KARACHI: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has said that the message of his party was being spread across the Punjab and soon their flags would be seen everywhere.
Altaf Hussain said this while talking to the MQM organizers for the Punjab, Amanullah Khan advocate and Ghiasuddin Janbaz, at the party’s international secretariat in London, according to a handout Tuesday.
The leadership from the Punjab informed Hussain about their progress in the 36 districts.
“No society can bring change with prayers alone or sitting with ideas at home,” he said. “A revolution comes with struggle and sacrifice.” He claimed that the MQM was the only political party in the country that encouraged leaders from the grass roots level to go to the Senate and National and provincial assemblies. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\18\story_18-6-2008_pg7_17
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Only if MQM sticks to it’s promises of uprooting the culture of feudalism and the Sardari system from Pakistan then it might get hold elsewhere in the country. %between%
On a conceptual basis the MQM is a decent idea. A middle class party of educated people… until you learn those educated people are complete facists who have killed people based on ethnicity.
In its current form the MQM can never be successfull outside of Altafs little fiefdom.
Perhaps under new leadership and if they changed all their top membership.
Only if MQM sticks to it's promises of uprooting the culture of feudalism and the Sardari system from Pakistan then it might get hold elsewhere in the country.
PML(N) has become the biggest political party that is being supported by the middle class of Punjab (I think in the next election it can win more seats from other provinces). If my informations are correct the feudalism has been literally wiped out from the northern Punjab where the bulk of their population inhabits (I'm talking about the area stretching from Lahore to Islamabd), the Punjabi interactors may correct me here if I'm wrong-whereas PPP is entirely run by the feudal lords of Sindh and Souther Punjab. Now the MQM by aligning itself with PPP is not directly or indirectly consolidating the power of feudal lords? How come you are a partner of those who you want to weaken?
How come you are a partner of those who you want to weaken?
Well Allah na karay....i m not a partner of MQM ....i have voted only for once in my life and that was for Musharraf in 2002,and that too only when he had promised to wipe off corrupt elements from the society.
Secondly if "this supports that and then why do you support this", doesn't make much sense to me.I am saying all along that, if there is a better alternate party for karachi'ites they would definitely vote for it, but they would not vote for PPP , ANP or N-League in its current forms.
PML(N) has become the biggest political party that is being supported by the middle class of Punjab (I think in the next election it can win more seats from other provinces). If my informations are correct the feudalism has been literally wiped out from the northern Punjab where the bulk of their population inhabits (I'm talking about the area stretching from Lahore to Islamabd), the Punjabi interactors may correct me here if I'm wrong-whereas PPP is entirely run by the feudal lords of Sindh and Souther Punjab. Now the MQM by aligning itself with PPP is not directly or indirectly consolidating the power of feudal lords? How come you are a partner of those who you want to weaken?
Extremely valid point.
Secondly the question is that the MQM has always sold itself as an anti-establishment party. Why does it support the dictator and the establishment against those seeking rights for minorities and democracy (i.e. the lawyers movement and the civil society)
Whatever i meant....it shouldn't be intriguing "you" that much..... or should it. A section of Karachi'ites support Altaf and MQM based on their promise to guard urdu speakings interests. Unfortunately they forget to take care of other Karachi'ites which they should.
Only if MQM sticks to it's promises of uprooting the culture of feudalism and the Sardari system from Pakistan then it might get hold elsewhere in the country.
Uprooting culture of feudalism to plant culture of bhatta-ism is no good either.
How many opponents of Altaf Hussein within MQM are alive?
^ Actually according to credible sources, 70% of the refugees from India actually settlled in Punjab, and only 20% in Sindh. Still, the MQM presence in Punjab is next to 0, and will always remain that way.
^Spock, i am not sure about ercentage but yes there was huge number of Muhajirs who settled in Punjab. That includes my maternal family. However not all were urdu speaking. I was talking about urdu speaking people who live in Punjab.
^ Actually according to credible sources, 70% of the refugees from India actually settlled in Punjab, and only 20% in Sindh. Still, the MQM presence in Punjab is next to 0, and will always remain that way.
Lots of immigrants were from Punjab (Indian side) so they got easily mixed in, hence faced no discrimination.
** While 70 per cent of the refugees from India actually settled in Punjab, and only 20 per cent
settled in Sindh, the latter was much more decisively affected because of this 20 per cent, over two-thirds settled in the urban areas, Karachi and Hyderabad**