“Nine Zero, which is headquarters of MQM Pakistan, remains sealed illegally and unconstitutionally”, he said.
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MQM workers involved in attacking media houses left for Punjab to avoid their arrests, claim sources.
Media reports from Pakistan suggest that by Saturday afternoon, 20 MQM offices were razed and a total of 200 “sector and unit” offices in Karachi were locked up.
According to the Guardian, the Met police have also been examining previous speeches made by Hussain, who holds dual British-Pakistani citizenship.
However this revolt from party seniors was expected as they were all exhausted of his controversial style of functioning and controlling party activities in an autocratic mode far away from London since 1991.
He said that I tried much to settle the matters but I could not tolerate anti-Pakistan slogans. Other speakers appreciated military action against Altaf Hussain particularly the role of Army Chief Gen Raheel Shareef to strengthen Pakistan and safeguarding the country against terrorists.
They said former military dictators had introduced Altaf Hussain to lessen the popularity of the PPP particularly in Karachi which proved harmful for Pakistan. “It’s down with Pakistan”.
Asif Hasnain, who was elected from NA-255 Landhi, Karachi, said that he took the decision in the wake of anti-Pakistan speech by Altaf Hussain.
He was critical of Sattar’s announcement that the MQM has completely disassociated itself from Hussain. Posters of Hussain have also been taken down in different areas of Karachi including the Mukka chowk, which has served as a symbol of power for the MQM since the 80s.
Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan said Pakistan “hopes and expects” British authorities to bring Hussain to justice because “he is their citizen and used their soil for inciting violence in Pakistan”.
Meanwhile, MQM leaders Farooq Sattar and Izharul Hasan today broke all ties with their party leader Hussain and emotionally denounced the arrest and detention of women workers and bulldozing of party offices.
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The party has long dominated the city through the loyal support of Karachi’s Muhajir community – relatively well-off Urdu speakers who migrated from India after Independence in 1947, and their descendants.
