- Says the intelligence agencies, PTCL hatching conspiracy against MQM
- Appeals the PM, Sindh CM and governor to get Nine Zero’s lines fixed
Muttehda Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Sunday demanded an action from the prime minister, interior minister, Sindh governor and Sindh chief minister against the intelligence personnel who, he claimed, had disturbed the telephone lines of his party headquarters Nine Zero and its surrounding areas.
Protesting the act, he said he was getting difficulty in putting call through to people in Nine Zero.
Hussain said he had to try for hours to get his call through to convey a simple message to his people. He said the delay in voice-transmission indicated that someone was listening to his calls.
Hussain asked the powerful people in the government to find out the PTCL employees who have hatched a conspiracy against the MQM to sever its contact with its people and offices.
Hussain said that the telephone-lines had been disturbed by the powerful people who were carrying out targeted operation. He added that they were using all their means to torture the MQM and put hurdles in its work.
Hussain deplored the targeted operation against criminal elements and terrorists in Karachi and alleged that it had been diverted against MQM like 1992 when General Asif Nawaz had launched an operation in Karachi.
Hussain said that the choked telephone-lines at Nine Zero are a conspiracy by the ones who are conducting targeted operation against them. He also requested the federal and provincial governments to take notice of the issue.
The MQM chief said the telephone-lines of his party’s headquarters and the adjacent areas have been downed under a conspiracy, crippling the connectivity. He also complained that it usually took him almost two hours to complete a one-minute conversation on phone.
The MQM chief added that the high-ups of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) should also be approached to ascertain as to who is behind the malfunction of telephone lines.
