Nawaz answerable for not stopping 1992 operation

Monday, August 24, 2009 :: KARACHI:: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Husain said today it has been proved that no map of Jinnah Pur was recovered from any MQM office and the army operation was launched against his party under a false pretext.

He asked the then Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf to come forward and tell the nation why he opted to remain silent and played no role in stopping the military operation against MQM.

Addressing MQM party workers in different parts of the country simultaneously through a videoconference from London he said, “We want elimination of the feudal system from the country.”

He questioned as to what took both the ex military officials such a long time to tell the truth.

Altaf Husain said that the people of Punjab were kept in the dark for 18 long years.

“Who is responsible for killing over 15 thousand innocent activists of MQM?” he asked. However, he said: “I forgive the killings of my brother and nephew.”

He said he chose not to react keeping in view the stability and integrity of Pakistan. “I leave it up to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to form a commission to probe the martyrdom of MQM workers.”

The MQM leader said: “We never were, are or ever will be against Pakistan.”

Altaf Husain burst into tears while talking about the MQM activists who, he said, were killed in 1992 operation.

MQM leader’s live videoconference was simultaneously witnessed in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore besides 19 zones in Sindh.

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