MQM does not take money from any country: Altaf Hussain

Lahore: MQM quaid Altaf Hussain said MQM does not take money from any country, their workers are being subjected to ‘state torture’ in the name of Karachi operation. Altaf Hussain said party officials’ lives are being made difficult and therefore the elders and women workers should step forward and take the charge.

Addressing women and elder workers of party at Lal Qila ground, MQM chief said that they are being accused of having a relation with and taking money from India. He said they are among those who made Pakistan and that they want to see Pakistan secure.

Altaf Hussain said that Rangers’ accusation is absolutely wrong and ‘baseless’ that MQM’s organizational committee provides militant training to Unit and Sector.

Altaf Hussain said that any leader who raised voice for the rights of the people was accused of treason, Bacha Khan and Baloch leaders were termed ‘traitor’, and that Benazir Bhutto was labeled as security risk,he added.

Quaid Tehrek said MQM is being termed traitor the same way as other leaders of Sindh were in the past.

“They say Imran Khan’s sit-ins cost Rs 30 billion, if donations were amounted to a total of Rs 6 billion then where did the rest of Rs 24 billion come from?” he asked.