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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid has said that the government cannot intervene in the issue of the MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s arrest as the UK has its own laws relevant to the matter.
Addressing the concluding session of the first parliamentary conference on Millennium Development Goals and later talking to media persons, Pervaiz Rashid said the moment when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif heard about the arrest of the MQM chief, he directed the Pakistani counsellor in the UK to extend moral and legal assistance in this regard.

The minister hoped that the MQM leadership would play a key role to bring the situation in Karachi back to normality. He added that Altaf Hussain was ill and everyone was concerned about his illness.

Denouncing the statement by Aitzaz Ahsan, the minister said the government extended full support to the issue of a passport and identity card to Altaf Hussain. He asked why the PPP government did not give Altaf Hussain a passport and an identity card during its five-year tenure, and added that it was not good to criticise the present government baselessly.

He said that people should not make such statements that might provoke violence in Karachi. He noted that Aitzaz Ahsan should understand that if the situation in Karachi worsened, it would create problems for their government in the province.

He said that first Dr Tahirul Qadri confined himself to a warm container and left the people to suffer from pneumonia and now Dr Qadri had the intention to call the people for a second time. But now the people would not be victimised by his cruelty.

PPI adds: Pervaiz Rashid said the government is against terrorists and stands firmly with the institutions of national security.He paid rich tributes to the army officers and Jawans who sacrificed their lives in two terrorist attacks. He said the sacrifices of the personnel of national security institutions would always be remembered.

The minister said it was a unanimous decision of the nation to oppose terrorism and stand by the national security institutions.To a question, he said the strategy made by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to address the menace of terrorism was being implemented by national security institutions.

He said this strategy was successful and its outcome would help make Pakistan a peaceful and secure country.He said the government would do in the case of Altaf Hussain what it does for any Pakistani facing any difficulty in any part of the globe.

Pervaiz Rashid said it was everyone’s responsibility to help secure Karachi. He said no one sitting in Islamabad should try to create problems in Karachi especially when its consequences could be negative for the opposition as well.He said all those who have some influence in Karachi should play their role to defuse the situation in the city.

He said Imran Khan listened to the address of President Mamnoon Hussain to the joint session of the parliament with interest. “This shows he believes in the parliamentary system,” he added. (The News)

Quaid-e-Tehreek MQM Altaf Hussain Bhai old Picture. Altaf Hussain is the founder and leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement. The MQM emerged as the third largest political party in the national assembly of Pakistan during 1988 and 1990 elections (The News)