LAHORE: A resolution has been submitted by Jamaat-i-islami with the Punjab Assembly secretariat against the recent anti-army speech by MQM chief Altaf Hussain.

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The resolution submitted by JI MPA Syed Waseem Akhtar demands the federal government take notice of the alleged anti-state and anti-army speeches by Mr Hussain and banning the MQM to curb its “fascism”.

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It also calls for extraditing Mr Hussain from UK and his trial under Article 6 in the country.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2015

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