Condemning the “unwarranted” and “unprovoked” attack by NATO forces on a border area of Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has asked the nation to observe the “Pakistan Stability and Solidarity Day” on Monday (today). According to a press release issued on Sunday, the MQM chief spoke with Interior Minister Rehman Malik on the phone, and later held a meeting with the MQM’s Rabita Committee in London and Pakistan in which he denounced the killing of Pakistani troops in the NATO attack.
The Rabita Committee unanimously denounced the NATO strike in Mohmand Agency as an attack on national security and decided to hold a protest demonstration to express solidarity against it. The MQM chief appealed to leaders of all parties to replace their flags with national flags and observe the “Pakistan Stability and Solidarity Day” to show that the religious and political parties are firmly united to defend the security and honour of the country. He also directed MQM activists to take off party flags from their offices. Hussain said that Pakistan is a sovereign country and the US must not consider it to be Iraq or Libra. “The Pakistani nation will make it clear that it will not tolerate any attack against its national sovereignty and security,” he said.
