Re: Did Altaf Hussain Burn The Pakistani Flag?
Thanks.
This is an excerpt from the official PPP website:
"Isn’t it true that you were quite close to General Zia who helped you in your early career?
Zia was so close to me that in 1997, during his martial law regime he arrested me and put me behind bars. His summary military court sentenced me to nine months of rigorous imprisonment and five lashes a day! You can judge how much we loved each other!** ALTAF WAS SENTENCED FOR BURNING THE PAKISTAN FLAG IN THE SEVENTIES UNDER ZIA. AFTER THAT HE CRUMBLED BEFORE THE ZIA ELEMENTS AND STARTED TO WORK FOR THEM. THE CREATION OF MQM UNDER ALTAF BY ZIA’S MILITARY LOYALISTS WAS DISCLOSED BY FORMER CHIEF MINISTER GHOUS ALI SHAH. IT WAS DURING SHAH’S TENURE IN 1986 THAT ZIA DECIDED TO CREATE MQM TO OFFSET THE POPULARITY OF BENAZIR BHUTTO WHO LIVES IN MULTI ETHNIC KARACHI AND WHOM KARACHITES CONSIDER THEIR OWN. "**