London: MQM founder Altaf Hussain had a dispute with MQM Pakistan’s lawyer in the UK High Court over the issue of who is the real in-charge of MQM, who is the real faction of MQM and 10 million in London. Who owns properties worth more than £10 million.
Appearing in the witness box to face the cross-examination of MQM Pakistan lawyer Barrister Nazr Muhammad, Altaf Hussain defended his actions as supreme leader of MQM and told the court that the fact that M. The MQM rolled back its final decisions and it called the shots. Consultation with his colleagues in the Rabita Committee – the party body that looked to Hussain in London for final approvals and endorsements.
Altaf Hussain told the court during the cross-examination that he is the supreme leader of the party and he is not involved in the petty matters of the party, but it is an accepted fact that the entire party worked for his interests and vision. MQM Pakistan was therefore a breakaway group, created under a state crackdown to break up the central party and sideline the London-based leader in unnatural ways.
Altaf Hussain admitted that after his August 16, 2016 speech, he had delegated powers to Dr. Farooq Sattar and given him the mandate to take decisions in the wider interest. He cross-checked that no new party was formed after the amendments of 31 August 2016 but said that the following actions by Dr. Farooq Sattar and others involved in the party were a betrayal of the way the party was run.
Altaf Hussain spoke about the killing of his workers, state actions against his workers, the killing of his family members and extrajudicial torture, but the judge reminded him that he was only referring to the dispute over the party’s constitution and the ownership of London assets. are watching
He told the court that it was Azim Tariq who was made the chairman of MQM but he was the one who founded the party and till date is its leader in the same position and power.
