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MQM Chief Should Write 3rd Open
Letter to Chief Justice
Altaf Hussain of MQM has written two letters
to Chief Justice of Pakistan. In first letter he demanded CJ
should investigate loan defaulters and recover Pakistan’s
billions of dollars squirreled away by schemers through mutual
arrangements between banks, powerful government functionaries
and fake politicians. Fake politicians because they belonged to
the class of politicians created by general Musharraf on demand
basis.
In second letter, Altaf Hussain has appealed
CJ to investigate and recover the missing MQM workers. According
to him those MQM workers disappeared during crackdown 1992
action against MQM.
We are surprised Altaf Hussain has not so far
appealed CJ to investigate the May 12 massacre. Any rational
person would argue that MQM was blamed for May 12 massacre on
the streets of Karachi in which 53 people lost their lives.
Among those 53 people 7 of them were lawyers who were burned
alive because they were protesting in support of restoration of
judiciary. Fingers were also pointed towards MQM for the burning
of those lawyers.
Altaf Hussain is very smart man. His
statements and political movements foretell the changing
direction of political winds in Pakistan.
He used to issue statements against COAS
General Musharraf. The moment he noticed the general was about
to topple Nawaz Sharif regime, he started issuing statements in
support of general Musharraf. Later he joined general
Musharraf’s set-up both at federal and provincial level. He
maintained this partnership until the end of Musharraf regime.
Throughout Musharraf regime, Altaf Hussain’s agents took maximum
social, cultural, political and financial advantage out of this
partnership.
The moment Altaf Hussain smelled the change
in Pakistan’s political set-up he started opening channels with
PPP leadership. As a first goodwill gesture, he ordered his
agents in Pakistan to facilitate Benazir Bhutto’s welcome rally
in Karachi. Onwards, he continued to soften die-hard differences
with PPP and gradually build cordial relations. So much so he
proposed Asif Zardari’s name before PPP rank and file leaders
for the soon becoming available position of President of
Pakistan. He offered unconditional support to PPP at federal and
provincial level. Under the table, before lending support to
PPP, he let the PPP leadership know that he was interested in
maintaining the on-going set-up at Sindh and Karachi level. He
also insured that PPP government would not audit MQM’s
controlled Sindh and Karachi. After receiving these assurances,
he joined PPP govt. at federal level.
Now, his sudden open letters to Chief Justice
definitely indicate the changing direction of political winds.
By his animal instincts, or through his covert connections with
national and international establishments, Altaf Hussain is
clearly seeing the important role Chief Justice Iftikhar
Chaudhry is going to play in Pakistan in coming months and
years. Foreseeing the expected political changes in coming
months and years, Altaf Hussain is opening his channels with
Chief Justice of Pakistan.
But he is definitely pushing the wrong cords
as far as Chief Justice of Pakistan is concerned. If he wants to
push the right cords he needs to write a third open letter to
Chief Justice and demand investigation of May 12 massacre in
Karachi and offer law enforcement agencies full MQM cooperation
to find the culprits behind the mayhem. He needs to provide
first hand information to Chief Justice why MQM controlled Sindh
Administration blocked the CJ rally path with trailers, why it
kept CJ under detention at the Karachi airport for six hours,
who burned 7 lawyers alive and who killed 46 people on the
streets of Karachi?
Altaf Hussain’s animal instincts are
definitely sending him the right signals. Political winds are
about to change their direction in Pakistan. But Altaf Hussain
has to push the right cords. Any wrong cord can bring his
political fiefdom down and MQM may suffer serious political
losses. | 
