Showing posts with label Karachi killings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karachi killings. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Altaf Hussain ka Salaam

Altaf Hussain ka Salaam BY INAAM.CHANDIO, ON APRIL 12TH, 2011 After finding out that one of Pakistan’s greatest leaders, Altaf Hussain aka Altaf bhai, was going to send his MQM party to Lahore, I was really excited.

Altaf Hussain is one of the greatest leaders of Pakistan – for the last ten to twenty years, he has ruled Pakistan’s largest city without even being in Pakistan himself! And in the above video, Altaf Hussain conveniently destroyed the entire Two Nation theory upon which the practical existence of Pakistan is predicated, and because of which Indian Muslims had to migrate (i.e. perform Hijrat) to Pakistan and hence become “Muhajir’s” – a so-called ethnicity of post-colonial circumstance. What a great Pakistani he is!
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MQM in Punjab

BY NATHOO RAM, ON APRIL 12TH, 2011

Lahori’s know all too well that the power of the MQM comes with a price the ordinary people end up paying

Under the auspices of giving all political parties of Pakistan access to all political spaces in Pakistan, the MQM has ventured (again) into the unknown waters of the Punjab. The PML-N – dominant in the Punjab – has restarted its activity in Sindh and Karachi as well, despite threats and challenges, so that it does not appear like a party confined to the largest (and most dominant) province alone. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the MQM should be welcomed for launching its political campaign in Punjab, while cautioning that there was “a great difference in politics” of Sindh and Punjab.

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