MQM Coordination Committee asks KESC to end enmity with K­Karachiites

Condemning the unannounced prolonged load-shedding in the city, Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Coordination Committee said here on Friday that exorbitant billing and an increase in Fuel Adjustment Charges (FAC) amounted to absolute `injustices’ and `excesses’ on the part of Karachi Electricity Supply Company `prejudiced’ management.

The Coordination Committee demanded of President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Ashraf Pervez, Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, to withdraw the notification whereby National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has increased electricity tariff under the head of Fuel Adjustment Charges (FAC) by Rs1.60 paisa per unit.

In a hard-hitting statement issued on Friday, the Coordination Committee said that the KESC despite resorting to prolonged load-shedding has been issuing excessive billing to its consumers while the NEPRA has increased electricity tariff under the head of FAC by Rs1.60 per unit.

Lashing out at the power utility, the Coordination Committee said that “the prejudiced management of KESC must bring halt to its enmity with the Karachiites.”

The Committee also urged the people at the helm of affairs to direct KESC’s `prejudiced’ management to bring an end to its enmity with Karachiites by ensuring that the citizens might not suffer load-shedding during Sehr and Iftar, besides the trend of issuing excessive billing must stop.

Elaborating, the Coordination Committee said that although Karachi being the hub of economic activities had been contributing 70 per cent to the national exchequer, the KESC by resorting to prolonged load-shedding in the city has, on the one hand, badly crippled the business activities and, on the other, made the citizens lives miserable in the Holy month of Ramadan.

The Committee said that the KESC consumers despite paying regular electricity bills were being issued excessive and over and above their actual meter reading whereas the NEPRA by increasing electricity tariff under the head of FAC has been putting additional financial burden on the citizens.

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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.