MQM public meeting in Jinnah Ground would give a message of peaceful harmony and brotherhood: Altaf Hussain

Appeal to the people Pashtun and Hazarewal people living in Karachi to participate in big numbers

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has appealed to the people hailing from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and living in Karachi to make the public meeting being held on 24th June in Jinnah Ground Azizabad by the MQM a huge success by participating in large numbers.
Mr Hussain said that the MQM is the representative political party of the oppressed people throughout the country and it was the main reason that they were coming to the MQM along with religious minorities in big numbers.

Mr Hussain said that the MQM was paving the way for a revolution of the people belonging to the poor and middle classes by uniting them on a single platform. He hoped that the Pashtun and Hazarewal people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would show their confidence in the MQM by making the public meeting a historic success.

Mr Hussain said that the public meeting would give a clear message of peaceful harmony and brotherly relations and this would be a landmark event.

19th June is a black day in the history of the country: Altaf Hussain

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the 19th June 1992 and said that a movement that has been strengthened by the blood of the loyal and determined workers cannot be prevented from succeeding by any worldly power.

In a message on the occasion of the anniversary being held to commemorate the memory of the martyrs of the 19th June 1992, Mr Hussain said that that the elements that had hatched conspiracies to wipe out the MQM had themselves been uprooted and spurned and they had failed to pull away workers and the general public from the mission and the philosophy of the MQM.

Mr Hussain said that the 19th June was a black day in the history of the country and it could not be forgotten. A ferocious state operation was started against the MQM and its offices were forcefully seized. Thousands of the MQM workers and supporters were mercilessly put to death during the operation and a large number of workers were physically disabled by inflicting barbaric physical torture. Many more had to leave their homes and go abroad in order to avoid ruthless persecution.

Mr Hussain warned that the MQM could not be eliminated howsoever the elements conspiring against the MQM may try. The roots of the MQM have spread across the country and it was only because of the immortal sacrifices offered by the martyrs.

Mr Hussain paid rich tributes to the martyrs and that the mission and objective for which the martyrs had laid down their lives would not be given up. The peaceful struggle would continue till the achievement of the higher objectives for which so many people had given their lives.

Altaf Hussain expresses grief and sorrow on the martyrdom of Syed Qarar Ali

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has expressed his grief and sorrow on the killing of Syed Qarar Ali and injuring of Syed Zakir Ali, brothers of former MPA and member of the MQM Election Cell Syed Shakir Ali, by the firing of criminal elements and extortionists.

Mr Hussain offered his condolences to the bereaved family members and said that the blood of the MQM workers, sympathizers and general public, spilled heartlessly, would not be allowed to go waste. He said that the hardened killers, bereft of humanity, would meet their deserved end.

Mr Hussain asked the grieving family members to bear with patience. He said that their grief was felt by him and the workers of the MQM equally. He prayed Almighty Allah to shower his blessings on the departed soul and descend serenity on the hearts of the family members. He also prayed for the early recovery of the injured Syed Zakir Ali.

Three MQM workers killed in Karachi by gangsters of banned Peoples Amn Committee

Three MQM workers killed in Karachi in the result of finring of armed gangsters of banned Peoples Amn Committee. According to the details, in Meethadar area of Karachi, an MQM worker Mansoor was on his bangle shop, terrorist of Lyari gangster open fire him. Mansoor was died on the spot while another MQM worker Shahid was injured. According to the eye witness, assailent were four and they were on motorcycle. They belong to the Wasi Ullah group of banned Peoples Amn Committee.

In Bihar Colony area of old Lyari Karachi, Asim, an MQM sector member of Old Lyari was died after indiscriminate firing by terrorist of banned Peoples Amn Committee. Assailant belongs to the Zahid Ladla group of banned PAC.

In Azim Plaza area of Lyari, terrorists of same group open indiscriminate firing on MQM workers Umer Sharief and Qazi Anis. Both were rickshaw driver and they were sitting on their rickshaws. In result of firing, Umer Shaief was died while Qazi Anis seriously injured.

According to the report more than a dozen MQM workers were killed after stopping the Police operation against banned Peoples Amn Committee in Lyari. Killings, kidnapping for ransom, extortions and other criminal activities has accelerated in Karachi but no action has been taken by Police, Rangers and other law enforcement agencies. People of Karachi are very upset this situation and feel unsecure.

With Due Respect, Love & Thanks to Dr. Athar Hussain Siddiqui

Altaf Hussain grieved at the martyrdom of MQM workers Asim Ahsan and Muhammad Mansoor

Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Mr Altaf Hussain has express his profound grief and sorrow on the martyrdoms of Asim Ahsan, a worker of Old Lyari Sector of the MQM, and Muhammad Mansoor, a worker of Unit UC-3 B, of Ranchore Line Sector. He said that both the workers were earning an honest livelihood for their families, but they were mercilessly gunned down by the criminal elements at their places of worship.

He expressed sympathies to the grief-stricken families and offered his condolences. He said that their grief was equally shared by him and all the workers of the MQM. He also prayed Almighty Allah to rest the departed souls in eternal peace and give courage and patience to the families to bear this irreparable loss.

MQM submits budgetary proposals for the financial year 2012 – 13 to CM Sindh

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PARLIAMENTARY LEADER OF THE MQM IN THE SINDH ASSEMBLY

Parliamentary party of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh has handed over budget proposals for the financial year 2012-13 to Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and the provincial finance minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. This was announced by Mr Syed Sardar Ahmed, parliamentary leader of the MQM in the Sindh Assembly, in a press conference.Deputy parliamentary leader and provincial minister Syed Faisal Sabzwari, provincial ministers Mr Shaikh Muhammad Afzal, Mr Nisar Panhwar, and Mr Zubair Ahmed Khan accompanied Mr Ahmed during the press conference.

Talking to the press and media Mr Ahmed said that the MQM has presented the proposals in line with the vision of MQM leader Mr Altaf Hussain for the welfare of the people of Sindh in the form of a formal budget document.

Mr Ahmed said that CM Shah had asked the provincial finance minister to analyze the proposals submitted by the MQM and efforts be made to incorporate the suggestions in the upcoming budget of the Sindh province.

Mr Ahmed said that the proposals recommend all taxable incomes to be brought under the tax net. An agricultural Income Tax Bill 2012 has also been made a part of the proposals.
Mr Ahmed said that the proposals not only support the giving of subsidy on wheat, it also recommends subsidy on wheat flour as well in order to contain the prices of a flour bag of 40 kg to Rs 750.

Mr Ahmed said that the MQM has proposed 160 billion rupees for development expenditures, and it would not be a deficit budget.
Earlier, the MQM members in the National Assembly had submitted budgetary proposals in the form of a shadow budget to the prime minister.

Shadow Budget 2012-13, The News .... By Ali Murtaza

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) presented a ‘shadow budget’ for the fiscal year 2012-13 on Sunday, 27th May 2012, ahead of the upcoming federal budget of Pakistan. This budget was presented by Deputy Convenor and Parliamentary Leader of MQM in the National Assembly, Dr. Farooq Sattar in a media briefing at a local hotel of Islamabad, which was well-attended by journalists, economists, financial advisors and parliamentarians of MQM. ‘Shadow Budget’ presented by MQM is actually the first-ever budget presented by any political party in the history of Pakistan.

Contrary to the term ‘Budget’, commonly known and intrigued by a common man in Pakistan, ‘Shadow Budget’ is the term that has never been heard or known to the general public. In most of the developed countries, it is a general practice that opposition parties propose a shadow budget, prior to the actual budget which is the responsibility of the incumbent government.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a coalition partner of the government and clearly not an opposition party, nevertheless made an effort in putting together a shadow budget that has set a commendable precedent for other political parties to follow.

By and large, it has been witnessed in Pakistan that political parties in opposition, instead of developing alternative policies and rigorously scrutinising the Government, often endeavour to criticise for the sake of criticism and seldom come up with any practical solutions.

It is a fact that every common Pakistani, especially young generation, is now fed up of listening to the hollow promises and empty rhetoric. At present, people are eager to see a change and without revamping the facade of politics, we can’t expect to win the trust of the people. Political parties must learn lessons from the past and develop result-oriented policies to save the country from political and economical turmoil.

MQM’s shadow budget is not a magical solution or a quick-fix approach for our economy. Proposed workable plans in this budget will certainly go a long way helping achieve economic goals, if implemented. Furthermore, this budget will provide an opportunity for the people of Pakistan to understand the underlying economic problems and it will also give a food for thought for the government.

MQM has claimed to cut down the budget deficit by 50% through its shadow budget proposals from Rs1.143 trillion to Rs575 billion and foreign debt is said to be reduced from Rs414 billion to Rs75 billion. It would definitely be a considerable achievement for Pakistan under current economic climate, if the budget deficit and foreign debts could be decreased.

In order to achieve aforementioned figures provided in the shadow budget, it has been proposed that Income from all sources, above the taxable limit should be taxed and sales tax rate should be reduced from 16% to 12 percent.

It has been envisaged that direct taxes will be augmented from 32 percent to 45 percent and indirect taxes will be decreased from 68 percent to 55 percent, along with powers to the federal government to collect agriculture income tax. It has also been proposed that Petroleum levy should be abolished, Federal government should reduce its expenditure by Rs90 billion after devolution of ministries and Public sector enterprises should be run through public-private partnership.

In a nut shell, major outcome from this shadow budget report is that it will challenge the Government to re-evaluate its current economic policy that has so far failed to stimulate the economy and prevent excessive inflation. Let’s hope that the Government will respond positively to all the suggestions included in the shadow budget and pursue a solid economic framework to steer our country out of recession.

We all know that economic stability is a key to a stronger, sovereign and prosperous Pakistan; therefore drastic and extra-ordinary steps must be taken by the Government to free us from the shackles of foreign debt dependency.

Maximum relief and ample growth opportunities should be provided to the common man, who is currently the worst sufferer of our ailing economy. Lastly, in order to address the economic crisis, it is recommended that the Government should consider forming an Economic Recovery Advisory Committee, comprised of economic experts and representatives of all political parties, which would work independently and look at ways of getting the economy back on track. We all hope that we will get there in the end, one day.

—The writer is a UK-based blogger