KARACHI, Dec 18: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked leaders and workers of his party to cancel all protests and demonstrations and refrain from using ‘inappropriate language’ against the judiciary.

According to a statement issued in London on Tuesday, he also urged MQM workers not to go to the Supreme Court on Jan 7 and ‘respect the sanctity of the court’.

The MQM had earlier announced that its leaders and hundreds of thousands of supporters from across the country would appear before the apex court on Jan 7 in connection with the contempt notice issued to its chief.

Mr Hussain asked the workers to remain patient and let the legal and constitutional experts of the party attend the court.

“I do not want the sanctity of the court to be violated and I do not want to pursue the path of confrontation.”

He said he would never make himself the cause of any potential confrontation keeping in view the situation in the country and national security.