In the first meeting of the Karachi district council on Monday, a resolution was unanimously passed to declare Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain ‘state enemy and traitor’ for his recent anti-Pakistan remarks.
The meeting was chaired by Council Chairman Salman Murad. More than 40 members, including opposition’s Jam Abdul Karim and Jan Alam Jamot attended the meeting.
The resolution moved by Pakistan People’s Party member Mir Abbas Talpur demanded the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz-led federal government to register a treason case against the exiled MQM supremo and declare him a ‘traitor’.
On Friday, the National Assembly passed a resolution strongly condemning anti-Pakistan and provocative speech of Altaf and party workers’ attack on media houses on August 22.
The Karachi police have already charged the exiled leader of MQM with treason and inciting terrorism.
According to a police report, Altaf chanted ‘down with Pakistan’ and called the country a ‘bastion of terrorism’.