ANTI-STATE ACTIVITES OF MQM

MQM killed thousands of innocent persons including government functionaries. Its first major situational action against political rivals comes in Pakistan Steel Mills in 1990 when a number of men kidnapped from there. These men were taken to torture cells in Landhi and Korangi. Since then, torture and murder of LEA's officers, navy functionaries and a whole range of other professional and non-professional men and women has become a routine. Hundreds and thousands of innocent citizens were eliminated by the terrorists of MQM affair in Karachi. Among them are eminent citizens, politicians and law-enforcing personal, high government officials, writers like Salahuddin and finally the former Governor of Sindh, internationally renowned scholar and social worker Hakim Saeed.

The method is simple. Terrorists chose a government servant and mark his residence. They watch his movements and his routines. Then, when orders are
issued to "resurrect the movement and do his case", the main is whisked away from a convenient spot. The kidnapped is invariably tortured, then killed and his body stuffed in a gunny bag to the dumped on a street in the quite of the night. The movement of Haqparasti (truth worship) is thus kept alive. In 1995 alone_, 120 public functionaries were killed in this manner by MQM terrorists.

The question is, if MQM has not been engaged in killing government officials, policemen and members of other ethno-linguistic groups, what has it been doing all these years? A group which is armed to it tee hand given to a foreign induced philosophy of separatism cannot do much else. The whole country knows that it started the gory tradition of killing innocent, unarmed civilians in a bid to cause a wedge in the nation.

The people of Pakistan want MQM to renounce its anti- state operations, but it is understandably a hard thing for the group to do. Its personality and holding power depend on men like Farooq Dada, Asif Zaidi, Ali Mota and the like. Regrettably these men can in one lifetime kill 60 to 65 government officials for the sake of Muttahida glory, but they cannot turn it into a formation fit for human politics.

The whole world knows that Altaf during a telephonic (address instigated his audience to chant the slogan "aadha tumhara aadha hamara" (Half Sindh for you, half for us) and this slogan obviously reminds us about another slogan which was raised some quarter century ago "Udhr Tum Ider Hum" and the horrible consequences it bought in a form of Dahka Fall. At the end of the meeting a prayer was held which said ,"Makes us the sons of our soil, O Lord", then there is Rana Safder Ali Khan's threat in the Sindh Assembly, "We will demand the deployment of UN troops in Sindh", or Ajmal Dehlavi's threat, "give us our rights otherwise India, or some other country may intervene." One also has not forgotten the "break Pakistan" slogan raised by mourners during a funeral procession in February 1994.

MQM’s strategy to effect a division of Sindh is reflected in its efforts to point all the parties active in Sindh politics as Sindh parties with support base in rural Sindh only, and itself as the sole spokesman of urban Sindh is aimed at boosting its claim for a greater share of power on the one hand, and playing up the non-representation of this population on the other coming to Sindh's Mohajir; population, it used to be estimated by MQM at around a few million in 1986. In 1990, Azim Tariq pufit at 10 million. Irva petition filed by MQM in the Supreme Court Jan 1995 - it was mentioned as 15 million. Seven months later in September 95 they said it had become 22 million, growing at a preposterous rate of one million heads every month.

MQM understands one thing. There is no urban - rural dichotomy when it comes to rights, and there are no set formulae - Rights are where the need is. Had it been for geographical area, Tharparker and Dadu would be getting the most funds in Sindh and Baluchistan would be claiming a lion share in the federal pool had the criterion been the population Punjab would today be far more developed than Karachi. In Sindh, Karachi with its 10 million population would be receiving much less compared to rural Sindh where a greater majority of people lives. But this is not the case.

In Karachi 10% of the people of Pakistan have 70% of its wealth. Total population of Pakistan is 130 million and the; population of Karachi which is even less than 10% of total population have 70% of country’s wealth, and yet Altaf Hussain claims that they are being discriminated against. The truth is that Altaf wants all this wealth for himself. He publicly ordered Mohajirs not to pay taxes as these taxes are used to develop poorer areas of Pakistan. And then he; professes to be the protector of the federation. Altaf knows this and wants to separate so that he has it all to himself.

In spite of the fact that Karachi remains the most prosperous city of Pakistan, offering unequaled facilities of urban livelihood, the best industrial infrastructure and the highest rate of employment, a major share of Sindh's development funds continues to go into the city because its growing size makes the upgrade of its infrastructure imperative RS 121 billion have been earmarked as the Karachi package for various schemes in this regard. This is much more than what is getting in to rural areas

The urban - rural dichotomy is just an force put up to fuel hatred and MQM falls for it as any fascist organization would fall for it is a dependable tool of scaring people into subjection.