KARACHI: Deputy Convener, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee, Dr. Farooq Sattar on Thursday said the MQM is a peace-loving democratic political party that firmly believes in independence of the judiciary.
He categorically rejected the revelations concerning the cable sent by the then charge de' affairs of the US Consulate Peter Bodde suggesting the involvement of MQM in the tragedy of May 12, according to a party statement.
He also repudiated the news published regarding the alleged revelations of the WikiLeaks concerning the incidents of May 12, 2007.
He said the MQM was not responsible for the tragic incidents of May 12, and it was the workers of the MQM and the common people that were made the targets of terrorism.
“The revelations of the WikiLeaks regarding the tragedy of the May 12 are misleading, and I strongly condemn these”, he stated.
Dr. Farooq Sattar said that the MQM has maintained a position based on strong and solid evidence on May 12, 2007, whether it was before the media or in any private discussion with the foreign envoys.
He said he had put this before the media as a spokesman of the MQM in the past as well, and now he is reiterating the same stance.
He said that incidents of May 12 were tragic and he believes that this tragedy was an evil conspiracy against the MQM rather than anyone else.
He said 14 workers of the MQM were martyred along with other citizens of Karachi. It must also be borne in mind that more than 50 workers of the MQM were injured on that day. The MQM was the real victim of the tragedy of May 12, he added.
He said once again, attempts are being made to malign the MQM by spreading misleading information about the tragedy of May 12, but we are confident that this conspiracy will also come to nothing like other conspiracies against the MQM in the past.
He said it must also be borne in mind that “I had adopted the same stance in a press conference with the MQM parliamentarians in Islamabad on May 14, 2007.”
He said the MQM had released a video titled “The Bitter Truth” on May 19, 2007 in support of its stance. This video is being released once again in order “to separate the chalk from the cheese,” he added.