From there, he holds court, addressing his faraway followers in a vigorous, sometimes maniacal style, punctuated by jabbing gestures and hectoring outbursts. Occasionally he bursts into song, or tears. Yet, on the other end of the line, it is not unusual to find tens of thousands of people crowded into a Karachi street, listening raptly before an empty stage containing Mr. Hussain’s portrait, as his disembodied voice booms from speakers.
“The cult of personality surrounding Altaf Hussain is quite extraordinary,” said Farzana Shaikh, an academic and the author of “Making Sense of Pakistan.” “He is immensely charismatic, in the way one thinks of the great fascist leaders of the 20th century.”
^ From the article you have quoted, some more information about namaloom afraad.
But beneath the surface, its mandate is backed by armed gangs involved in racketeering, abduction and the targeted killings of ethnic and political rivals, the police and diplomats say.
Other major Pakistani parties indulge in similar behavior, but the Muttahida Qaumi Movement frequently brings the most muscle to the fight. An American diplomatic cable from 2008 titled “Gangs of Karachi,” which was published by WikiLeaks, cited estimates that the party had an active militia of 10,000 gunmen, with an additional 25,000 in reserve — a larger force, the dispatch notes, than the city police.
Many journalists who have criticized the party have been beaten, or worse, driving most of the news media in Karachi to tread lightly. In June, the Committee to Protect Journalists, a lobbying group based in New York, accused the party of organizing the killing of Wali Khan Babar, a television reporter.
If some cult criminals hijacked Karachi for their ulterior motives for more than three decades, how some one living in Karachi be happy about this? Can you enlighten your wisdom? No one here is condemning these criminals for no reason. It is a shame people like you always there to divert the minds on heinous crimes and say something like above.
deja vu? he resigned last year i believe and then he was back "popular demand by Raabita Committee! kia tamaasha banaayaa huaa hai…siyaasat na huii lauNdiyoN ke GuDDa GuDDi kii shaadii kaa khel huaa?
This blog is a good example of shooting the messenger.
If the guy had read his article he has specifically mentioned that the figure of 35000 force of MQM is from wiki leaks, the link is also there in the article.
do takke ka nahin choRa aap ne Hitler ko.
