TERRORISM BETWEEil

JAMAT.E-ISLAMI AND MQM

Ehsan Ahmed Ansari Qazi
Hussain Ahmed
It is attegeO rhar rhe MQM
havc murdered Mr. Abdul
Basir and Mr. Ehsan Ahmed
Ansari, the memben ofJamiat.
The details of the two mur-
deredpersons are very shock-
ing and the same can be sum-
main demand of the workers
was that Jamat-e-Islami must
lcave UI and Mian Nawaz
Sharif because IJI is the mur-
derer of Jamiat. and Altaf
Hussain of MQM is the chief
murderer of Jamiat. After the
burial of the dead-body of
AMul Baseer
student of lst Years. Another
student namely Amin Abbas
of thc same institution have
also been killed. It is alleged
that he bclonged to the anti-
MQM group of Afaq and
Aamir Khan, hence Pro Altaf/
Jam Gr6up could not blerate
speaking community in Kara-
chi is now seriously thinking
what has been given by the
MQM and Jamat-e-Islami to
ftem except the dcad-bodies
of their children. It is strange
that Jam-Sadiq Ali have not
Altaf Hussain
amat-e-Islam is the part of Islami Jamboori ltehad (IJI) headed by Nawaz Sharif while
MQM
is the chief agent of
Ishaq KhaninSindhsupportingthe GovemmentofJam SadiqAli on behalfof IshaqKhanHoweverterrorion between
Jamat-e-Islam & MQM in Karachi is in progress, in which dozern of supporters of both groups have been seriously
injured in different colleges and some important persons have been kitled. ihe tussle between the two groups might
result in the separation of Jamat-e-Islami from IJI because Nawaz Sharif can not take risk ro mke action against MQM
as it would aruny Mr. lshaq Khan which would be fatal for his Govemment.
advised them to put the a
Murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari:
He was the studentof Sec-
ond year in Jamia-Milia Malir.
He was kidnapped at about
2200 hours 4th August by thc
MQM terrorists and was tor-
tured in the torture cell of thc
MQM, as alleged by Jamat-e-
Islami and after the death due
to torture, his body was thrown
near Eid-gah situated near Air-
pon, Karachi. His body had
cuts with sharp-edged weap-
ons. His bones werc brokcn
zurd bullets were fircd in thc
arms and legs. The internal
organs of the body were urken
out of the body. The flesh of
the body was cut. and takcn
away from its different parts.
At the time of his burial and
Namaz-e-Janaza the slogans
raised by the workers of Ja-
mat-e-Islami were showing
their hatered against the ruling
party/group of Pakistan. The
Liaqat Bluch ad
press-conference and pointed
out that. during the last sven
months nine main persons of
Jamat-e-lslami have been
murdered in Karachi and sev-
cral havc been seriously in-
jured while hundreds have
becn raken out of their houscs
and tortured. Syed Munawiu
Hassan had threatened on the
murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari that his death would be
very costly for he people of
MQM, On thc other-hand, thc
Chairman of MQM Mr. Azim
Ahmad Tariq treatcd this
murdcr an ordinary tussle
bctween the students. It is
notable that at the time of
murder of Ehsan Ahmad
Ansari his father was not, ar
Karachi and he returned from
Hajj two days after the death
of his son. His another son Mr.
Rehan Ahmad Ansari was
saved from MQM who wanted
to kidnap him also- He is the
Soon after the murder of
Ehsan Ahmad Ansari Mr.
Abdul Baseer was also killcd.
At. about 2200 hours the door
of his house was knockcd by
thrce armed persons and a;kcd
about his brother namely
Abdul Waasai. Mr. AMul
Basir came out of his house
and he was tlken away in thc
nearest strect where hc was
fircd at. His injured-body was
urken to tre hospital, however
his lifc could not be savcd.
The father of the deceised
lodged the FIR in Police sra-
tion Sharah-e-Faisal Colony
against Nooman Zaidi, Na-
yyer AMullah and one Hamid
who belong to MQM.
None of the murderers have
been arrested till date as al-
leged by Jamatc-Islami and
its students Organisation
i.e.Jamiat. Most of the stu-
dents killed or injured during
August 1991 are urdu-speak-
ing and therefore the Urdu-
PPP workers havc done these
murders to create rift between
Jamat-e-Islami and MQM as a
conspiracy against Nawaz-
Ishaq Government.
Murder of
Qadeer Qureshi
He was the Deputy Director
Taxes of water Board, Zonal
Incharge of MQM as well as
membcr of Ccntral Office
Committee. He died on Wed-
nesday, 28th August 199 I in a
hospital alter bcing seriously
injured due to firing in North
Nazimabad Karachi and was
under treatment. in the Hospi-
tal for about three days. His
dcath has shakcn the workers
of MQM. Hc bclonged to a
poor family. He was 34 yean
old and was married 6 years
ago. He has left bchind onc
widow, one son, one daugh-
ter, molher, three brothers, two
sisters and was the only sup-
porterof his family MQMilts
alleged the students of Jamat-
e-Islami to be the murdererof
Qadeer Qureshi.

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Press clipping from
,'The
Frontier
post,,
Dated: October 22, 1992.
shopkcepcrs at thc rate of Rs 2O0
per
lre34
Rs. 2832 takh pir
Bhatta:
MQM
used
to collect Rs. Lb
annually
F.P. Burcau Report
KARACHI, Od' 2ltAbout Rs.
onc billion annualh used to bc
collected forcibly is bhatta ro-
portedly by MQM terroristr from
thc-people engaged in_ diffcrcnt
profcssionr
belonciru to all thc
ethnic communitics-of all thc
thrcc distric$ of Karachi beforc
19th June, 19P2
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when rcal
cradr-dor*'n agalnst MQM tcrror-
lstr ttaned ln rhe metropolitan
sccording to the omciat ciriles"
Thc iiistrict-wise break.uD of
the-bhatta colleaed by MeM tcr-
rorists per month as released bv
the official cirClcs on Wednesdai'
is as under. District South: Ri.
1783 lakh per month from small
shopkecpen at thc rate ofRs. 100
pcf shop, Rs" 25.% lakh pcr
month from 12,961 middle dass
month from 20,ffi0 smell shopr at
the ratc of Rs. 200 per small ihop,
Rs. 18 lufth from 6000 mcdium
rhops at the rate of Rs. 300 pcr
shop, Rs. 10 lakh from 2000 big
shops at the rate of Rs. 500 pcr
,rhop, R.e. 50,000 per month from
2000 han*crr at thc retc of Rs. 25
per hawker, Rs. 12,000 per month
from2/. petrol pumps Ct thc rate
of Rs. 500 per petrol pump, R.r.
40,000 pcr month from 40 big in-
dusries at the rate of Rr. 10fl)
pcr unit, Rs. 200 lakh pcr.month
from 4fi) small industries at the
rate of Rs. 5fl) per unit, Rs. 81,00
lakh per month from l6,2IXn
medium houses at the rate of Rs.
50 per housc, Rr. 2.000 lath pcr
month from 8000 small hourci at
the rate of Rr. 25 per hourc, Rr
2.4 lakh per
month from 2-4l]f/J
Mazda mini-buss at the rate of
Rs. 100 per taxi, Rs. l,8O lakt pcr
month from 12.000 rickshaw and
month from 9440
gq$-e- ratc of Rs. 50 per head, Rs
27900 pct month frbm 55
pitro
Pumps at the rete of Rs" 5d0 ner
I
Rs.
pumps at thc.rate of
{s.-!Q
per
I
il
ll
I
pctrol pump, Rs. 10,000
ber
month from cach.mrer of big-in-
dustries Rs. 13.05 lakh per
m6nth
from 2j,1 small industiies at the
919
of Rs.
i0oo
pcr industry, Rs.
2.55 ctore pci
month
-irom
25,5066 small liomes 8t thc rate of
Rs. 100 per home, Rs. 2.65 crore
per month from 132958 middlo
clas homes at thc rate of Rs. 200
per home, Rs. 65,000 per
month
from 650 mini buses atihe rate ot
Rs. 100 per mini bus, Rs. 1.64
lakh pcr month from 1645 taxis at
thc rate of Rg 100 Der taxi and
{s.
2.77 lakh per
inonth from
2TTZ ri&shwts rir rhe rate of Rs.
lfl) per
rickshar'.
Disria oentral: Rs.40 lakh per
Distric eag: Rs. 4 lakh ocr
month from Lines Area
pre.dohi-
nantly I Mohaiir arca hivinp rhe
population of irbout six mnl Rr
1,50,000 pcr
monrh from 1940fi)
{ohajin,
13,0q) Kschhis, 14,500
Sindhis, l\z/Ul' Balochs, 800
Pathans and 5{D Puniabis lii'lnq in
Malir extension area, Rs. 400,fu
pcr month from 3,00,000 Moha-
jirs,
6000 Punjabis, 9000 Sindhir
lolltg
-in
Malir Colonn Rs.
2"00,000 per month from- 31,000
Mohajirs; 49,000
punjabis,
Z
jooo
Sindhis, Z,$0
pathairs
a;O
}Om
non-Muslims livins in Saudabad
and Rs..2,50,000 pir
month from
f!,!!! ltlohajirs,
50,000
punjabis
25,000 Pathans and 25,0@ Sfidhi;
living in Modcl Cotony.
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contributed
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clipping from "The Frontier Post"
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-Dated:
July 24, 1992.
<From:M;Ilps Khan
Press clipping lrom
,,The
Frontier
post,,
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Dated: Juty 28, 1992.
MQM torture,
killings,
sabotage
:. Julv.. 23: After
lMiui'ihe
second
tl Cg.{P0rate r SoufC of
lis mega-finance was the Na-
.Bank1.of Pakistan (NBP),
contributed cash and ser-
r worth.one billion rupees to
dreaded organisation'during
ficials oJ MQM (labour *ing) as_
sociated with thebank.
-_Ih*
e<ecutives said rhat the
NB? branches all over X.raiE
had hecome tn" nef of tn" Meirf.
{ot
g$y_w_as a substantiat
d;
;i
the MQM fighting force em_
proyeo tn thesc branches, but also
!!e^_b-?nk
senred as one of the
M9Y. major sources of mont-friy
contributions. ;
_.
A
_highly
placed source told
I he. k-mntier
posr
that city-ritOe
collections
on the basi6 of iorgeO
vouchers
drawn against petrol
ind
conveyance
charges by ihe MeM
raDour wrng, at time ran into eisht
Irgures-for
a single Oay. No pEy_
men-t, demand has evCr beeri io
readily complied with by a bank
anywhere in the world, the source
added. :
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KARACHI, JuIy 27: Moham-
m-ad Zaki, an undcr training, ASI
of the policc departntcnt, w.lio was
arrested by_ a
-,law-enforcing
agency on June 28, has nradE
stanlirg disclosures during intcr-
rogation, official sources t6ld The
FrcntierPosther.
According to sources Zaki con-
fc.ssed his particirration
and col-
laboration
-in
rinnine rorture
cellq kill.ings of thc MQM dissi-
dents and a Sindhi doctor, sctting
on fire propcrty of Sinclhic, govi
ernntcnt and privutc vehiclcs and
other terrorist aclivities,
From Inrdad Chandio
had to block thc roads and if a
ajid, Charrd, Awais, Kanrran,
Cotuinued on page 2
alone.
.
. :', An,official who spoke on con-
.
'
dition of anonyrnicy iaid that over
tnc past one year, the recorded
irregularities of the MeM in ttre
NBP alone would account for one
billion rupees. Bunglings of which
there was no widencc, or whose
.
trail has been slyept clean, wouid
. amount to much more.
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--- .Recently
a law-enforcins
-
_.agency raided various deoarti
'
ments.of the NBP, and took iway
records with a view to probe inr6
MQM excesses in the bank. But
senior bank orecutives told The
.
Frontier Post they would find
.
Besides,
MeM unirs which cx_
rsted rn every branch of the bank
rn the,metropolis
had fixed rates
on all
,insuiance
covering thJ
loans feleased
W the resneritive
According to dctails, Zaki is an
o< lakistan Air-f,orce crnployce
and was discharged from scrvice
on account of his long a absence
fronr duty bcfore to 1985 clec-
tions. He joined
the lr{QM in
1988 and was active rill the tinre
ofhis arresr. He confesscd that he
was informed by unit incharge
Abdul Majid thaf he had rcceivEd
directions frorn scctor oflice that
next day agitation would bc ob-
servcd in the whole city and we
Rs. lb to MeM
Continuedfront
page I
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Ranrenrs were
nsrer held
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u result
the insurance
con-
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*:
ft1{F'*:,ift
!ff",{l:;{TT
.tn"
:r"Jr"
:': ,il: lilllllno',f;"1i
weru
not regular
employeis
of the
bank, but they were entirled to alt
service facilities including soft
loans.
.
MQM (labour wing) officials
Deat up several senior executives
of NBP in connection with getring
this fighting force regutariied ii
servicc. At lea.st one such gxecu-
tive is known to have lodged an
FIR with the ootice-
Since the' beginning of rhe
army operation, MeM (labour
wing) and unit officials ari miss-
ing. It is sulprising, however, Ihar
.senror bank o<ecutives are still
reluctant to talk about the ex-
ploits of the MQM.

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Diplomats
Lrpset
by
car snatching
lT WAS not a war council, rather
a garhering of agitated diplomats.
'fhc
consul generals in Karachi had
asscmbled at the rcsidence of rhe
Saudi Arab consul general Bakr
Gazzaz, doyen of the. consular
corps, to discuss the problcm of car
snatching. Atxrut a dozcn cars hrvc
so firr bccn snutchcd from tlrcnr in
rcccnt mor[hs arrd they wcrc fclr.
ing mrrrc will be snatchcd in thc
fut urc.
'l'lrc
Srudi, Turklsh, Brltish,
Chlnese and lndonesian diplomats
were among those who had lost
rheir cars to armed men on the
road. The Saudis have had two cars
snatched from them. Nor all the
vchicles werc insurcd-
Earlier the car sniltchers had
confined themselves to the vchi-
clcs rrf Pakistanis. Thc foreigners
ncrc targctcd after lhat. and rrow
rliplrrrnuts too are fallrng victim in
incrcasing rrtrmbcrs.
Roblrcricr l(xr ilrc on tllc risc in thc
Itorrrcs of rliltlrrnratr.
'l
hc hrrnrc of
(icrntatt
colstrl
Jrrcrgcn [tcngal was
rtrltlrcd rrf cvcrything vnlrralrlc hy
.rrrrrurl rrrlrlrcrs rcccrillv. Antl last
r'<'r,k tltt.hrttrsc oI I Brrrglatlcsh
irrrrrrl:rtc stalIcr rrls roblrcd. lhc
l:r(lt rrl tlrc ltrrrsc olrcrtc(l thc rkxrr
irr tltc crcnitrg trr a knrtck, prcsurn-
irrg lrcr cltildrcrr who harl gono rrrrt
t(, t)lilv hir(l rctrrtncd, Instcad.
trc r0tto.lL,d
'tlrc
diplomats who met last wcck
warted thc government to help and
urgcd the t'oreign Office through
its Karachi camp office, ro act.
lf such moves yield no results, I
woultl nor bc surprised if they take
up thc issue wirh the Corps Cgm.
mandcr l,r. Gen. Naseer Akhtar as
the arny is still busy with irs duties
in rhc city. They are also seeking
the help of the Citizen Police
Liilison Comminee, In f act irs chief
Nasim I{aji and his'dcpury Jamil
Yrrsuf werc invircd to many dip-
lonlilic
llirrties bef(trc incidetr(s of
cirl slirtclrinA trxrk Dlircc.
Strnrc rrIficills *ay t:ar srrirtclrirrg
is rrot urtrrruul nround thc wrrrld.
Cals arc snatched and persons
rnuggcd in licw York us well, they
rr[uc. And a diplomat says thlt he
@
Ncw Y,r.k wlti"lt h o
r{11, including chcagr curs. bur nor
rn Karachi whiqh hirs so liillr:_!r
rrllli. tiuractri,iiGii-'r.r,iii.ry
elrcirp servants bril'thcy arc not
cornpctent any nore und could rur
m.Iir
cicnl and
6gl3!gm
involved in crimc
tllcrnselvcs. Though tlrc
Poliec is
gcttrng bertcr equiprncnt da.v by
(ldy thc rg-jillts are perring w('rse
hc:r.
Some diplomate helicve that if
tlrcy nrrd rhc gcncral prrblic did nor
havc (hc
samc ycllow
nunrbcr
plarcs ls has beerr thc case sincc
1989, fcw diplrmaric clrs would
have bcen snatched. It is time for a
change so rhat car soatchenl cart
distinguish llctwccn cars owned
by drplorrrts arrtl tltosc bv thc gcrr.
eru l pu bl ic.
Onc consul Rcncrill raid, "l\l! err
is insured but not thc vln wc krst. I
did not think anyonc would wart lrr
scze thc var as wcll".
Diplonrlis do not insurc soorc o[
thcir lcsr cxpensivc curs as thcy art
tux-free. lvlay be thc.y will insrrrr.
their cflrs rnorc rcgularly now
dcspitc thc rising cotl of insurunce.
Oktober fcst
In Germany the traditronal
Oktoberfcst in Eavuria in the sorth
is famous for its lun and frolic, its
beer drirking and streer dancing in
try colours. Comparcd to thar thc
lier, follorsing the xithdrawql of
orhcr caildidates. !fill he now
nrakc it trr thc Sindh cabinel? lt
rerniritts to bc scutt.
Nalcrl Qanrlr.
i\lNA, who has
tlcconre l nreotlx'r of tlre tlsk
(orce
scr up bv tlrc llrinrc Ministcr on
agriculttrrll inc(inrc tilJ u,as nlso
prescrrt. \1ill lrr iuplrorl th('tilx?
llis tilrhcr
Qirrtrirruzlrntarr
Shllt.
prcsirlcnt rrf t hc Sirrrlh A grictrlt trrtl
Clrunrbsr. i5 (crtrrinly opposcrl to
arr-t suclr r a^-. ll(. wiln t s rn(rrc fof I he
aBrictrlt rrrrsts {rorn tllc grrvcrnrrcn(
ald not nxrrc frolt t hc zant i ndars to
thc grrrcrrtritcnt.
Jatctl.labhrr has lcrurrrcd to the
Pl)l'irrltl. llc is htrpirtg lr rcturn to
thc Senrtc in i\lrreh on a l'PP
ticktit rlht.rr nri<l.tr.rrn clcctiorr< trr
young Speaker of the Sindh Assem-
'
bly, Chous Baksh Mehr
jointly
cut'.
the large cake in the Durbar Hall of,
Hotel Sherat()n with a large crowd,.
applauding them
'Covernor
Hakim Said was'
expected bui could not make it.'
dcspite his excellent conncctions,
with Trrrkey. A day earlicr, he had
obtaincd nomination papers for the. .
presidential election. Guests pre.'
-
iumed he was busy filing hls nomi.'i
nation orconsulting his friends und.
advisors.
Caretaker Minister for lnforma.
tion Hakim Ahson was there and.
was asked by guests whether.,
Hakim Said was really trying for"..
the President's office, "Thar is one,
thing in which he did nor consult.
mt". said Hakim Ahson. Anyrray it,..
rvas jtrst a rumour and the gr'r'crnor,.
rrus not anrong thc 27 persons rrho'
filed thcir nomrnation papcrr for,
r hc prcsidcnt's officc,
Crrcsrs wcrc asking Sht rbaz,
Ilazirri whct hcr hc worrld rcally be
eontcstin11 thc prcsidcntial clcc'
rrrrrrs. Ilrs Nationul Dcmocratic.
l'rrlv hil(l decidctl a rlay bcfore to,,
rromirrate lrirn [(rr tllilt officc. llc.
.aid ltc wrruld rrot. An.tway, hc did.
n(,1 w{nt t{r contcs( lgairrst cldcr
Irrother Balakh Shcr l\tazarr who.
was thcn among rhe scrious candi-.
rrn behalf of thc opposirion and scc.
IIATIONAL FUNCTIOH: Turklsh consul general and hls wlle wlth
9ue3tr
ur utl an imprcssive 52 votes agninst
Bhutro's hundr6d
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in thosc days.,
the NA was really very small, ::
Oktoberfest clcbrations at thc col.
ourfully decorated residence; of
the German consul general Chrirr.
ian Nrkonz arrd his wife Shirin Irith
Detlef Willrodt, thc Ccrrnan *cn.
eral manager of .rrvlri'f owers ar co-
host was less spactacular but surely
exuberant enough, Lufthansa flerl
in beer barrels frorn Cermany to
tive
rhe authentic Oktobcrft.sr
touch to the Cermans
q.ho rrere
prcdominantlv thcrc.
N()l onlv wcrc t'hicfs ol
(ir.rlrrrr
crrnll)ilnics liku llcl[rut ltlrtchul;rt
tif lJrrvcr irn<l ltASl"'s liurt illrclrel
Wolf thcre, but illso ll..l. llcnrrrtcl
of thc Nct her,lirrrds who hc'rds
Lever Br(tthcrs lnd W.S. Zcrr <rf
Sandozs who is a Swits. and
Cynanid's Suby.larudi, who is an
American.
Crtmmcrcial hrildcr'Farook
llitsltt. tvltrr is llsrr.tl.tc clrrrrrl\,rrr ol
Pak'l cl, wirs tlrcrc iiyirg his lrcrt ro
raise frrnds tor thc ncrr rnrl lutive
Crtnccrncd Citizcns Association.
which is drring good work.
,.,Makhdoom.
Raf iq harl rhat day
filed his nominaliorr papcr for thc.
Sindh Assembly sear vacntcd bv
cldcr brorhcr Amin Fahim, bur had
not rcceived the Pl,P tickct till
thcn. Thc panv crr.chairpcrson rlds
believcd to lrate grvcn y>rcfcrcnce
to the young
Jamil, sorr of Amin
Fahim, who rctained his farhc.r's
NA seat for rhe Sindh Assembly,
which upset Rafiq, former Sin<jh
Ilomc lrlinisrer. But n{)w Rilftq llus
won uncontcste(|, irt ihc sumc m:rn.
ner as elder brorhcr Amin did ear.
tlrc Scniltc are ltcld. \\'ill Krntul
Azfar. formcr scniltor and advisor
ro rhe Pl)P chief arrd Pi\I, too get a
ticket?
81 r'arn r\rari rros dancrrg au'av the
niglrt ar his lrrtcl r{hrch provided
rhe irxld. {as thc co.host. He had
lusr
rt,turncd Ironr'[irrltkent and
wa s pack in6, aga in lor a not her r rip.
Consul SIefen Keil of Germany
and hrs wifc werc lraving (hcir
last
Oktobcrfcst <larrce irr Karachi i.s
tltct arc leirving Irr (;(
rcrir.
'l
ltcy
irrc llrv:ttiarts rrtrl rili(l Oktolret Icst
rv.rs rrrr,rllv r r.lrlrr.rtccl il llilvitrtil
irr Scptcnrbcr. lt
l(,t d{lit.vc(l lrerc
ns rhc
(;ornrnn
rerrIiIicrtion cclctr.
rations [ad intcrvcned. but was
other*ise jrrst as colourful with a
full rnoon ilbovc and gleaning
watcr b!'tht'sitle and a larRe vari.
etv of cltccsc lnd brrrun lnrl.black
Itrerd flos'rr ttt I r(,rlt,(;ut rlr ir r r y, , ,,,
Turkislr daii
r\ large arrny and naval prcscncc
is alrva!s conspiclr(,!5 ilt thc Tur.
krsh nilti(,ili1 frrrrctrorrs.
'l
lrat is
beciruse of thc' abidirrg friendship
bcnrccn ltakistan and Turkcy and
the facl thar the father of modern
Turkcl-, Karnal ..\la'fnrk was a
nrilirary cdmmarrdcr. So rvlrcn the
popular c(,lsul gerrcral Ergun Ulku
and his beaut iful rrifc held a recep.
tioil to cclr.brilrc the 70rh anniver.
sarl' of the birrh of the Turkish
Rcpublic, CorJrs Conmrndcr Lt.
(ir.ir.
Nascr: Akhtdr aId il large
numbcr of army and naval officinls
were frronlinent tlmre. He and the
Former foreign secretary Agha...,
. Hilaly was there trying to ascertain.' .
who was Iikely to win the presiden..-,
tial elections.
Akbar Hashwani, president of:.r
the Cotton Association, president,,
of the Karachi Chamber Haroonr.
Rashid, and senior vice president..
Ebrahim Panwala were among the..
businessmen ahere. :r.
Javed Anwar of Pakistan Oxygen':
was bcing congratulated by some.-',
gucsts as his shilres wcrc soaring in.
thc sharcs rnarkct, which was only i,
sccond lo thc highest, PSO. Pakis- /.'
tan Ox-vgcn it apears gives nine-'
bonuscs in a ycar to its workers. :
Nice place ro work, isn\ it? : r:
Some very pretty Turkish Airr,r:
lines hostesses in their uniforms'l:
and a considerable number of Tur..,
kish studenrs were at the party, cnd . tr
wcrc cu8er to gct
4rborographedrr,(
willl thc hosts.
Masuma Hasan
When Haroon Ahmad gave a
luch to celebrate thc elevation of ...
Masuma Hasan, chie{,of NIPA,,.lo
\
grade 22, t presumed he woutd bo.,. 1
speaking about her virtues as an,, , 1
officer and person. lnstead, he:,.
urged her as president of rhe Pakis..-
tan lnsritute of International
Affairs to hold elecrions and bring
democracy ro the PIIA, That was ..
exactly what she wanted, she said,,,-
and added that an ordinance for .;
that purpose had ulrimately.
reached the President's rable. Thi: r,,
announcemeni was cheered by the,r.
Suesls.I -,r

SUNDAY
JUNtr ZT, Lggz ZILHN
Ig, L4I2
L A H O R B NATIONAL DAIL
Fissidents
lead
t
-capture
biggest MQM torture cell where 50 men were
butchbred, recover 40 kalashnikovs, 15,000 live cartridges
KARACHI, June 20: Follow-
ing the clashes of rwo rival groups
of MQM in ntetropolis on Fridrry,
the <lissidents have rccovcred
airor"rt 40 kalashrrikovs along u'ith
12 to 15 thousancls live caridgcs
from tho houses of MQM workers
rvho lought for three hours and
then fled away front lhe area.
AII tlie recovcrc<J kalashnikovs
have becn handed over to llte
Rangers patrolling in the arca,
The disclosure was nraric by
Mansoor'Chacha', a tvcll-knou'n
lcadcr of the rcbcls itncl lornier
sector in-chargc of L-incs Aroa
Itcrc on Saturday, I ic rvas grving
dctails of Friday's "showdowrr".
Acldressing a press conl'erence,
he disclosed that thc
"veltuc" \\'as
larrous as
"Quarrer
No. S7 and
88" and thc biggest-ever "torture
ccll" nradc bv the N,lQlv{ to punish
thcir <ipponcnls. He said that in
the ccll,
q,hich
was calle<l in the
MQlv{ tcrnrinology ".iail", aboul ,i0
pcople u,erc nrurdcrcd, irrclirriing
thc l0 {'ronr Lines Area, He said
at least .50 FIIIs had been rcgis-
tered agairrst the ab.sconding sec-
tor in-charge oi I-ines Areas,
nanrcli, .)avcd councillor, so iar,
He rnaintairred that it *,as thc
ccll rvhcrc fuccs ol'nlany y()ur1g-
slcrs \\'('rc rlistigurcti bv
lrorrrirrg
acicl on tlrenr arrd rnaking scrlclrcs
on thcir bodics with blacles. I{e
irrlroduccrl a boy, Nadccnr, wlrt.r
shorved his "drilled
lcgs".
Chacha lv{lnsoor declarcd that
"Chanda (ftrrrd) politics" has bcerr
encied and lhe'oern'rvjll be run
From llyas Khan and Dr. Ayoub Shaik in Karachi
on its own resources. He said that
in the area cvery shopkcepcr was
compelled to piy Clianda worth
about Rs. 15,000 per nrontlr in the
past. Mansoor also broughr on old
woman whose young son was
killcd by the MQM peoplc in the
eell when ths dcceased was rc-
turning horne bringirrg dou.ry I'or
his sister.
In the area, he said, all the
MQM loyals havc escaped from
thcir homes, while in tlre last day's
fight rhey have arrested 30 pcoIle
and handcd lhcnr ovcr to the po-
lice and Rangers. Tlre
much-awaited arnry r:pcration in
Karachi finally nratcrialised in a
mosI uncxpected u,a,v, with thc
non-arrny MQM disshcrrts lcading
the swoop on the forccs of Altaf
H ussain.
The idca of pitting the dissi-
dents against NlQM acconrplished
the rnost imprortant olrjective of
depriving Altaf Hussain's follow-
ers of legitimacy to resist the op-
e ratio n.
Since Friday afternoon, resis-
tance by MQM activists had begun
to gradually crumble when they
rcalised that while the dissidents
wcre putting pressure from ail
sides, their backs were guarded b1'
army and rangers.
The current phase of operation
seems to involve the rounding up
of the MQM rank and file belore
hitting at their huge ammunition
dcpots, Surprisingly, this task is
al.so bcing perlorrned by the dissi-
Cotttinued otr page 16

NromtfeYffost
SATURDAY JUNE 20, t992 ZTLHAJ 18, L4t2
r. A -TT ,--J,_ .",",.-,,-
"-._
wounded
in
MaM infighting
Curfew in some parts of Karachi
: 2 MPAs
join
rebels
F.P. Bureau RePort
KARACHI, June 19: At least
five persons were killed and sev-
eral others injured in early nrorn-
ing clashes between the two
MQM groups following which
curfew has been clamped in dif-
ferent aleas of the metropolis, In
a related dcvelopnrent, nvo MPAs
of MQM have shil'ted loyalties to
the dissidents camp.
According to reports collected
from all over the ciry, MQlrf dis-
sidents nroved into different parts
nf Kararhi in a hid to challengc
MQM
Continued
from
page I
fwo members of the Sindh
Provincial Assern bly were missins.
but he-could nor'iCenrify therfi,
Badar Igbal, a former piouinciii
transport minister, who was ex-
pelled from rhe MeM lasr year,
said by telephone rhat
,,we
aie in
full control-of
the siruarion and
gratefu.l ro the people for rheir re-
sponse".
Dissidents have the support of
some sirting members of th'e parw
in the national and provincidl
as'-
semblies.
-
The founding leader of rhe
MQM, Altaf tlussain, who ei.
pelied Iqbal and others, is cur-
rently in London, reportedly for
medical trearnrenr.
^
Meanwhjle, rhe MeM's ruling
faction asked irs supporters ro
come out and resist the dissidents.
As troops and paramilitarv
rangers renrained on'alen. borfi
rd
oust thern if possible. Five deaths
have so far been confirnred, but
some reports suggest a much
higher death toll.
Soon after the attack, which
came in all parts of the ciry at
about 06:30 am, the affected areas
resounded, with automatic gunfire
and annpuncentents were nrade
fronr nrrisque loudspeakcrs that
'Ghaddars'had entcrcd the area'
with agerrcies' support fti;
destruction, and should be shot at
sight.
-The
unit and sector workers of
rhe MQM erected road-blocks to
check nrovement inside rhe af"
fected areas and there was an at-
mosphere of siege, All the af-
fected areas were cordoned off by
Lhe larv-enforcing agencies in-
cluding rangers, the police and
army personnel, Movements in
and out of these areas were com-
pletely blocked,
Towards early wening, dissi-
dent leadcr Aamir Khan held his
first evcr open press conference in
Liaquatabad-4, in which two
MQM MPAs also participated.
One of them, Ahmed Salinr Sid-
diqui, is MQM's parliamentary
Ieader in Sindh Assembly and
holds the important party office of
deouN seiretaw
'
information,
nilnred Salim Siddiqui won his
seat from PS-80, Liaquatabad.
The other MPA, also repre-
senting Liaquatabad's PS-79, who
porricipated in the press confer'
ence, was Mohammad Abid, Abid
said he had left MQM because it
had started erploirinq t-he Moha.
jirs lor the beirefit offiraf Uus-,
sain, Salint Siddiqui, horvever, was
in lou, spirits, He did nor speak on
the occasion.
by MQM dissident activists.
Curfew impose: According to
APP curfew was .imposed
in the
jurisdiction of six police stations
ih district east witli effect from 5
p.m. on Friday.
The
police
stations are:
Brigade,
'Shah
Faisal Colony,
Model Colony, Malir Extension,
Malir Colony and Landhi Sectors
37 and 6, it was officially an-
nounced.
According to Abbasi Shaheed
Hospital sources 13, cases of fire-
arnr injuries were brought from
Liaquatabad, Jacob Lines, Lines
area, and Jamshed quarter for
treatment. Three of them Kashif,
Shahid and Munir succumbed to
injuries, doctors said. Nine are
still under treatment at the hosp!
tal. Injured are still pouring in.
Edhi sources claimed that two
unknown persons were shot dead
this morning and five injured in
Landhi and Korangi.
Thcy said the injured were sent
to Jinnah Hospital for treatment.
Meanwlrile, informed sources
said some persons have been
rounded up in this connection.
AFP adds: Troops and
oaramilitarv rancers cordoned off
i:arts
of Kirractri on Friday after
tension within an ethnic party
suddenly turncd violcnt, leaving
swerol dead and injurcd.
Ambulancc sourccs said thc
casualties camc whcn dissident ac-
tivists of the Mohajir Quami
Movernent (MOM) forcibly took
over I party office. Sporadic firing
began in the Landhi and Malrr
areas in the industrial eastern dis-
trict where the MQM dissidents
moved against the office.
.
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I
I
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I
I
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rro()Ps ano pararulttary
I
rangers renrained on alen, borh
I
main.M.QM facrions respondcd ro
I
the clashes by_closing irdn garcs at
.
I
key poinLs,
cffectivclv seaiinp oif
.
I various ncighbourho6Cs
Oiilcjals

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that
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lcgs
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j,nl \a'
"-fl'ffi
bEa '-k
c MQM bqnncr on Shohroh.c.Quqidcrnr Dirr
loodcruhip,
Ey Alt Abbas
Vill the measures taken bv the MQ\{ leadership and theJam administration
contain fte crisis within illQM rank?
M0M: TheH|arWlthln
n a flight that left from
Karachi airport for \cw
York in the early hours of
February 27 were lhrce of
the MQM's lop leadersr
Badar lqbal, ex-transport
miniJter, and leader of the MQM's 27
MPAs in the Sindh assembly who had
been forced to resign his asembly seat a
few days earlier, Afaq Ahmed and Amir
Khan, ex-1ointsecretalies of the !{QM,
who had hcaded the MQM s mrlitant wrnq
for ycar.s. The immigration counlcr raiscd
objcction,s to Dadar lqbal's <lcpRrturc
sincc hc did ncr havc thc rc<;ui.rite NO(..
A scnior govcrnment officiai rcpxrrtcdly
inlcrvenerj saying that thc -"OC
was on iLs
wav l'hc dcparture 6f 1i16 1l'1r,ss
\1Q\{
iCadCrc sras thC lirst puhlic f onl'trr:;lrnn
oi tirc fact that thc parly is rn
<crror js
rjis
etnY.
For thc last fcw months, VQll unit scc.
rcurics havg bc66 callin3 mcetings ol
thcir w'orkcrs
to tcll thcm that thcre rlerc
traitors in lhcir ranks who w'crc bc'ng
cxncllccj irom lhc party, Simuita nrnrrslv
lccal papcrs have bccn carryrng a irarragc
ol aggrcssivg statcmcnls armcd ir iJrc.
prcllrng tlrc iact that somcthing rs scrrouslv
s,rong rn thc \4QM ranks,
v'ith thc divisions and disscnsrons
'n
''1QV
ranks now an ofrcn scrrc{, tire
''2uard
c.l'clrrik is bi<ling his tirnc in
,\bbasi Shaltcerl ll<lspilal wrtlr arr rllncss
which insiders .sa,1 has morc to do
q,irlr
psychological pressure than his kidneys
[rom thc fir$ floor ofAbbasi Shahccd
llospiul, which has virtually been turned
into a de facto Markaz, Aluf Husain is
l"ighting the most serious threat to his
leader.ship ycl.
l'hc olficial MQM version of the Badar
lqbal cpisodc is that hc was forced to
resign on comrpl,ion charges, Afaq
Ahmed and Amir Khan were his accom-
plices, An impression is being created
thal the trio fled the country without the
knowlgjgg of the central command, aiter
cmbczzling party funds. Dut .vlQM iruide
sorlrccs an<i indcpcndcnt obscrvcrs allc8c
that the threc left the country as part of a
deal stnrck with the centrd command,
which wanted
(hem
out, because they
were leading rhe disent wlthin MQM
ranks, tn a lettcr printed in Mtunon
March 5, Badar lqbd wroe from the US
that he had been forced to resign from his
scat and leave the counry because hLs lifc
was in danger, So seriors was the split in
the puty that in some ueas a ganllel
MQM exutcd. According to MQM dlssi-
dcnts, its activiss ue reportedly on a hit
list given to thc administration by the
NewsUne March l99l
worningr from c dorporglr
45

ffi
Ncrvsbcat
S
In thc last wcck of
August, MQM clrici
Altaf I-lussain mcl
lhc caretakcr chicl
minister o[ Sindlr,
Jam
Sadiq Ali, arrd
handed ovcr a list
ol 169 top MQ14
aclivists. "l want thcrn arrcs(cd by your
acjministration," hc reJxxctlly dcnrandccl
Ot tilc
.l69
pcrsons on thc list, I M wcrc
lrom Karachi and 65 from llydcrabad.
kxrn allcr tl]c nrcc(ing thc Sindh adrninrs.
tration launchcd a provincc-wide hunl l lr
'lic)sc on thc li.st and arrestcd sonrc oI
rcm
-l'hc
rcsl havc apparcrrtly gon<:
undcrgrourrd.
Why did Altaf I-lussain want hr.s owrt
partyme n arrested? ln a scns, thc NlQr\1'.s
chickcns are coming honre lo rcost.
'['hc
samc armcci gangs which iornrcd thc
p:rrty's liglrlrng ir)rcc :ue r)o\\ rip rr :rr1)5
a;4arnst tltc party kzdcrshilr
Altai's rcqucst lor govcrnrrrcnt lrtcrvcn
tion was corrfirmatron of thc lact that the
MQM is no longer thc uncompromi.singly
moncllithic force it uscd to bc. Many MQ,l4
activrsts liavc driitcd away from tlrc party
ovcr tlrc last lrvo years, or lormcd dissi<lcrrl
grr>ups witlrir-r il.s rank.s.
lhc di.sallcr lir>n rvillrirt [4QM ranks
stcrrrs fr<trn scvcral lactors, all ol tlrcnr aris
rrtg, rrt <inc \\,ay or an(tl)cr, liorn tltc rraturc
,tntj
Broivtir
o[ tlrc organisatiorr
N/i)cn tlrc MQM ca{r.c into bcing rt wa-s
rurxJcr llrrcat nrl rinly frorn tltcJarnrat-i
lslarni'.s
"
llrrrrr<k:r Scluacl"
(a gr<xr1> o[
,rrnx:( I r r) rl rIar']t.s) tlul al5r I frrlnr varrt-rus
()tlicr
ctllr'lic cornmunitics irr Sirxih, wlro
strv tltc risr'<l[ tlrc rnolrajir conrnr.lr'uly a\ A
".cc{
tltrcat to thcir ccorx)nric intcrc.sls irr
rrllr
(
)il
Ncwsline ()ctobcr
l%)0
Ily IIr.rs:tLt .,\:rscr
Infighting wilhirt rire [{Ql1 l]0\i' piis its
cil(ires against
the ccltir":ll
own \\'c[]-armed r:ii li trn t
lcade rship,
furMedRebellion
'Ib
conrbal tlris thc MQM bcgan induct-
ing various Urdu-spcak ing professional
criminals intr: its ranks to pro(cct nnhajir
rnlcrc.sts in urban Sindh. Also, it bccamc
rncrcasingly dilficult for small-tinrc crimi-
rrals likc garnbling dcn clpcrators and drug
pushcrs to opcratc indcprrclcntly in arcas
ciorninrtcd by titc NIQr\1 So a nunrbcr o[
cr
jminals
wiro lrad carlicr ticcn oixrating
rrrri iv iciua I I y, srx-ln bcga n <4rcral irrg u nclcr
tirc urnl.lrclla ol rhc l'1QM
'l
hcy bccame
tirc slrikc iorcc ol-lhc orgalrrsatir.ln arrcl
,,"'crc
givcn llrc lrt-sk of trairrrng tirc MQM's
\
()ung,cr
cadrc in tlrc rrsc o[ arrn5 arr(l
rnlnging a rcaular [1orv o[sopiri.sticatcd
L rrrr.s ior titc orrty
r\lrlrtcy rvas tltc Lrig4e.st hurdlc in arrang,-
lrg arnu and anrrnunition lor the organisa'
tron
'l'hc
funrls which Llrc ,vlQNl rcceivcd
irorn ils supportcrs wcrc
((.x) irrsigniiicant
to iirrancc an .lrn\s tluil<1,u1t lb gcncrale
ntr rrc f rltcls, tltc ytb itl-"furrrl r;ri.sing" tvaj
ffiffi
In the ['IQI'I, differcncm with
the leadcrslilp lriive aln'41's
bccn hushcrl up, i)ublicly,
rlisside nts havc lrrcn blamcd
e itlicr for rnisapl)roprintion
01'funds or \\'orkirrq fclr the
police , .\Itrliv n'tirhcfs
\\'li0
disagrecd
n ith thc
i)iirt)'
have
allcgcdly
bccn irusht
il scvcrc
lcstlrt,
a-signcd to the party's "toughies;" they
reportedly raiscd llre rnoney through kid-
nappings or dacoitics, ln the initial days
the "fund-raiscrs" were allowed to keep a
major sharc of the booty. But with large
sums of nnncy coming in, party funds
havc bccomc a sourcc of dlspute in severa.l
arcas. "l-low can you cxlrcct a professional
crirninal to rcrnain lroncst and givc his
cntirc booty to any organisation?" asks an
MQlvl activist.
!/itlt crinrrrral clcnrcnLs activc in thc
org,anr"sation, tire MQM soon turned into a
powerful rn il iurrl organLsat iorr equ ippcd
wittt sophi.st icatcd wcapons and spc.cialis-
irrg irr strect-garrg wariare. This militia was
uscd by thc NlQM to paralysc rlre snrc
machinery whencvcr the need arose.
llowevcr, after thc Novembcr '88 elec-
tions in which rhe MQM crrcrgcd as the
.sccond mapr polirical force in Sindh, thc
ccntral lczdcrship rric<l ro bring r}lc crimi-
nal clcrncnls in iLs rarrks under control,
finarrcially arrd organisationally.'flris belat-
ed cflort at discipline proved unsuccessfi.rl.
Sorne MQM workcrs who werc initiated
into crirnc for 'idcologicai purposcs' have
now turncd profc,rs ionals, cmba nass ing
thc pany lcaclcrs. f'lany o[ tlrem are also
rcscrrthrl ol rlrc facr tlrat llrc MeM lus not
c1<nc arrything about rlrc crirninal cases
rcaistercd agrinst tlrcrn lor actions prcr-
formcd whilc rhcy wcre on'party dury'.
I)isagrccmcnts
bcrwccn rlrc lcaderslrip and
tltcir crst wlr ilc su pport crs lrcclrcntl y canrc
to bc scttlccl violcrttly
'l'lrc
rifr wirlrin rhc MeM lras bcrorne
dangcrous cnouglr ovcr the last Z0 nronths
for Ihe ccntral lcacicrslrip to reson to calling
in thc local aclrninisrrarion in a dcspcratc
bicl to takc carc o[ ius dissidcns. But lhis
attcrnl)t to.slatrr-u:lr
lltc rli.sintcgration in ils

-::
The
recent otrtbrears
of firing in Karacni
vvere rnore than
just
a
routine affair
Orninously, the.v
represent the
spillover of the feud
between the MQM
and its dissidents cn
to the streets of the
metropolis,,,
1 18,
F,tm Moiot,' '^
V,- Fo^,OC
By Hassan NIehdi
Dayof theDissidents
t
'-1
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-'a'
h$
fil
n
lsd"
Ir

n the night of
February 9, the
MOM chief ,
Altaf Hussain,
was admitted
to the Abassi
Shaheed Hospitai, lt appears
his condition had suddenly
deterioraled after he had
attendeo one of lhe most
slormy meelrngs ever lo be
held by lhe MOM's cenlral
commitlee, Thrs meelrng, held
in the aflernoon, drscussed
the corruption charges
levelled by the Sindh
governrnent aoainst the
party
5
provrncral lransporl
min15lsr. Badar lqbat, Nearty
3ll the cfltce-bearers of the
MQM's central cabrnsl.
InClUO,ng readerS
Ol the
MOM's mrlrtant wing, Aamrr
Khan and Afaq Ahmed, were
present
at thts meeting.
When the members of the
cab'nel accused Badar lobal
Of lak'ng ten
-nll,p6
r.,JpeeS
from
the !ranSDorterS'lobby lc
allOw an
,rrCrCAS
rn f grgg.
ii.g
provrncrai
mrnrster nol
onlv
denred ihrs sllggatiqn [ut
in
turn blamed olher members of
the cabrnel of soending the
Darlv s
{u^ds
on buvrng
pf3OBrlV
.1r'g lh'ggyrnq lSyrgh
ySlimdS.
The MOlv4's vrce chairman
and VNA. Saleem Shazad.
v/aS lhe f rrst to come under
atlack, $peakrng on the
occasron, lqbal asked Shazad
to tell the rest of the members
how he had arranged for
200 000 /upees to soend on
r.,c, \/alrma. helC in
DeCember,
.rrc tf lhe cther orooertres he
srrpqglly owns rn Karachr and
lslamabad,
Durrng 16s
drscussron,i both Aamer Khan
and Af aq Ahmed began siding
with lqbal, At this point,
Sf.ahzad accused both of
them of takrng 50 mrlli6n
rUCeeS
frOm lhe lnter ServrCeS
Intellrgence (lSl) ts !s5lrqy 16s
p.esenl fu10M
Atler tl"rs, rl was a f ree for
all.
lryrln 3ll three, rn tUrn, aCCUSing
each and every member of the
cab,nel of corruption and of
sce^d;.9 lhe cartv,S money
for therr CerSOnal
garnS. ln the
cnangeo atmcsphere, the
\'!O,ry' chref . Altat Hussarn,
!\,/e- Came unCer aitaCk
He
,vaS 3CCUSeC Cf havrng
a
934n9r5h,9
n
a
holel
CWned
c)/ nrS
brotheT-,6-ig,,v
'n
lhe
I.r.,iec
S'.ifec Aliaf accelreo
i,' ih.r:kia;i,,
r,:
( I fiali
^-
rLr
ir
r!rr
nlr
.r.
-
.-rsOr,.r^
.-.--:r,:
i,. r
r"
1
\.,j rc
'I'he
present rrft rn the MQM
rs not
a new phenomenon. The
JLr I'Jtl1 i, I {r r9 !/r
vqrirrq!,v,,
dates l)acK to December
1988, when the parly decrded
to share power
with the
People's Party government.
After coming to power, it is
alleged that the Biharifaction
of the party, headed by
Saleem Shehzad, started
asserting its importance by
deputrng Bihari youth to key
positrons
at the area level.
Soon after the break-up of the
alliance with the PPP,
however, the MOM, with the
help of its militant wing
headed by Aamer Khan and
Afaq Ahmed, launched a
campaign of destruction to
dismantle the government for
iis betrayal ol the the MQM.
Until the fall of the PPP
government on August 6, the
militanl wing was in total
command of all the atfairs of
the party, The realcrack in the
MOM started appearing
followrng
the decisron to
jorn
the lJl government. The final
biow to the faction came when
the party's central leadership
decided to change the name
of the organisation from
Mohalir to Mutahidda, This
was done not only to enler the
national political mainslream,
The party's militant wing
and a majority of the party's
lower cadre vociferously
opposed this idea, The militant
wing, whose iaison d'etre was
mohalir nationalism, appeared
to be lhe mosl affected. On a
number of occasrons. bolh
,
militant leaders reportedly
rnformed the party higher-ups
about the resentment brewing
over the decision, but this
warnrng fell on deaf ears.
Because of the ongoing ritt
between Brharis and those
from lhe UP. a feeling among
the mrlrtant grOup has gained
Eround
that their peopie
are
cnly used for frghtrng wrth the
0Ol,Ce and tO frlljgrlg, whrle the
Srhgrr5 are Aiiegedly
Lnflggn6,ng
lFe OarlV S OOlrcy
a+C'S,CnS anC are atSO the
-\irO.
f.oFrlf.C AIeS
i ,4hpra.-i.?
lCrh
-
rrtant
.1dc.q
cir e?t that Saieem
She.;ad. il.e rrug-grs6 6at at
ill3{ i,;g<,a ..
,S nol
Ontv
unnecSSar
lv
rnterfer,.g rn
itse,r &C., l,;l
.S
drSC
aiJOO,r.i I'g ,vOrk6rS Of hrS Own
choosrng,n rnlluencral
Posittons.
ln December, as the idea of
fhe Heratd, March tggl
By Husain Aaser
TheBattleWithin
The recent sacking o f an MQM nrinister rs the culrnrnatron of a bitter feud
between the militantwing and top leadership of the
party.
The rancorous
bust-up now threatens the very survivalof the MQM,,,
ffi
w
46
rn hosprtoir Cordiol r3lshgng
*

By Mazhar Abbas
,t'Afl
students, Aamrr Abbas and
Saad brn Salah, dead and 1.1
others iniured, The very next
day, two
persons
-
KTC
drrvsl Yaarnaod Ahmed and
Farsal of the IJT
-
were krlleo
rn Ooirce
firrng.
The vrolence ccniinued.
The
Same nrQht, unkncwn QerSonS
opened f ire at the Jamaal
office on Eurns Road when a
meetrng of Jl shoora was ,n
Sessron. The nazrm of the Jl.
Crty was serrously wcundec
and succumbed lo hrs rnr{rr es
lhg ngyl m6r^ing
Tl'p
r<i,1n',
.i3r*
r1. . ilr
lt.'
3nc lhs,lli
traxrsl,.tn
\1s^1'
,
sludents organ,salror are
cresentlv the strongesl
stUOenl groups rn Karachr. tnC
irolh l'A\/e
iost
rnernners
'n
clg5ngg OVer lhe
lasl
CCilCrrr
rr
yearS. DesPrte the ef
rons
:i
cn-e <Anp/ glgmantq n n.:'la-
of the rwo \{a'rrng s ces
oeace
has not yel oeen
restored and there
rs no
irkehood gl
amrty in lhe near
f uture.
The same rs true for lhe Jl
and the MOM Both
pan,es
are
:lose lo Nau'az $h3r'f . i '
','.',r4
ihe lJr as a rvhgtg. bLrl slr'
Cannct lolerAte eacli other
Ooposrng the alleged
exolorlatron of lsiam by oarires
lrke the Jamaat and the JUP
has
been a leading slocan of
MOM oolrtrcs
rn the recenl
oast.
At the same trme, lhe Jl
haS
Seen tryinq
,19 level best
srnce 1986 to maxe a
comeback
rn the urban areas
of Sindh, and the cnly maicr
hrrrdle in rts path has been the
MQM So, with obvrously
cruOal OOlitrcal rnteresi al
stake. it rs near imoossrb e lra'f
The Last Strar,v?
Ihe recentstudent killings have inlected fresh venom
into the ongoing Jamaat'MQM battle
for Karachi,,.
from the lslamr Jamhoori
lltehad? Will the Jamaal
demand the removal of lhe
Mohalir Qaumi Movemont
from the government, or will rt
continue its support, despite
the killing of four of its activrsls
in Karachi?
\%nffi*
I
An IJT octivtst:brvtqllY
;,ffid
-
These are only some of lhe
question being asked after
what happened in Karachi
from February 24-26 Many
observers agree that it was nol
tolally unexpected, if one
considers lhe kind of the
relationship that the Jamaat
and the MOM
-
and, ol
course, their respective
student wings
-
have had for
the past several yaars.
On February 23, the student
wrngs clashed yet again at lhe
Government Polytechnic
College, SITE, leaving two IJT
32
the two parlies will accord
each other respeci in
conrrnon
constituencies,
The krlling of five persons,
wrth four belonging to one
oar1y, is nol an ordinary
rncrdent. fherefore. as
exoected. the entire
ieaciershrp
of the Jamaal
-
lrom Amrr Oazi Hussarn
Ahmed to MNAs and MPAs
-
retaliated with harsh crilis;sm
of the MoM and the sindh
governrnent.
They
dtso
put
ce(ain
demands before the lederal
CCyer.menl, CCnd'trons that
rnr;sl
|)o met rf f he iatler
desrres lhe f lrture COope,atron
o' lhe Jamaat. One such
dernand. whrch could be an
awklvarcj one, rs lhat lhe pnme
mrnrs?er'vrsit Karachr, conduct
personal rneurnes 6nd rnrlrgle
appropnate 3g1r9n
ggarnst
the
fvloM,
So f ar, the Jamaat
has been
keeprng a relatively low
Profile,
even though
rts narb amir,
Prolessor Ghafoor Ahmed
-
rvho is also the secretary
general of the lJl
-
has
f h'eatenec
lo launch a
l''1cven:ent lhrotrghout the
country rf Jamaat-lJT
demands are not accepted,
Jamaat leaders alSO held a
meeling with the chief minrster
of Srndh, Jam Sadiq Ali, who
lhe parly also blames for the
explo5rve situation.
Sources claim that high-
ievel lalks became oossible
gnly
afler rnterference from
lslamabad, The arrival of
Federal Minister Malik Naeem
rn Karachr. and his subsequenl
negotiations wrth the Jamaat,
the
Sindh government and the
MOM, clearly indicates that
the federal government is nol
happy wrth the risrng tensron
between the Jamaat and lhe
MOM. The crisis in Karachi
was also disCussed in the lJl
parliamentary party meeting in
lslamabad on March 4.
But this tirne things are more
senous. Four actrvists have
been ktlled, including a local
nazrm of the Jamaat, The
Jamaal now has lo satisfy its
student wing, which is not
ready lor any compromise,
Consequently, the Jamaat
currently finds itsell in one of
the most trying situations it
has laced since it entered into
the coalition with the Pakistan
Muslim League and the other
parties in the lJl,
For Nawaz Sharif, severing
links with the MQM is no easy
task. The mohalir ethnic grouP
still has a firm grrp on urban
polilics in Sindh, and the
Jamaat cannot
possibly be
expected to provide an equally
eflective allernative.
However, any upheaval in
the lJl due to a Jamaat exit
would be a
personal loss for
Nawaz Sharif. The Pakistan
Muslim League cannot give
the lJl the organisattonal
network which the Jamaat is
do efliciently delrverrng. The
prrmg minrster could also face
trouble in the Punlab rf the
Jarnaat decides to leave the
alliance.
Meanwhrle, the four-point
formula for a oossrble Jl-MOM
patch-up
broughl
from
lslamabad by Malrk Naeem is
not working. Both oarties are
strll issuing strong statements
against each other, and the
situation is still too tense for
colleges to be reopened.
Although additional Rangers
have been deployed, the
adminrstration expects moro
clashes
if colleges are in
sessron.
Perhaps the only solution in
srght is to gel the aflected
groups
-
the Jamaat, the
MOM, the IJT and the APMSO
-
to sit down together at tho
negotiation table and hammer
out an agreement acceptable
to all. Given the gravity of the
situation, it rg 6pyv up to the
prime
mrnrster and Jam to
resolve the issue at both the
politrcal and student level. And
save Karachi from more
political killings. I
Ihe Herald, March l99l

.I YLJ L{ \JI IU I The Friday Times

1'1'1
hc riNruon u r wcc
I
bir nqe utly 6u ir
.|. *. lur y*. Somc
intomod p@plc fcu violocc
in tlE rsrclr, if tnc MQM frilr
ro anEoi thc powc.ruugglc
wi$in ielt. ln rirr om! ir
m.y cv6 rW !o h(ieidrrinS
iu om rupporcn ud prtroil,
in ords o rcnml digcnr.
l'{r Brdw lqbrl r}rc prcvh-
cid trurpon minirrq. hu
cloly cxphiad hir ruignr.
tion. [n lcran o Sirdi Asm-
bly Spcrle urd Shdh Covcm-
or, wruch vac publ&lud by r
Krrli dri.ly, Mr Brdr lryr
hir r*igntum v[ obuncd
udq duc,g md r3rwt tur
vuhcs.
Hc ould mr rcrirr ric
prcttlc N hir lifc su n drn.
!q, dE lcJH rtd.
T}c lccrr w* rppscndy
qlcn
on F?b 2,5, five dryr rf-
tc rJl lu{!flt MPA' hsdcd
oYq dlir rcigrttjfit !o dc
MQM Chrirnn But t}r. diJr.
dadt v6i.m u bcin3 encr.
didcd
h
prry rpokermm.
'Mt
8ds h$ b.6 chutcd
lor compuon ud rrtcd by
/thc
puty', rr),r Mr Tuiq M?h.
mo4 r htq)sur foddd mh.
irq.
'
Mt Bds lqbrl ir rle finr
,
pcron in UE MQM who hs
' dlcd to
livc hjr vdion Ovq
,
thc pu fcw yw. wo o[
p6plc who wirhrd o grvc up
.
thqr'dutis'luvc bpcn rrckcd
,
frcn Orc orluu!rcn rnd
prcicd off to dtc Unlcd
' Stuq. bst lhct hrvc rJl mru.
-
uincd @mplcE rrlqne rbour 'il:il;:'""ffixlH;
Diss.enters
go on feCoid I
thc rels which fqcd r.hfl
'
io psr wid 0e pfty.
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.
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:i.
'
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,
;
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iro*
'no
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ir ' ;'
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Y
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wr r joiru
wlg7' oda lwo
.rriril.
dur
'rE
MQM hicruhyl ubll yrr"rr,r, prry hs noi o*, o, thc caniruion.r
i
joinl s533F
f frq
rut'
hd in rhc pqron- rrp rcoi'- bca rblo o uphin rwry eirh hitrsctry, ud hg inrirod r
'
mcd nd Mr Arnir lorq hrvc
nadcd hic iucmpLrcy *cio.
'
-
notc .grigi L{r lqht
'rd
hir
t
L:.. ? I!!:s'd :r 'nc
Ajrrq wu tEh r ddicrr.d haaongly, rllc trtr{r q-
@uqguq be|e rh6 l.!s
'
psly u cqaptq clsrd
rcrtd sd e mrc.d ro rprtsy ,r"ory o.r.ropnr ii"o
tqr d6nl yi!h.
Jm sa. ' 'Thcy vc 6outit to b. pq.
rlrc prry dieriv< drt hu co.
lirnn
thc MeM il rbogr:; U* For crmplc, mtly
'
nc o( d' miDtq od luvc eortfl u&d to crJl hn Iu. srdig Ali l po.iurr iri*i*. Lo ,r. bi3 fur in Hydan.
i fii*k:"-t"'
rrvr w
nivrr Kr Du:Jrmu" bccrus of mmr n 0r rifl Jn srdiq h! brd rbour rr.lc of prbtic prcp
j
"'ilTffiio.,,**""ctA,.
Il,,?'"J"il.'Hrl:;
il:"til,,"?,iffil,:"ro:
;3J"]H],T,.mg
i
:1
*l ud Arfq Alacd
rponrucour d-rrru. Amrr
34.1...rpp1*rfy
b dirmirlps rqc bcin3 rld o$.rr
'
vac rc' ordhrry workcn rn
K.\u r comsd Md oml r{i lquel r'sigurion s r vd. to*.a*.y
FEer.
.
Tl,c
;
lhr qfuitrtim.
.Thqv
com-
ovq hj, coNrds wu ufthd. rd ourra. Durin8 I viJit b rlte $icre ro @nv( T{EhMd
mudcd powatut porrrronr
rogcrbrc. "Trtsv
h& prrlcd hosp'ur b Mr'Arr.t Hwrrn Ho,-J;;;'l;;_.';,;
,
ud cnpycd lhc 6nfid6cc
kcy rqld ln orgnirmt ri. mrl. recnriy, hc nd whocvq rg bcsc mug poiru of on,
,
ud brchng of tic
Qrud
'\lr
imu' AII ..n. w ,.ica o ix foud involvcd in conpdon rauoe Alms( rll u. MeM
!
AluI HNu ir on l@rd for
udq tlrcu cmcal sd drcv would b. ula ro u*.
-I'h."c
ouc,llory hd ,rrycd rw.y
.
rrlin3 dru nlffi u dmprc! wcrc fre o dcuc ro !s r"hffi ukcd tic inspccricn
"*,
in, frn oc irqr+ ddugh rlr of
3
of rincairy nd dirrplinc rdrr, whcrcvq rhcy d.dcd fit., . vdrlrE @mFin rc fcr- rhcrn brry r.\os bclurd rhc*
: i;',l1liLlffiIl,i?.
,.vrromrMqM,'rponr.
r.'li:-r,-.ia-i-iiffJil
lxr. so,. rcFs ry d!
:
I.::J*;H**:J
ffiffi;
-: ff
i
ro Hy&rrbrd .L,, *r," i*.
are appaftfrly betng supptled
$t
sone olher
::J:.d
t ,ht rr.lc" And !lro*
,.
y.v.!o b rq our
'r'G
dJffd. dkstdeas as\i.J| whkh iflrJu.deiome promt-
;n ffioflJffi
d
ff LBo.n 16.l lodq'
nent
|etnaki
tn th. .+tW, But they tsui ,n31in- ;L
..
bd orrur*n. Hir rwmcn.
,^r_-)
^
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'-'^4,,-,--::t,'"'."
"-':-
-':
i
a.rim *rr.
+p*ii -
.
tained a low pm/ile so
fat
dcspile hautng alatr
. YT.1M*
dE h@'y rhd
i
1+"r Tg.
*i
g
hc war amoud ol controt ouer uiV ana oianit
fJ:H*Sffi
i:},i brck b Ksf hi. Triq lrwud
6d h.ne chr6s, ftom Mo.
l, ;;fflir".*.*hr3cofHv' ?.d:r
lcb.l, Amr Klu, rcfisd ro rrtt.bql rjE in. hrjireruiMovf,qrbMd.
:;
--i-q -i.*-.ld
-o,
,,*.
ud Ahq Ahnrd uc rpgu' volvenat
of hir mini:ur in
rhid&
Qrmi Movmor ig
,:
.h.;; ;;;;;, ffi
:HlHij",RY,?";iI
*#,li:",
,bu, rwh;i,*: ilo*fr;ffi.;iT"Til
il
bodi! mhi:ttr, hs sincc c\cn
includc rcmc
F*; i;. m6s i, o! Jn rhib i:.ry, cici-urc rtridr h{ r}Eb hs
a
cmcd thc rcFr(lin of b.in!
mils in rl,c
,r{bM.
Bur r.,rey in! b hclp ric brginirruon nis txdr, uy dirgt., syt
o
"- crcffily ntds ,.ll-
I
bcrrrvca ua unpoti*J tiir.
hrvc mrin(rinod r lov
Prcfilc
rgeinrt r fcw indivi{d 4;ri.. oh!MQMcdchcr.
ntirii li
j ri"H'rno,rneo.*po.
l"t;,*::J;;i:;*il
ffH.*,,Tffi;i;"r:f, 1ffi,:":o*i),;-;il.-
::
$o^;"1T",:' nf,,Itli.
ud orugr' r*o qr thc MQM'i .ii,r,' ,p*ut.ar rhn h;;; u it i, nor jut
idorogicd
l: ;i;";
"r
*ri ,roi.",*
--
btSSctr pockcu
in Ksrchi. m&c $c nruonrlirs hrppy by
diffcrercq du'w ,r*"i-g
: ;;;;,t,,; ;r";",, ;;; ;::
Their rupponcn c sii hrve tccpins tt' r'lqv r-a*J in',.
ro rip drcusi thc MQM, rid
,';
'";;;i;;'.;";;-";;:;;:
{h'llcn8ed rll MQM lqdqt
'ol'coininfishtins.
0Ecmint*..rrr.yo-ol
;i
J"? .i,,",r, i.;';;r.
crcqP( Alur Hwrin to vtrit
T}c onc grning curqcy orgulr,iont
in,-.t pou.
i
n,,j,.r,.,ir,.,;"';;.;J;;
ii:ffi:j,:;1""',::i::::il,1r9.i,til,:,.;j
iillif;ui,r*;;;;,;;;;, ing tn offi6c il indicrlvc of thc
of thc lcw dc'clorinmu r Lhc ro corv uD ro t]c C\f irdct-.

g-8-*-rl
/ vu Llut tu t
r rrc l'l luu} I llllus
M. stery shrouds Altafs illness as people fear violent split
mystcry shrouds the hospital at
Karachi, wherc thc MQM lcrdcr
Altrf Hussain is rdmiucd for
catmcnr. F;ail
('l(l
mcn lrrl visibly agirar-
J young oncr cr.n bc secr qucuing up our.
dc and all alound thc ward of the
Quaid.
i:hough Altal Hussain is occupying onc
rorr) on lhc lrrst floor, a complctc block of
!- .(!spi:.:; hrs [r.cn dcclircd'pr()hibrtfd
rrc
for cvcnrxrc, Sccurity anangi:mcnts
c bcing handlcd cxclusively by rhc Haq.
r'il(r Sccuriry Ouards, equippcd u.irh
irclcs: sets and nutomatic wcapons,
mcd guar<is stand on tnth sidcs of thc
sitors rlucuc efrcr cvery tcn stcps. Evcry-
tc. c\ccrft th,)s!: pcrsontlly known to thC
aCcrs and rhc sccurity gu:rrds, is scarchcd
rrrouthl) ixforc bcing allowcd inside.
iritorr ars rcquirul ro suhmit thcir rd.
i'.rcr I:rr':: irtntlrcs u,tth w(trt)cn In(l
rlrj:cr rrr'rr)i lfI Ihrrlith unchc{rl('{l
i)irrtlr rri ll'rncrs hrlg tll arrritnrl lirc
,rif,
Frriltf
iitt rItprcsrion lhat clcctrons
sirf,rtt \r rfi\!,r. r'1|\n iltc hcin;q ctxtrhrctctl
,t:) :r(j:,\it .l :inrl Ihr: hanttcrr srrr.arn
,rlll
tn lirf
,):t;rrrt,
pralrng for htr r'rrir
r,)\rriY
l llii\,(i! thc lrorprtll, srilrrllr rlrr
":, .:'( i',
."
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,
rire u allr
i,,.;.,.1i.r1 y .\ \, rir!l\
),
$i(trtg urlh iha
r-l\l ..\::;'.'\t r.!:,\rIi! ean [ccl rt llrli rr,'
'rir
\rr",
'
\\:.,i ts hilllpcnillg.
Tillirlii*ii rllncss of thc Quarri has
iii rkc(i millions of rum(rurs rk ul
lr3[ r....rrit]s conlrrl ovcr thc organtsa.
.n,
Such nrmours are cvcn t'cinB mur-
,,:rcd
in the. iong queucs of rhe
Quaid's
*il ivishcrs. Etcry6nc has his own thcory.
:tt thc iron cu:trin of sccrccy around thc
ganisa;ion s irrtcmrl politics is not lcrring
ryrhirrg comr' through.
Tlc li'tQ.'..l hicrarchy lrr,s, for thc firrr
nc.'dcvclopcd scrious diffcrcnccr ovcr
.' nJs;1a1.111irrr'r
nolttics, gocs onc, ru,
nll;i lt r' :r'r' u,rr lir(\ aillr'l n)tlc \cnsc
r)1, slvs orrr'pcr,'rr 5o, rt rs thcir rclltrorr'
shrp with Jan; Sr,i'q
ghrch
hrs cruscd thc
splrt, sayr rnoilrt r Nrr, llrc hhakix wlnl thc
MQlr'l to
ilrr |rL!\surc
rn Mian Nawaz
ShariI to ti:;r:lpc l;;s fiulf policy, vcnturcs
yct anoth\'r N('lrir;rF rs
gonfrrnrcrl.
NothinF
ciui hc corilrlr.c.l
Thc \1Qr1 irar rjrvclrrPcrl a rcput:tron of
rlting
Jrolilri.
i,rr rntntcdialc glins. rJisrc'
grrrirrr; .ri' p:'t.:1ic5. brcrking pron:iscs.
bctr:1'rng ut-li u'*i;trr rnd rtahhing fiicnds
in thc hatI i'i'r Qulrtlr illncss. cxldly
cnrrugh. rs rnri l:; crlny
Jrcoplc
rcmcmtx'r
Ihc \1(.)\4 s (hirnlrrF
J\)\llr)rir
(i\'(:r (hc
prsl lctr v('ar:. How can rl rit'vclop lt:r'dif.
fcrcrrccs ovor issucs rlr
Polrltcill Prlnciplcr,
pcoplc lsk, Most of thc tirnc, it is lt'd by thc
tcntirrrcnts of ils rcti!rsts in(i sltnlorlcrs
$'rtholit nny of its lcatlers gtvrng thr'
1tr11v'
lrnt'on a grvcn issrtc. For
('xampic. altcr lhc
$,rr slilflcd in thc Culf. rhc MQ\l dcci<lcd
to rrric thc wrve o[ pro Sctklrtn scttttrncnt
*irhout rcally cxantnrnS lhc rssucs in'
vol\'('d. lt is the s<rt ,rf an rxcuntrliion
rvhich crn fonnallt' ohscn'c
(icn
Ztnr
(l!-rlh xnnrvcrrrty ilrld hosl s rc-r'irlrr)l) l0r
Bcrrrzrr llltrttto on th\' rrtnr'
(lJv.
Sibghat Ali r.r.si(s Karachi t0 check out Ailaf llussain's mysteilus illnes
ord the gossip dong the rounds in the city's bach allelr
Thc MQM's differsnces with Jun sahib's
administratioir arc morc of a rryth, bcing
l{tvingly nuflurad by a fnr-strrtcd opposi-
rion, than rcal. Accotding lo ouGidc ob-
scrcrs. rt is a rclationship of cmplion un-
dcr n political umbrclla which allows Jam
Srtliq ro kccp rhe N{Qlr{ happy by giving
its gurus
\the
powers rnd privilcgas that
lhcy u'ilnl. Thcsc
"privilegcl- ofica llow
fnxn thc bancl of thc gun'
firc irlQ\| cnjoys an cquel shrrc in the
provirrcral
B(,vcnlmenl.
Thc "govcmmcnt
o[ nrux,rtrci rrr Sindh is doing wcll for it-
sc![ undcr thc bcnign gazc of the nrling
troika. lrlrnrstrics lhat rcrlly matlcr at the
srrccr lcvcl, lrkc Ihc local bodics' housing,
toun plmninlt, public hcdth cngincering'
c(lucrtron, auqaf, ctc. are in thc MQM's
crrntrol Thc way Jam
P.ys
uibulcs to Allrf
Hussain rnd his
"rufaqa" in cxtcnding thcir
-
coopcrrtron hclics thc possibility of thcrc
hr.ing <iiffcrcnccs hclwccn ihc ls'o.
Thcn s'hat rs Altaf l{ussains illncss all
rtrnrl') l:cu art' willing io bcltcvc thrl hc is,
J\'rrril'\ rll lllncss tl,rs nol lcrvc rnyonc.
c;rirrl'il of isrltng prt'ss slat(mcnls uvcry'
.i;ry nor rirus ll allow onc lo rncct hundrsls
oI r,irrlrrrr tvr:11 tlay , says onc ftlQM
$ irl(lrr'r
,\ (iIlor
8(Es
ctcn frlnhcr. livsn
.,
;\,
.i:
;
. .','*'n s,ill faii ill rl t,. i:;:r to lrc
l'll,: ;rll r:a1 and shahc hands utth hun-
Lirc.!. r'l
lrcoplc.
This rnal'not lx att rll.
ness hi;r a pcrsonol crisrs thnt Altaf is ,ighl.
ing aglnst. Somc of lhc slogrns bcing
-
pilinrral ()[ Karachi's wells thcse days havc
ncvcr brrrr sccn bcforc.
"Quaid-kay'san!,.
aman ho ya jang" can bc sccn on millions
of strckcrs and grstcrs plastcrcd all ovcr
Karachi. Thc badges bcing wom by thc
Qu;rid's
supportcrs bctray morc.
"Jo
gu0id
ka nafarmann hai, qoum ka ghadtlar hai".
says onc,
"Quaid
ke ghadder, qotun ka
shaitan hai", sryr anothcr.
"Quaid pcr cm-
nran hri", rcads yct rnothct. Wh:l forccd
pafly workcrs to preparc such stickcrs,
hadgr:s, brnncrs rnd slogens? Why arc rc-
ccnr .i(atcmcnB from MQM lcadcrs loadcd

The MQM in-fighting

\lurch 14, l?91, VIIjWPOINT
TI-{E' lN-FICll'l'lNC in rhe
IQl'--ning f)n l()r son]c linrc, rvas
l"{lc broirglrt into tlrc opcn last
riday r>y Clrairrn:rn Az-irn Alrnrcd
lurirl u,lrcn he annottnccd thc cx-,
ulsion of
,18
key lcaders lrorn
(he
rrty. i{c lrintcd that thcse cxpcllcd
ad conspircd to assassinate Ihe
)uaid', Altaf I{ussain, and that
rrt uin Covcrnnrcnt agcncics" rvcrc
lso involvccl in thc nlot. Hc also ,
ast doubts on rhc roli of tlrc Sindh
I
)hief }r,finistcr in this conncction j
nd erorcssed dksatisfaction with
ri*e Minister Na*az Sharif.
Thc exoelled lcaders includc
(hree
owerful ioint secretaries, Badcr
rt>al. Afa6 Ahmed and Amir Khan;
icharse ol Zon" E Mujtaba Khan;
rcharie of Zonc A Naecm Hash'
natl
"Zonal
committec mcmbers
4ahmso4 Khalid and Rehman; in-
:hargc of the l-andhi Sec{or, Zubair
\hm-ed: iqcharec of thc Federal B
\rea seclor Rifiq Shaikh; incharge
rI the Liaquatabad sector Sardar
{hmcd; Uiquutabad Sector Com'
uil(ce mcmbcrs Asi[, Javcd BhaiYa
.nd Naveed; Finance Secre(ary
lone C Amir Ahmed Guddu;
louncillor Malir Asif Hafeez; and
/icc-Chairman T.onal Municioal
lommittee East, Moosa Khan.
Workers warncd
Party workcrs have bccn warncd
.gainst cstablishing any contact with
hc e4pellcd mcmbcrs; anyonc
ound doing so would bc cxpellcd,
\zim Tariq said. He addcd that
hesc members had consoired
rnrong thcmselvcs and with 'crirtain
iovcrnment agencics" lo assas-
,inate Altal Husiain ancl dcstroy the
v{QM. A spccial appcal addresscd
o [he pcopic of Liaquarabad,
-andhi,
Malir, Faisal Colony and
(orangi
to stay loyal to rhc MQM
ry the Chairman shows that the
:evolt against the leadership was
widcsprcarl in thcsc arcas.
Azinr Ahmed Tariq allcgccl llrat
:ilorts werc nradc to buy thc loyalty
rf the MQM mcmbirs of
'
the
Provincial Asscmbly. IJe did not
namb thosc involvcd in.this transac-
tion trut lcft no doubt about thcir
identity. Azim Tariq discloscd that
Altaf Hussain had askcd Jam Sadio
about the whcrcabouts of Badai
Iqbal who was secn with rlre Chicf
Minilter in Islamabad two davs
before hc rvas rcported to have flid
the country. Allegations of involvc-
mcnt of Governmcnt agencies was a
furth.cr pointer to thc suspccts.
Arn Tariq did not stop at the
Si Governmcnt: hc pointcd an
6cu--.ng finger also at-the P/lme
Minister, saying that Mr. Nawaz
Sharif had caUed pn an influential
personality. of Sindh (the
Makhdoom of Hala) and inquircd
about his health but had made it a
month. What does this indicatc,
Azim Tariq
.inquircd.
(Prornptly,
Mr..Nawaz Sharif'went lo scc tlrc
MQM lcadcr on Sunday and
dcclarcd that any conspiracy against
the MQM would bc a conspiracy
against the country.)
For more than a month, Karachi
city's biggcst hospital, the Abbasi
Shaheed Hospital, has bcen the
hcadquarters of tbc MQM where
more attention is bcing paid to.the
MQM leader and his companions
who come to consols him than to or-
dinary paticnts. MQM activists
remain assembled at the hospital
either fo pay homage to their lelder
or to oarticiDaF in one or other
bcd-side rneeiing. Thc whole of the
first floor is in the MQM's use. For
about four ycars thc hospital has
bccn excljsivcly rcscrvcd for
Moh:rjirs: during thc c{hnic riots,
non-Mohrjirs hrd lound it impos-
siblc to gct adnrission rhcrc. Thcy
wcnt to the Civil Hospiral. Rcccntly,
the Jamaat-i-Islami has complaincd
t.hat its injurcd workcrs, although all
Mohajirs, wcrc not allowcd adnris-
sion to thc Hospital.
'Death
for treason'
Iiugc lianncrs havc appiarcd all
over the city proclaiming "Jo quaid
ka ghaddar hai, voh maut ka haqdar
hai' (thosc di.sloyal ro rhc Quaid
dcscrve dcath). In vicw of thc ap-
prchcnsion of thc MQM infighting
spilling ovcr inlo thc slrccts, polici
anel Rangcrs havc sct up pickct
posts tl Uilnollitnt strccl inlcrscc-
tions. Loy;ilists r)[ Altri I-{usslin
launclrcd a canrpaign throughout
the urbrn areas o[ Sindh for observ-
ing a yomi-i-t ajdccc!,i-ahd-o-rvafa (a
day of rcncrval of loyally and conr-
mitnrcnt). Workcrs gathered at
z.onal ancl sector olficcs ancl sworc
loyalty to tlrc
(Juaicl
and dcallr ro
the "traitor-s".
About the rcsignation of Ministcr
Badlr Iqbll, Jam Sacliq AIi con-
firnrctl what thc MQM had bccn
saying -- that thc Ministcr was askcd
to quit bccausc hc was involved in
ccnruption, What thc MQM and thc
Jrm havc ilrilctl to cxpl;rin is rvhy tlrc
:rllcgcrlly corrrrl)t Ministcr \r'rs n()(
prosecutccl ancl instcad rvas a.ssistcd
to go into cxilc to thc USA.
Obscrvcrs say that what is hanocn-
ing today undcr thc IJI Govcrrirircrrt
is quite unprcccdentcd: such things
have ncver happcncd bcfore in the
history of this bcnis,htcd land.
Thc'Sindh ChiclMinisrcr has the
knack, and Islrmabad tbc rcady
willingncss, to lcgalisc and in-
stitutionali.sc evcry{hing that was so
far consiclcrccl lcgally criminrl und
politically immoral.
Aftcr having rcgulariscd political
kidnapping, having practised it with
perfcct impunity scvcral timcs
during thc various elcctoral contcsts
of
(he
Sindh Asscmbly and havins
gaincd approval from ihc borses ifi
Islamabad, thc Chicf Ministcr has
nsp 69vcd to rcwarding thc o[-
ficcrs wlro had hclpcd him in his
grand schcrnc o[ climinating thc
I)PP.
Sncakinq at (hc anrlttal
lrtnction oI
thc' Cidl Scrviccs
AcadcmY
Alunrini, Sintih, thc Chicf Ministcr
announicd thai cvcry civil oflrccr
would bc givcn two plots so that hc
could build a housc of his own.
lil:rboraling hi.s gencrous offcr, hc
slid: 'l do pcrmit-that thcy (civil of-
ficcrs) should sell one plot anel con'
struct (a house on)
(he
othcr.n
Decision defended
The dccision is defended on the
ground that in thcir present pay- TIIE ncws thar a Sindh Minisrcr accus.
icalcs, the officers could not build of corruPtion has bcen divcstcd of his oflr
houSes of their own, The considera- and allowcd to lcavc thc country maL
tion is laudable, But why is it limited
slqngt rcading' fxplainingrhc
[asgn:'
t
to oflrcers?
Fcdcral l{ousing Min-isrcr,-Mr, Tariq Mr,
'
ri;iii ;;; r he pract
Lce
or.
l1li;
t?:'d
j:?',Tr:i
:I;
jHYl;m?lT I
ilq,:"::.'3lpl:!q fv,9ll'.y:
t\:"YEl
;i;Jl;;,,"piion.. *as madc ro quir r
thelr own olllclal lnlluence
11
tne
cabincl post anO prwinciat.asscmbly nrc,
tJ,ffi-
",i
:H'l{ ilftT,::i,,#i
*
W*,:
*ll"*
p;ggg;i,n
I
considered both irregu
m o r al. Th c distin ction bstwee n I egat
ififi M"'ii nr ni Omi.iri,ii'..1.
and illcgal and moral and immoral
' -if'f
wtrot. cpisodc of Mr. lbdar lqba]
is now- being obliterated by the
,fo;;d'
rcsignaiion aod quict cxit.out of tl
Chief Ministcr, who vowed to be vir- muntry is bound, oocc again' to.Tf.-Ylc"'
tuo*
'ult"r
ttii p""u""- auiing tt c iJniUf"
qucstioris as toihc ctcdibility of tl
i; u;;;h. ihJptii;iiii'i'"?tiii *ltlft"i,brand
or 8ca$unt'biritv
that v
i s be i n g
.
wi d e I y
..
p, u
"t
ili i
"i"n
",
e h # tr;,'t lTir,t"vi
jlXPllL,?J,H.H
i,
dcfcnce forccs since the days ot
iiiriir".iiilli;;t
*il;rh.y havc gonc c
Gen. Zia. of rj6wcr....
Amonq thc 50.000 or so Govern- Vr lladar lqbal's luddcn and mptcrio
mcnt eriolovccs in Sindh, mOSt of dcparturcfrom thcsccnccouldappcarctu
ini
"fn."lr,'*tio
mav be a courle of nirig, pr*iscly at a timc wbcn s formcr prir:
thousand -l eucn ldsS if the latest
ministcr and sorcral o[ hcr mlnFtcrs ar
H:J:[T"?"s:in',""':]T*:i:i3f
fi
Jill$,#Jipffi :tr'.li'::i
thc case -- come from_families
ry\o |;;i;;;uiJ rii.io'r.frJ ihc prccisc nar'
arc alrcady well- off, have big
[i-it'c .trarecs, and rhc rcdson why r
houscs and also havc discrctionary sovcrnmcnt lccnrcd it fit to lct thc accu,
Dowers to enrich themselve! fcavc thc country
quictly and not bc hcld
ihrough thc use of official influence. accounl forcorrupiion'
-
DAWN' March
Thc
"bulk
of the employecs is ,
deorivid of a livine waseind do not ,/
N'lQNl phenonrcrron
haie the clout to-malie themselves
*
rich. But thev are not likelv to
Tlrc MOlr4 continucs to b,
t"""fit from ihe Chief MinGter's
panrpcrcd in a nrlnncr lhat lras rr,
eenerosity bccause their number is
preccdcnt. A provinciill MOM Mirr
ioo lareir. Moreover, their col-
istcr, clcscril'rcd by a scnior MOlrl
laboratiSn in the execution of Es- lcaclcr rs c()rrul)t, and thrcc trl Irr
tablishment-assigned "jobs" can bc accontpliccs rvcrc hclpcd to cscaP
automatically er[uredif their supe- to Atncricr which is bcing trscd as.
riors arc made willilg, rat.her en' s;rlc hnvcn lry irll sort o[ mafias N,
thusiastic,
partners. This is exactly chargc, no FIR; not c\/cn
what the Chief Minister has in view. Prcsidcntirri rc[crcncc.
The
rrlots to be allotted to tho of- Sincc it bccatnc an IJI pltrtncr, th,
ficcrs
'are
dcvcloped with public MQM h:rs splil ilto_ntttncrtrtts frt.
rnoncy. Thc officcrs r{ill scll thc ltrtns. lts nrrrltillle [rllctttrcs tcst,
sccond
plot
to thc
public at black-
irrlnr stlurtbblcs ovcr a tlivision c
markct briccs. The'general public, tlrc spoils ol officc, clt:trgcs of cn,
which will pay foi the olficers' llczz-lcnrctrt of funds collcctcd [,
palaccs, nray'bL more distressingly
wclfarc schcmes, quarrels ovcr wh,
in necd of houses than the
favourircs of the Jam."ff,JSi"t",'.i
should control party offices or,den
t.;;;l;;;;s*d
i"
f"liiiilr-riid"lp-
whcre,.dissidenrs. are d'ucip-lined
iing,
will irsi U"
";Ji'"r"giiig
ii'ia
:_"_"1.."-ll.i*ted,.in
the best fascisr
ip"z'rruiio" i"a uri"r.-.i;f;ii?s.
-
tl3.dition.
The ailing^leader
.of
ar:
'Bur
rhc MeM-Jam dtu.inii""r
ailing parry lives in a five-star hospi
d.ci not fectil alt emi'ai;;;;A;i
tal-guarded by special s.qua{,s or
APMSO goons, for fear that disal
(he
exposurc of its rvhi(c tics and it fected paity-mdn or a State agenc,
still pcrsists in its brazcn faccd'rapc may try
!o
wipe out.the.fuehre r
dcmocracv' camnaisn. All the What is eo'ns on? If the MQM cx
nerv5pnps'r5 arc by"now full of Ministcrjxas:rcally planning to as
storics of MPAs' 'kidnappings" but sassinate Altaf Bhai, why doc
Islamabad and tlrc Jam i6ntinuc to Govcrnment not ask for his'extradr
fcign ignorancc and dcny thc Statc's tion from the States?
t
hand in thc dcspicablc crime.
Four PDA MPAs havc bccn miss-
ing for morc than a fortnight. Thc
faitily mcnrbcrs sry tlrcy *"src cur-
ricd awly by thc policc. Thc Sindlr
] Govcrnmcnt
. has dcnicd tltcsc
rcports and fcigns conrplctc ig
norlncc about thc missing MPAs'
,
rvhcrcatrouts. Howevir, onfuarch 4,
thc PPP rclcascd a photostat copy
of thc Mukhtiarkar and FCR, Pano
At1il, cllicd Fcbruary 26, which al-
Iorvcd rcnrand in policc custody for
scven 'nrorc' d:rys at lcast of onc of
tlrc [our nrissing MPAs, Strrdur H:rji
Klrrrn.
Why ttiis immunity?
oint to ignorc Altaf Hussain who
ad been sick for more than a

f i:l
irlr.
ffMwffiffi#d#trffm$d
SUNDAY
JUNtr 21, L99Z ZTI.HN 19, L4I2
L A H O R E
NAIIONAL DAIL
MQM split & its likely consequences
On the face of it, I'akislan now lcadcrshrp in lhc MQM al lhc
has a balanccd preturc in Srndh. cosl o[ I great pwchologicill
Jusl as thc Srndhi lcadcrshrp hns rvrcrrch I'coplc who d*ulrrp n()9
trccn rlivrrJcd ovcr how thc lalgta ;tb,,ut ,\llrl llusslin at lhc
provincc's politicrl crisis should apogcc rr{ his powcr, u'rll hq at-
be resolved. nw MQN'I roo will lractcd to lc!(rcrs who ntobilisc
be noi-monolithic. Thc deadlock thcn) in rcfcrcncc to thc Great
that has pcrsisrcd in Sjndh. and Leadcr.AndrhcprcsenccofAlrrf
which has allowcd lslamabad to Hussain in l.ondon will hrvc morc
commit blundcrs with impunity, cffcct than hrs prescncc would
hss been to thc disdvanragc of havc had. had hc bccn personally
the Sindhis bcczuse of the ncga. wcnhr,r*n hy rhe rchels
tive unity in thc ranks of lhc Ttrc on.gorng arnty opcratrr)n
MQM. Purcty at the lsrel of the- in rhc provincc ull be a grcat rm-
ory, after the MQM schism, il pedrnrcnr to rhe free.for.all rhat
should bc easier to break the
ntrAht dsrl{)n belu'ccn lhc 6up.
dcadlock,than-it has.bcen in the p,,ircrr,,f rhi n"n gr.ups in rhc
times of Jam Sadiq and his pohri-
't*,tOl*t
tn a wflv. thc-rchillion will
cal hcirs. hcl| thc opcririrrrn bccomc !wcn-
But reality may bc differcn(.
handcd. *.hich it has not bcrcn so
The MQM division may dcvelop
J1r Sincc rwr imponanr MeM
into an urban war with the rcbels MPAs hur.e sr6crl rlith rhc rebels,
wooing lhc constilucncy that has 11 wrrukl bc norsible to creatc a
belonged solidly to Altaf Hussain. morc birlrnccrJ coalrtion in thc
It. ma! mean.scaling up the !-ryi. Sindh Asscmhly. If an MOM
Sindhi rhctoric tather than scaling 63.11.r5 asa'nsi rhe rcbcls. sun
it doq. Thc charisma of Atral ponert tw itrlf Hussain rhioulh
Hussain, unchallengcd over many icmorc cbnrrol, is nrcvenrcd fro"m
years,will beremovcdbyanynw bcconrrng cffectivi by rhe prc5.
)
cncc of rhc army, it is poscible
rlrrl morc MQM MPAs may be
cilnlc outspukcn in thcir
'ohlections'to thc cocrcivc lcad-
crsltrp ol Altaf [{ussain. That wtll
faqlrlalc a dialogue within thc as
scnrbly, rclr*c sonre of the prcs
surc lhat the PPP lrlPAs have
bccn suffering, and allow the fed-
cral govcrnmcnr to arrangc a nev
alignnrcnt of forces in Karachi.
0n rhc orhci hand, Islamabad
COI\{MENT
by Khaled Ahmed
may finally bc obstructivc ro posi-
tive dwelopments in Sindh. It
should bc remcmbcrcd that the
MQlvl rcbels wcre rhc 'guesrs' of
the fcdcral govcrnment la$ year
whcn thry wcrc on thc run from
thc punrrrvc action o[ Alraf Hus-
sain. Alrlf Hussaain had fra.
quenrly conrplaincd about thc
'insrnceriry'of
his fricnds in ls
lamabad ln this conrext, lhc PPP
may bc disappointcd oncc again
aftor thc lesscning of Alraf Hus-
saain's aurhority,
Ju$
as they werc
dissapointcd aftcr thc dcnise of
their othcr arch.cncnry, Jam
Sadiq Ali,
Under the changcd condirions,
the decisive elemcnt may srill bc
the Sindh esrablishmenr: irs gN-
crnmcnt and burcaucracy, who
have ruled the province on the
basis of an understandinc wilh th
old MQM leadcrship. Whilc rhc
army tries to conrrol rhc citici to
Prdcnl
an urban MQM war, it
may indireah Dlay En obstrucrivc
ro16 in AIraf
'tfussaain'r
effons ro
stagc a come-back. But, if, at thc
same time, it decidcs to sil on thc
fence in rclation to ccntre-
prwincc politics, thc ncw dwcl-
opment may rcdound to the ad-
vantagc of Prcsidcnr Ghulam
Ishaq Khan who monopoliscs thc
grid thcsc doys.
It is not known how much sup
porl lhc rcbels havc in citics out-
sidc Karachi. If Hvdcrabad re.
mains untouchcd bi thc achism,
thcn othcr citicr likc Sukkur, may
complicatc thc situation. On the
orhcr hrnd, rf thc nrorc
qtrcmist
N{QM clcnrcnts in thc othcr cjtics
sidc uth thc rcbcls, rhc nw
MQM lcadcrshrp nlay cmcrgc as
more anti-Sindhi .nd lcss
amenable to rnoderation. No mat-
ter hqw ahc dice falls" Islamabad
will derermine whether the rebel-
lion hclps in resolving the Sindh
problem or not. If it remains po-
litically innexible. rhe dissolution
of thi charisma of Rhaf Hussain
will not bc a postive d6r'clopmcnt.
The nav MQM leadenwill not
hsvc thc samc kind of effecr on
the masscs as Altaf Hussain. The
Movcment as such will be guided
by I lars fascist decision-making
process rh.n bcforc. If political
lcssons havc bccn lerncd on both
sides, PPP and MQM will have
individual lcadcrs capablc of
communicaring wirh onc another.
If thase bridgcs arc not buih, the
$ranglehold of the ccntrc and its
favoured burcaucracy will in-
creasc to the dcrnment of borh
sidcs of thc cthnjc dMdc..
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