Mirza resigns and says Rehman hand in glove with killers

The former Sindh home minister, who has also resigned his party office, made the announcement at a news conference in Karachi. After recalling his personal affiliation with the Bhutto family and Asif Ali Zardari, placing hand on the holy Quran, Mirza said Rehman Malik is in connivance with killers. He claimed he has proofs to support his claim, and intended to hand over the evidence to COAS Gen Kayani, President Zardari and PM Gilani.

Mirza recalled one of the MQM leaders had said about him that a pimp would be acting as flamboyant as Mirza in the company of so many policemen. The ex-home minister said “now I have resigned as minister. I came here in official vehicle. Now I will go back in my private car. I will only keep the PPP flag. Now all such people see I, Mirza, is still as flamboyant”.

He said Karachi doesn t belong to MQM. “The MQM only has partial mandate given by people s free will. The rest is taken from voters through coercion. The poor people who sit in front of a telephone set and listen to speech from London, do that under pressure, to save trouble to the families who are usually threatened of consequences.”

The former home minister expressed regret for his once remarks derogatory to the Mohajir community. He said he passed those remarks under rush of blood, being angry. He said he didn t mean to say all that for the community, as “I know there are good and bad in every community, every society. Neither are all Indians bad nor all Pakistanis. The same is true for every community. Only a handful of bad people are responsible for turmoil.”

Mirza said pakistan has the biggest threat from no one else, but Interior Minister Rehman Malik. He said Rehman Malik connived with MQM s Governor and freed murderers and killers to oblige them  so that they carry on killing spree for vested interests. He said Rehman Malik had been befooling the party leadership by distorting facts and creating imaginary fear scenarios by invoking non-existing threats to the government. To back his point, Mirza said: “Let s suppose, if I free a murderer who had killed 36 people, wouldn t the obliged killer kill 360 for me.”

He said Rehman Malik is a flat-faced, 100% liar. “I have asked him many a time to cut lying intensity by at least 50%,” Mirza said in a lighter tone far between his otherwise tense talk.

He said: “I risked life, property, family, children, everything by calling spade a spade because I love Pakistan, because I see my own children s faces in every dead body of the innocent killed in the city.”

Mirza said once MQM chief Altaf Hussain wrote a letter to then UK PM Tony Blair, urging him to play a role to disband the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). He claimed Altaf had written in the letter that the ISI would create many a Osama bin Laden if it were not disbanded. He said it is lamentable that the protector of the country s interests was conspired against in this manner.

The former home minister said MQM Kidmat-e-Khalq Foundation s ambulances were used in transporting arms and ammunitions and for throwing dead bodies in gunny bags in various localities to spread terror.

Mirza said  the MQM was running gangs of killers and extortionists (Bhatta Khors). He said some elements wrongly project me as extortionists, whereas I come from a wealthy, respectable family. He dared the media to expose if they know of his involvement in any corruption.

 

Ahmed Chanai was appointed Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) chief on calls and pressures from London. “I was pressured to appoint him as CPLC chief, but I only gave him a limited tenure of one year.” He later hgot involved in acting as a middleman and virtually selling police stations.

 

Mirza said Suteesh Anand, who was once kidnapped, was freed after “I had chipped in 5 million rupees to make 15 million rupees demanded in ransom. I did that because I feared God and I always thought that we got this government due to the grand sacrifice of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto”.

Mirza said journalist Wali Babar was also killed by MQM members. “Five murderers killed him. One of them is named Liaquat.”

While narrating a meeting with Altaf Hussain, Zulfiqar Mirza revealed under oath that Altaf had said the US had decided to dismember Pakistan and MQM supported it. Mirza also alleged that Altaf Hussain vowed not stop killing Pashtoons in this context.

MQM, ST leaders hold meeting

Staff Report

KARACHI: Leaders of MQM and Sunni Tehrik (ST) held a meeting to maintain law and order in Karachi on the occasion of Eid ul Adha.

Sunni Tehrik leader Shakil Qadri visited MQM’s Headquarter Nine Zero and met MQM leader Raza Haroon.

Later, Qadri told reporters that contacts have been established with MQM and all other parties to discuss issues regarding collection of sacrificial skins to avoid any unpleasant situation during Eid ul Adha. Trend Pk

PPP, PML-Q leaders meet in Lahore

Lahore, News Trends :- Leaders of the ruling party PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party) and PML-Q have net in Lahore, trendpk.Com reported on Monday.

Dr. Babar Awan called on Pervaiz Elahi and discussed matters of mutual concern as well as the current situation of the country. They also discussed the possibilities of cooperation between the two parties. Speaking on the occasion Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said that PML-Q would not be a part of any conspiracy against democracy.

Earlier Dr. Babar Awan was welcomed by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi at his residence in Lahore when he reached to meet him after a green signal from the President and after taking the prime minister into confidence. During the first round of meeting the two leaders met one on one but afterwards other leaders from both the parties joined them in the discussion. Babar Awan and Pervaiz Elahi agreed upon the fact that political leadership should exhibit nationalist thinking in the matters of national interest. They also laid emphasis on the existence of working relationship between all the political parties.

Addressing the media after the meeting, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said that he believed in politics of principles. National issues should be resolved by sitting together. Speaking on the occasion Babar Awan said that the prestige of parliament and democracy are the consequences of graet sacrifices rendered for these objectives and now it is an obligation upon all of us to defend and safeguard these achievements.

Factions of PML to gather at Kingri House

Staff Report

KARACHI: The chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional, Pir Pagaro, has called the meeting of all factions of Pakistan Muslim League at Kingri House on October 29, SAMAA reported Saturday.

Sources told that invitations have been sent to all factions of Pakistan Muslim League including Nawaz league.

Earlier, it was decided that the meeting would be held in Lahore where Pir Pagaro had to chair but now all the leaders of Muslim League will attend the meeting at Kingri House, Karachi. SAMAA

Afghan insurgents dismiss peace talks, NATO upbeat

KABUL: Mid-level Taliban insurgency commanders do not believe their leaders have begun tentative peace talks with the Afghan government, with many vowing on Friday not to give up the fight after nearly 10 years of war.

NATO and Afghan officials have confirmed preliminary contacts between President Hamid Karzai’s government and the Taliban, although doubt surrounds when those contacts were made, who they were made with and what, if any, progress was made.

Karzai is pushing a negotiated settlement to the conflict and has launched a High Peace Council which has said it is prepared to offer concessions to bring insurgents to the table, although Kabul and Washington are adamant they must renounce violence.

But insurgency commanders from across Afghanistan indicated they were not involved in the initial contacts.

“No one has come so far and sat with the

Tokyo urges Japan, China to avoid tit-for-tat claims

TOKYO: Japan and China should focus on the big picture and avoid tit-for-tat recriminations, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary said on Friday, as public protests and sharp comments by senior officials suggested mounting tensions between Asia’s two biggest economies.

Messages on the Chinese Internet in recent days have called for protests in Chongqing, a sprawling city in China’s southwest, and a smaller city, Deyang, also in the southwest, after thousands of protesters marched last week in both countries.

China’s distrust of Japan resurfaced on Thursday when Beijing refused to say whether the leaders of the two countries would meet at a regional summit this month and accused Tokyo’s foreign minister of rekindling ill-will.

“Neither side should be nitpicking over particular comments and then overreacting,” Yoshito Sengoku, the de facto No. 2 in Japan’s cabinet,

Qaim telephones Shahi Syed

Staff Report

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Shahid Syed on Thursday telephoned the Awami National Party’s president for Sindh, Shahi Syed, and exchanged views on the prevailing situation in Karachi city.

Both the leaders agreed to maintain law and order in the city. Shahi Syed also informed Sindh CM that his party lawmakers will attend Sindh provincial assembly session. SAMAA

Thailand: Red shirts hold prison demonstration

Anti-government red-shirt activists gather outside a prison in Bangkok Tuesday to protest the detention of eleven of their leaders facing terrorism charges.
Officially called the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, the red shirts movement is made up of mostly urban and rural working-class people. They believe the current government is illegitimate and that its royalist and military backers have undermined democracy. This red shirts leader expressed solidarity with the incarcerated leaders.
Red Shirts Leader from Northeastern Thailand, Vichien Sinthuprai said, I am here to represent our brothers in the northeastern provinces, and to convey their message of concern to our 11 leaders who are being detained here. We are still giving full support to our leaders and we are continuing our peaceful movement as we have been.
A paralysing 10-week red shirt protest from mid-March to May aimed to force an immediate election. That demand was not met and protests spiraled into bloody clashes with troops, leaving 91 people dead.
Last week, the Thai government extended a controversial security law, saying the country’s situation remains volatile. But the red-shirts activists have started gathering again despite the decree and some analysts believe anti-government sentiment could become even more entrenched as a result of the crackdowns.

Accountability of all, says Babar Awan

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KARACHI: There should be accountability of all politicians, said Federal Law Minister Babar Awan Sunday.

He said that there is no value of the dictators who ruled the country for years.

In an address at the Karachi Press Club, he said that no accountability has been held for those who looted billions of rupees. Cases worth more than Rs. 2.2 million are registered in courts.

“The nation questions why there is no accountability of President Asif Ali Zardari and other leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party. If there is no accountability of all, then this is revenge.”

The Law Minister questioned why cases are only being made in Lahore.

He said that former president, General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf, has made a Pardesi League. His party will survive outside the country.

Babar Awan said that the nation does not remember

Pagara to invite Nawaz to join APML: Shujaat

PML-Q chief Ch. Shujaat Hussain said that Pir Pagara will invite Nawaz Sharif to join All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).
Talking in Dunya News programme Dunya Mere Agay, Ch. Shujaat said that some members of PML-N didnt want unification with APML and they would stop Nawaz Sharif from this merger.
Earlier, Ch. Shujaat Hussain and Pir Pagara had announced merger of PML-Q and PML-Functional after both the leaders met in Karachi on September 18 Saturday. PML-Q chief Ch. Shujaat said in the meeting with Pir Pagara at Kingri House Karachi that situation of the country had alarmingly worsened and Q League was ready to give any sacrifice. He said that he had asked Pir Pagara to lead and merger of Q League and Functional also came under discussion.

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