc

Sncakinq at (hc anrlttal lrtnction oI

The MQM in-fighting

the MQM would bc a conspiracy
against the country.)

riday

r>y Clrairrn:rn Az-irn Alrnrcd

lurirl u,lrcn he annottnccd thc cx-,
ulsion of ,18 key lcaders lrorn (he
rrty. i{c lrintcd that thcse cxpcllcd
ad conspircd to assassinate Ihe
)uaid', Altaf I{ussain, and that
rrt uin Covcrnnrcnt agcncics" rvcrc

For more than a month, Karachi

city's biggcst hospital, the Abbasi

Shaheed Hospital, has bcen the

hcadquarters of tbc MQM where
more attention is bcing paid to.the

lso involvccl in thc nlot. Hc also

ast doubts on rhc

)hief }r,finistcr

roli of tlrc Sindh

in this

conncction

MQM leader and his companions

who come to consols him than to ordinary paticnts. MQM activists
remain assembled at the hospital
either fo pay homage to their lelder

or to oarticiDaF in

one or other
bcd-side rneeiing. Thc whole of the
first floor is in the MQM's use. For
about four ycars thc hospital has
bccn excljsivcly rcscrvcd for

nd erorcssed dksatisfaction with

ri*e Minister Na*az Sharif.

Thc exoelled lcaders includc (hree

owerful ioint secretaries, Badcr

rt>al. Afa6 Ahmed and Amir Khan;

icharse ol Zon" E Mujtaba Khan;

Moh:rjirs: during thc c{hnic riots,

non-Mohrjirs hrd lound it impossiblc to gct adnrission rhcrc. Thcy

rcharie of Zonc A Naecm Hash'

natl "Zonal committec mcmbers

wcnt to the Civil Hospiral. Rcccntly,

4ahmso4 Khalid and Rehman; in-

the Jamaat-i-Islami has complaincd

t.hat its injurcd workcrs, although all

:hargc of the l-andhi Sec{or, Zubair

\hm-ed: iqcharec of thc Federal B
\rea seclor Rifiq Shaikh; incharge

Mohajirs, wcrc not allowcd adnris-

rI the

Liaquatabad sector Sardar

{hmcd; Uiquutabad Sector Com'
uil(ce mcmbcrs Asi[, Javcd BhaiYa

sion to thc Hospital.

Iiugc lianncrs havc appiarcd all

.nd Naveed; Finance Secre(ary

lone C Amir Ahmed Guddu;

over the city proclaiming "Jo quaid

ka ghaddar hai, voh maut ka haqdar

louncillor Malir Asif Hafeez; and

/icc-Chairman T.onal Municioal

hai' (thosc

ro rhc Quaid

di.sloyal

dcscrve dcath). In vicw of thc apprchcnsion of thc MQM infighting

spilling ovcr inlo thc slrccts, polici
anel Rangcrs havc sct up pickct
posts tl Uilnollitnt strccl inlcrscc-

lommittee East, Moosa Khan.

Workers warncd

Party workcrs have bccn warncd

tions. Loy;ilists r)[

.gainst cstablishing any contact with

hc e4pellcd mcmbcrs; anyonc

Altri

I-{usslin

rnrong thcmselvcs and with 'crirtain

mitnrcnt). Workcrs gathered

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ound doing so would bc cxpellcd,

launclrcd a canrpaign throughout

the urbrn areas o[ Sindh for observ-

ing a yomi-i-t ajdccc!,i-ahd-o-rvafa (a

day of rcncrval of loyally and conr-

iovcrnment agencics" lo assas,inate Altal Husiain ancl dcstroy the

v{QM. A spccial appcal addresscd
o [he pcopic of Liaquarabad,
-andhi, Malir, Faisal Colony and
(orangi to stay loyal to rhc MQM
ry the Chairman shows that the
:evolt against the leadership was

z.onal ancl sector olficcs ancl sworc

loyalty to tlrc (Juaicl and dcallr ro
the "traitor-s".
About the rcsignation of Ministcr

Azinr Ahmed Tariq allcgccl llrat

:ilorts werc nradc to buy thc loyalty

rf the MQM mcmbirs of ' the

Provincial Asscmbly. IJe did not
namb thosc involvcd in.this transac-

tion trut lcft no doubt about thcir

identity. Azim Tariq discloscd that

Altaf Hussain had askcd Jam Sadio

about the whcrcabouts

of Badai
two davs

Iqbal who was secn with rlre Chicf

Minilter in Islamabad

before hc rvas rcported to have flid

the country. Allegations of involvcmcnt of Governmcnt agencies was a
furth.cr pointer to thc suspccts.
Arn Tariq did not stop at the

Si

Governmcnt: hc pointcd an
6cu--.ng finger also at-the P/lme

Minister, saying that Mr. Nawaz

Sharif had caUed pn an influential

personality. of

Sindh

(the

Makhdoom of Hala) and inquircd

about his health but had made it a
oint to ignorc Altaf Hussain who

ad been sick for more than

at

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\zim Tariq said. He addcd that

hesc members had consoired

Badlr Iqbll, Jam Sacliq AIi

confirnrctl what thc MQM had bccn

saying -- that thc Ministcr was askcd
to quit bccausc hc was involved in
ccnruption, What thc MQM and thc

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widcsprcarl in thcsc arcas.

Jrm havc ilrilctl to cxpl;rin is rvhy tlrc

:rllcgcrlly corrrrl)t Ministcr \r'rs n()(
prosecutccl ancl instcad rvas a.ssistcd
to go into cxilc to thc USA.
Obscrvcrs say that what is hanocning today undcr thc IJI Govcrrirircrrt
is quite unprcccdentcd: such things
have ncver happcncd bcfore in the
history of this bcnis,htcd land.
Thc'Sindh ChiclMinisrcr has the

knack, and Islrmabad tbc rcady

willingncss, to lcgalisc and institutionali.sc evcry{hing that was so
far consiclcrccl lcgally criminrl und

politically immoral.
Aftcr having rcgulariscd political
kidnapping, having practised it with

perfcct impunity scvcral

timcs
during thc various elcctoral contcsts
of (he Sindh Asscmbly and havins
gaincd approval from ihc borses ifi
Islamabad, thc Chicf Ministcr has
nsp 69vcd to rcwarding thc o[-

ficcrs wlro had hclpcd him in his

grand schcrnc o[ climinating thc
I)PP.

housc

of his

thc PPP rclcascd a photostat copy

of thc Mukhtiarkar and FCR, Pano
At1il, cllicd Fcbruary 26, which alIorvcd rcnrand in policc custody for
scven 'nrorc' d:rys at lcast of onc of
tlrc [our nrissing MPAs, Strrdur H:rji

'l do pcrmit-that thcy (civil officcrs) should sell one plot anel con'

slid:

struct (a house on) (he othcr.n

Klrrrn.

Decision defended

Why ttiis immunity?

The dccision is defended on the

ground that in thcir present pay- TIIE ncws thar a Sindh Minisrcr accus.
icalcs, the officers could not build of corruPtion has bcen divcstcd of his oflr

their own, The considera- and allowcd to lcavc thc country maL
tion is laudable, But why is it limited slqngt rcading' fxplainingrhc [asgn:' t
Fcdcral l{ousing Min-isrcr,-Mr, Tariq Mr,
to
oflrcers?
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or.
r he pract
Lce
t?:'d j:?',Tr:i :I;
t\:"YEl ;i;Jl;;,,"piion..
*as madc ro quir r
ilq,:"::.'3lpl:!q
fv,9ll'.y:
lnlluence 11 tne cabincl post anO prwinciat.asscmbly nrc,
thelr own olllclal

houSes of

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jHYl;m?lT I

l1li;

tJ,ffi- ",i :H'l{

ilftT,::i,,#i

* W*,: *ll"* p;ggg;i,n I

considered both irregu

m o r al. Th c distin ction bstwee n I egat ififi M"'ii nr ni Omi.iri,ii'..1.
' -if'f
and illcgal and moral and immoral
wtrot. cpisodc of Mr. lbdar lqba]
is now- being obliterated by the ,fo;;d' rcsignaiion aod quict cxit.out of tl
who vowed to be vir- muntry is bound, oocc again' to.Tf.-Ylc"'
Chief Ministcr,
'ult"r
as toihc ctcdibility of tl
ttii p""u""- auiing tt c iJniUf" qucstioris or
tuo*
8ca$unt'biritv that v
*ltlft"i,brand
u;;;h.
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dcfcnce forccs since"t the days ot

Gen.

'Death for treason'

and
dcclarcd that any conspiracy against

TI-{E' lN-FICll'l'lNC in rhe

IQl'--ning f)n l()r son]c linrc, rvas
l"{lc broirglrt into tlrc opcn last

could build

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co
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Mr..Nawaz Sharif'went lo scc tlrc

Zia.

iiiriir".iiilli;;t *il;rh.y

havc gonc c

of rj6wcr....

Amonq thc 50.000 or so Govern- Vr lladar lqbal's luddcn and mptcrio

mcnt eriolovccs in Sindh, mOSt of dcparturcfrom thcsccnccouldappcarctu

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VIIjWPOINT

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mav be a courle

"fn."lr,'*tio
-l eucn
thousand

ldsS

if

of

nirig, pr*iscly at

timc wbcn s formcr prir:

the latest ministcr and sorcral o[ hcr mlnFtcrs

ar

Jill$,#Jipffi :tr'.li'::i
H:J:[T"?"s:in',""':]T*:i:i3f
fi
-thc case

come from_families ry\o

|;;i;;;uiJ

rii.io'r.frJ

ihc prccisc nar'

arc alrcady well- off, have big [i-it'c .trarecs, and rhc rcdson why
houscs and also havc discrctionary sovcrnmcnt lccnrcd it fit to lct thc accu,
Dowers to enrich themselve! fcavc thc country quictly and not bc hcld
ihrough
thc use of official influence. accounl forcorrupiion' - DAWN' March
"bulk
Thc
of the employecs is ,
N'lQNl phenonrcrron
deorivid of a livine waseind do not *,/
haie the clout to-malie themselves
rich. But thev are not likelv to Tlrc MOlr4 continucs to b,
t"""fit from ihe Chief MinGter's panrpcrcd in a nrlnncr lhat lras rr,
eenerosity bccause their number is preccdcnt. A provinciill MOM Mirr
ioo lareir. Moreover, their col- istcr, clcscril'rcd by a scnior MOlrl
laboratiSn in the execution of Es- lcaclcr rs c()rrul)t, and thrcc trl Irr
tablishment-assigned "jobs" can bc accontpliccs rvcrc hclpcd to cscaP

w.

14, l?91,

rcports and fcigns conrplctc ig

norlncc about thc missing MPAs'

ww

\lurch

thc' Cidl Scrviccs

er[uredif their supe- to Atncricr which is bcing trscd as.

riors arc made willilg, rat.her en' s;rlc hnvcn lry irll sort o[ mafias N,
thusiastic, partners. This is exactly chargc, no FIR; not c\/cn

automatically

what the Chief Minister has in view. Prcsidcntirri rc[crcncc.

it
The rrlots
'are to be allotted to tho of- Sincc bccatnc an IJI pltrtncr, th,

ficcrs
dcvcloped with public MQM h:rs splil ilto_ntttncrtrtts frt.
rnoncy. Thc officcrs r{ill scll thc ltrtns. lts nrrrltillle [rllctttrcs tcst,
sccond plot to thc public at

black- irrlnr stlurtbblcs ovcr a tlivision

markct briccs. The'general public, tlrc spoils ol officc, clt:trgcs of cn,

will pay foi the olficers' llczz-lcnrctrt of funds collcctcd [,

palaccs, nray'bL more distressingly wclfarc schcmes, quarrels ovcr wh,

which

in necd of houses than the should control party offices or,den

favourircs of the Jam."ff,JSi"t",'.i
i" f"liiiilr-riid"lp- whcre,.dissidenrs. are d'ucip-lined
t.;;;l;;;;s*d
the best fascisr
ii'ia
will
irsi
U"
- :_"_"1.."-ll.i*ted,.in
iing,
tl3.dition. The ailing^leader .of ar:
";Ji'"r"giiig
ip"z'rruiio" i"a uri"r.-.i;f;ii?s.
'Bur rhc MeM-Jam dtu.inii""r ailing parry lives in a five-star hospi
by special s.qua{,s or
d.ci not fectil alt emi'ai;;;;A;i tal-guarded
APMSO goons, for fear that disal
(he exposurc of its rvhi(c tics and it fected paity-mdn or a State agenc,
still pcrsists in its brazcn faccd'rapc may try !o wipe out.the.fuehre
dcmocracv' camnaisn. All the What is eo'ns on? If the MQM cx
nerv5pnps'r5 arc by"now full of Ministcrjxas:rcally planning to as
storics of MPAs' 'kidnappings" but sassinate Altaf Bhai, why doc
Islamabad and tlrc Jam i6ntinuc to Govcrnment not ask for his'extradr
fcign ignorancc and dcny thc Statc's tion from the States? t
r

hand in thc dcspicablc crime.

Four PDA MPAs havc bccn missing for morc than a fortnight. Thc
faitily mcnrbcrs sry tlrcy *"src cur-

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SUNDAY JUNtr 21, L99Z ZTI.HN 19, L4I2

LAHORE
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NAIIONAL DAIL

MQM split & its likely consequences

Ttrc on.gorng arnty opcratrr)n

in rhc provincc ull be a grcat rmpedrnrcnr to rhe free.for.all rhat
ntrAht dsrl{)n belu'ccn lhc 6up.

ww

MQM. Purcty at the lsrel of theory, after the MQM schism, il

should bc easier to break the
dcadlock,than-it has.bcen in the

COI\{MENT
by Khaled Ahmed

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tive unity in thc ranks of lhc

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On the face of it, I'akislan now lcadcrshrp in lhc MQM al lhc cncc of rhc army, it is poscible
has a balanccd preturc in Srndh. cosl o[ I great pwchologicill rlrrl morc MQM MPAs may be
Jusl as thc Srndhi lcadcrshrp hns rvrcrrch I'coplc who d*ulrrp n()9 cilnlc outspukcn in thcir
trccn rlivrrJcd ovcr how thc lalgta ;tb,,ut ,\llrl llusslin at lhc 'ohlections'to thc cocrcivc lcadprovincc's politicrl crisis should apogcc rr{ his powcr, u'rll hq at- crsltrp ol Altaf [{ussain. That wtll
be resolved. nw MQN'I roo will lractcd to lc!(rcrs who ntobilisc faqlrlalc a dialogue within thc as
be noi-monolithic. Thc deadlock thcn) in rcfcrcncc to thc Great scnrbly, rclr*c sonre of the prcs
that has pcrsisrcd in Sjndh. and Leadcr.AndrhcprcsenccofAlrrf surc lhat the PPP lrlPAs have
which has allowcd lslamabad to Hussain in l.ondon will hrvc morc bccn suffering, and allow the fedcommit blundcrs with impunity, cffcct than hrs prescncc would cral govcrnmcnr to arrangc a nev
hss been to thc disdvanragc of havc had. had hc bccn personally alignnrcnt of forces in Karachi.
the Sindhis bcczuse of the ncga. wcnhr,r*n hy rhe rchels
0n rhc orhci hand, Islamabad

p,,ircrr,,f rhi n"n gr.ups in rhc

pohri- 't*,tOl*t tn a wflv. thc-rchillion will may finally bc obstructivc ro posihcl| thc opcririrrrn bccomc !wcn- tive dwelopments in Sindh. It
But reality may bc differcn(. handcd. *.hich it has not bcrcn so should bc remcmbcrcd that the
The MQM division may dcvelop J1r Sincc rwr imponanr MeM MQlvl rcbels wcre rhc 'guesrs' of
into an urban war with the rcbels MPAs hur.e sr6crl rlith rhc rebels, the fcdcral govcrnment la$ year
wooing lhc constilucncy that has 11 wrrukl bc norsible to creatc a whcn thry wcrc on thc run from
times of Jam Sadiq and his

hcirs.

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cal

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belonged solidly to Altaf Hussain. morc birlrnccrJ coalrtion in thc

It. ma! mean.scaling up the !-ryi. Sindh Asscmhly. If an MOM
Sindhi rhctoric tather than scaling 63.11.r5 asa'nsi rhe rcbcls. sun
it doq. Thc charisma of Atral ponert tw itrlf Hussain rhioulh
Hussain, unchallengcd over many icmorc cbnrrol, is nrcvenrcd fro"m
years,will beremovcdbyanynw bcconrrng cffectivi by rhe prc5.
.

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thc punrrrvc action o[ Alraf Hussain. Alrlf Hussaain had fra.

quenrly conrplaincd about thc
'insrnceriry'of his fricnds in ls
lamabad ln this conrext, lhc PPP
may bc disappointcd oncc again

complicatc thc situation. On the

orhcr hrnd, rf thc nrorc qtrcmist
dissapointcd aftcr thc dcnise of N{QM clcnrcnts in thc othcr cjtics
aftor thc lesscning of Alraf Hus-

saain's aurhority, Ju$ as they werc

their othcr arch.cncnry,

Jam

Sadiq Ali,

Under the changcd condirions,

the decisive elemcnt may srill bc
the Sindh esrablishmenr: irs gNcrnmcnt and burcaucracy, who
have ruled the province on the
basis of an understandinc wilh th

old MQM leadcrship. Whilc rhc

army tries to conrrol rhc citici to

Prdcnl an urban MQM war, it

may indireah Dlay En obstrucrivc

'tfussaain'r effons ro
ro16 in AIraf
stagc a come-back. But, if, at thc
same time, it decidcs to sil on thc
fence in rclation to ccntre-

prwincc politics, thc ncw dwclopment may rcdound to the adof Prcsidcnr Ghulam

vantagc

sidc uth thc rcbcls, rhc nw

MQM lcadcrshrp nlay cmcrgc as

more anti-Sindhi .nd

lcss

amenable to rnoderation. No matter hqw ahc dice falls" Islamabad

will derermine whether the rebellion hclps in resolving the Sindh
problem or not. If it remains politically innexible. rhe dissolution
of thi charisma of Rhaf Hussain
will not bc a postive d6r'clopmcnt.
The nav MQM leadenwill not
hsvc thc samc kind of effecr on
the masscs as Altaf Hussain. The
Movcment as such will be guided
by I lars fascist decision-making
process rh.n bcforc. If political
lcssons havc bccn lerncd on both
sides, PPP and MQM will have

Ishaq Khan who monopoliscs thc individual lcadcrs capablc of

grid thcsc doys.
communicaring wirh onc another.
It is not known how much sup If thase bridgcs arc not buih, the
porl lhc rcbels havc in citics out- $ranglehold of the ccntrc and its
sidc Karachi. If Hvdcrabad re. favoured burcaucracy will inmains untouchcd bi thc achism, creasc to the dcrnment of borh
thcn othcr citicr likc Sukkur, may sidcs of thc cthnjc dMdc..
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