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Altaf Hussain’s statement on Young Doctors Strike in Punjab

The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement Mr Altaf Hussain has expressed his concerns over the continuing strike by the young doctors in the Punjab and has said that  the legitimate demands of the young protesting doctors should be accepted immediately. Mr Altaf Hussain said that the doctors have been forced to protest for the past two weeks because of their lowly incomes and problems being faced by them due to sharp increase in the cost of living. He regretted that the Punjab government is not doing anything to solve the issue due to which patients are facing difficulties in the hospitals.

Mr Altaf Hussain said that the salaries of young doctors are not on a par with the salaries in other countries of the world due to which a large number of young doctors have immigrated to foreign countries. He said that the countries where the salaries of the doctors were not adequate have increased the salaries considerably and hence their doctors are willingly performing their duties in their own countries. He demanded of President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to take notice of the strike and solve the problems of the young doctors in the Punjab.

ALTAF HUSSAIN ASKS REHMAN MALIK TO USE HIS ABILITIES TO REMOVE MQM RESERVATIONS

ah-rehmanFederal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has called upon MQM founder and leader Mr Altaf Hussain in London and has had a detailed discussion with him over several important issues. Members of the Co-ordination Committee Muhammad Anwer, Tariq Mir, Anis Ahmed Advocate and Qasim Ali Raza were also present on the occasion. The meeting last for more than three hours and Mr Rehman Malik gave a detailed briefing to Mr Altaf Hussain regarding the overall political situation in the country, internal and external security threats and barbaric assassinations of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer and Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti. He also briefed about the conspiracy to create political divisions in Sindh and incidents of kidnapping for ransom, demand of extortion money and other criminal activities in the province. Mr Rehman Malik thanked Mr Altaf Hussain for giving time on the day of the anniversary of his father.

Mr Altaf Hussain informed in detail Mr Rehman Malik about the conduct of the government and the reservations of the Co-ordination Committee. Mr Rehman Malik assured Mr Altaf Hussain that he would bring everything in the knowledge of President Asif Zardari. He said that MQM is our coalition partner in the government that has stood by the government in every difficult time. He said that he wants to give assurance to Mr Altaf Hussain and the Co-ordination Committee as a Federal Minister and as a worker of PPP that our intentions are good and we will remove all the genuine grievances of MQM.

Mr Rehman Malik told that he would meet President Asif Zardari soon after reaching the country and hoped that the alliance of MQM and PPP would continue in the larger interest of the country. He hoped that we will negotiate all difficulties, hurdles and internal and external conspiracies. Mr Rehman Malik said that the government is working on strong scientific lines in order to curb incidents of kidnapping for ransom, demand of extortion money by sending slips and street crimes. He also said that all the reservations of the MQM would be removed on war-footing and the country will be cleansed of terrorists and criminal elements.

He hoped that the PPP government will complete its tenure and it will continue the have the support of all the coalition partners including the MQM. He said that Mr Altaf Hussain is a sagacious statesman and his visionary leadership will serve as a beacon of light for us. He assured that the government will continue to work for solving the problems of the people.

Mr Altaf Hussain said that Mr Rehman Malik has always discharged his role well as a reconciler and he personally respect him. He hoped that Mr Rehman Malik will use all his abilities in order to remove the reservations of the MQM. Mr Altaf Hussain offered his profound condolences on the barbaric assassinations of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer and Federal Minister for Interior Shahbaz Bhatti to President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani. Fateha was also offered for the father of Mr Altaf Hussain.

MQM CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE: TERRORISTS STRIKING WITH IMPUNITY

The Co-ordination Committee of the Muttahida Quami Movement has made strong condemnation of the ghastly murder of 29 years old Imran by the armed terrorists of the gang war. Imran was a worker of Unit 29 of Layari Sector of MQM. The Committee has demanded stern action against the armed terrorists and severe notice of their activities under official patronage and backing.

The Committee said that the terrorists of the gang are holding the city of Karachi hostage by their activities and no one in the city including traders, businessmen and shopkeepers is safe from their thuggery.  They said that another worker of Ranchore Lines Sector of MQM was killed while he was sitting in his shop.  Likewise the gangsters of the gang war resorted to indiscriminate firing on innocent people under the visible patronage of the government in the province of Sindh and its capital Karachi resulting in the death and severe injuries to many people.

The Committee termed the silence of the police over the loot, extortion and killings of the gangster as criminal negligence and said that it is tantamount to throwing the city at the mercy of the criminals and gangsters of Peoples Amn Committee. They said that it seems that the criminals and gangsters have been given a license to kill and the law and order situation created in the city in the past few days is precipitated by their unbridled activities.

The Committee said that the MQM has been making sacrifices for the peace of the city and national security and it will not comprise over the attempts to worsen the law and order situation of the city by the criminals and terrorists. They said that the MQM will raise its voice in unison with the public and people of different walks of life in order to safeguard the peace and tranquillity of the city.

The Committee stressed upon MQM workers to bear with patience and foil the vicious conspiracy against the city and the country by keeping unity just as they have been doing in the past. They also condoled with the bereaved family members of Imran and prayed for the eternal peace of his soul.

The Committee also demanded of President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to take heed of the murder by two workers of MQM in the last two days alone by the firing of the terrorists and end official patronage of the terrorists of the gang war.