LONDON, March 21 (APP)‑ Founder and Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has said his party will never allow Talibanisation in Pakistan and will stand firm against this growing threat. Addressing silver jubilee celebrations of the party in the northern London district of Edgware on Friday night, he called upon the people of Pakistan to stand united and halt in its tracks attempts to foist this medieval system.
Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Federal Ministers Dr.Farooq Sattar, Babar Ghori, Advisor on Petroleum Dr.Asim Husain, Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro, members of MQM Rabita Committee, Mayor Karachi Syed Kamal Mustafa, MNAs and MPAs and partyΓÇÖs union and town councillors flown specially from Pakistan attended the event.
Husain criticised the destruction of the women educational institutions in NWFP and said this act of Taliban and Al‑Qaeda supporters has damaged the image of Pakistan.
He called for complete emancipation of women and said the females must enjoy all the rights provided to them including the right to work and education by Islam.
The MQM leader said only his party has been pointing out the different challenges facing Pakistan but unfortunately the other political parties have been pursuing their own agendas and indulging in horse trading at the cost of the nation.
Husain emphasised that one day MQM will dismantle the corrupt medieval feudal system of Pakistan that has prevented the country from development and progress.
He said that MQM is the only liberal and secular party in Pakistan that opposes the religious fanaticism and terrorism in its essence and spirit.
The MQM leader felicitated President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani for restoring Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges of the apex court.
He urged all the political parties to sink their differences and work together to surmount the difficult socio‑economic challenges saying that Pakistan’s solidarity, integrity and survival was very essential.
The MQM leader expressed hope that the political crisis in Punjab would soon be resolved in a amicable manner while urging PML‑N to desist from any action that could further aggravate the situation.
Speaking briefing on the occasion Nisar Khuhro said the coalition Government in Sindh was working to ameliorate the suffering of the people and both PPP and MQM enjoy cordial relations in their endeavour to improve the welfare of the Sindh people.
He presented the MQM leader with a crest of the Sindh Assembly and a bouquet to mark the occasion.
The event also included a cultural programme conducted by the stand up comedian Omar Sharif while singers included Arshad Mahmood, Rahim Shah, Fakhir, Najam Shiraz,Khatija and Fariha Zia.
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