KARACHI: Muttahida can solve problems, says Sattar
By Our Reporter
KARACHI, June 19: Deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and its candidate for NA-255 byeelection, Dr Farooq Sattar, has said that if the tax collected from Karachi over the past ten years is given to Karachi then the Haqparast leadership will change the complexion of the city through development projects.
Addressing various corner meetings in Landhi, Dr Farooq Sattar said that the problems of the city had been multiplied and it had remained neglected because decisions about it were taken by Islamabad.
He alleged that Islamabad was only concerned with the interest of only two per cent privileged persons.
He again attacked the religious parties for their ‘double standards’ and claimed that the realistic approach of the MQM’s founding leader Altaf Hussain could lead the country out of the present critical phase.
He was confident that the people of NA-255 would see through the game of those ‘who were involved in the killing of Bengali Muslims under the banner of Al Shams and Al Badar’.
Dr Farooq Sattar also referred to various development projects the provincial government had planned and undertaken for the city.
Dr Sattar , who went door to door during his campaign, said the MQM founder Altaf Hussain was the spirit behind the MQM. He said the people of Landhi had overcome the element of fear which had dominated their mindset during the past decade and people of the area were now willingly participating in the democratic process.
Dr Sattar said that his first priority would be to ensure active participation of the people in managing their affairs by restoring their confidence.
He said that efforts would be made to reactivate the institutions which had become dormant owing to what he called the enslavement of the locality at gunpoint by the activists of the rival faction who, he said, had the backing of certain government agencies.
