Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Friday expressed shock at the silence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s hate-filled speech, effectively inciting his followers to carry arms and indulge in violence.
Khan stated that when the APC called for the National Action Plan against terrorism specifically stated one of the aims being disarming all militant groups and wings, why was the government not acting against the militant wings of political parties like MQM?
He said it was inexplicable that when a police officer, SSP Rao Anwaar, points out the dangerous activities of MQM including violence, instead of acting on the evidence, the officer is immediately removed.
Khan questioned how DSP Fateh Mohammed and other police personnel were murdered in a targeted attack the morning after Rao Anwaar’s press conference and the government has maintained a bizarre silence. Why hasn’t action been taken on the evidence revealed by SSP Anwaar? Instead of removing SSP Anwaar, the evidence and the warning provided should have been acted upon by the Sindh and federal governments. However, the Sindh government in an act of sheer cowardice simply disowned the SSP.
Khan said it was shameful indeed how all media laws of PEMRA are allowed to be violated when a British citizen gives hate speeches to a captive audience in Karachi from London and incites them to violence against the state.
He added that silence from the government following British citizen Altaf Hussain’s attack on the Pakistan Army is inexplicable as it is the job of the government to defend all state institutions. Why was the ISPR DG compelled to respond to a UK citizen’s hysterical, but not new, outburst against the institution of the Pakistan Army? Why has the government not taken up this issue with the British government since it is against British laws for anyone, including its own citizens, to use British territory to incite hatred and violence in another country?
Khan said it was imperative that the National Action Plan be implemented against all militant groups and militant wings within political parties.
