Former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza left for London “to provide evidence against” the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to London authorities on Tuesday. Mirza told reporters at the airport that he would provide evidence against the MQM and its chief Altaf Hussain to the British authorities and asked the people of Pakistan to pray for his success.
Prior to his departure, Mirza visited Afaq Ahmad, the detained leader of Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqiqi), in the premises of Sindh High Court (SHC) and had an hour-long meeting. On the occasion, Ahmed levelled several serious allegations against his rival, the MQM. He vowed not to leave his homeland, announcing to continue politics after his release. He agreed with Mirza that the MQM had taken Karachi and its citizens hostage. He said the Pakistani people would know the reality of MQM when illegal arms would be seized from terrorists working under the party’s “militant wing”.
He alleged that Altaf Hussain had ordered the murders of party’s founding chairman Azeem Ahmed Tariq, vice chairman Badar Iqba, secretary general Imran Farooq, central joint secretary SM Tariq and former Sindh Assembly speaker Raziq Khan. Mirza told reporters that he was preparing himself to face possible graft charges. He called Shah Mehmood Qureshi a “big politician”, adding that he could not match Qureshi because he was an ordinary party worker. While answering a question on Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, he said the cricket legend would be caught behind the stumps while trying to bat, although he was “good at bouncers”.
Mirza leaves for London with ‘evidence’ against MQM
