London: Former convenor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Dr Farooq Sattar told a UK court that Rangers arrested Altaf Hussain immediately after his speech on August 22, 2016 and prevented him from holding a press conference but the next day. Allowed them to do so. After spending a night in detention for announcing his split from the party’s founder.
Dr Sattar was giving evidence before the High Court’s Properties and Business Division against the party’s founder, who is claiming control of seven trust properties worth more than £10 million on behalf of the MQM Pakistan.
Judge Clive Jones of the Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC) heard from Dr. Sattar that what happened on the day the MQM leader gave the controversial speech, Rangers’ actions, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui’s interview. I riot and how they used their powers. Hussain should be expelled from the party.
Hussain’s lawyer, Richard Slade QC, cross-examined Dr Sattar throughout the second day of the trial as the former MQM leader appeared in court to support the MQMP’s claim against the party founder.
Dr. Sattar has been a vocal critic of MQM Pakistan over the way he was treated, but in the courtroom he defended every action taken by the party against Hussain.
Pakistan’s Information Technology and Telecommunication Minister Aminul Haque has brought a case against Altaf Hussain to gain control of seven properties. The properties include Abbey View in Mill Hill where Altaf Hussain resides. 1 Highview Gardens in Edgware to rent. 5 Highview Gardens in Edgware; 185 Whitchurch Lane in Edgware; 221 Whitchurch Lane in Edgware; 53 Brookfield Avenue in Mill Hill and first floor Elizabeth House in Edgware which used to be the International Secretariat of the MQM.
MQM-Pakistan has asked the UK High Court to give control of these properties to MQM-Pakistan as Altaf Hussain is in control of these trust properties after MQM-Pakistan chapter took over MQM. No longer eligible.
It was Dr. Farooq Sattar who led the MQM in Pakistan on behalf of Altaf Hussain and Nadeem Nusrat was the convenor of the party from London. Both have decided to give their evidence against Hussain and in support of MQM Pakistan. Farooq Sattar gave his evidence online through a video link from his home in Karachi.
Altaf Hussain sitting in the court room with the co-defendants and witnesses (Iftikhar Hussain, Qasim Ali Raza, Iqbal Hussain, Mustafa Azizabadi) and their supporters looked in disbelief at some of Dr. Farooq Sattar’s words. Altaf Hussain’s counsel came out to inform the court that under the leadership of Dr. Farooq Sattar and others in the MQM Pakistan, Altaf Hussain was expelled from the party in a choreographed manner, deprived of his position and influence. That he used as leader. , ideologue and party founder.
Shah’s lawyer advised Farooq Sattar to initiate action against the party founder after he was apprehended by the Rangers immediately after Altaf Hussain’s August 22 speech and was threatened and pressured to give up Altaf Hussain. And distance yourself from their MQM. colleagues in London.
Dr. Farooq Sattar denied the conspiracy and said that it was a unanimous decision of MQM to take control of the party in Karachi to prevent further damage to the party. The lawyer continued to advise Farooq Sattar that under the pressure of the state, he agreed to take illegal and immoral action against the party. Farooq Sattar denied and said that the step he took had the support of the party and workers.
However, he struggled to explain to the court how he set out to disarm Altaf Hussain and cut him down after spending just one night in Rangers’ custody – the famous Mr Thakur incident in which a heavily-built And a mustachioed Rangers officer was seen stopping. A thin-set sitar from holding a media talk at the Karachi Press Club.
Farooq Sattar admitted that he had spoken to his counterpart Nadeem Nusrat in London on August 23 – the defense lawyer said Sattar had also spoken to him on the 22nd, but Sattar continued to deny – and that they were on joint measures. Agreed, including broadcasting an apology on Hussain’s behalf. Speech when asked what he discussed with the Rangers authorities or what the Rangers ordered him to do during the overnight detention,
Sattar said Rangers wanted to know who the protestors were who raised controversial slogans and nothing more. Rangers wanted to see who was supporting Altaf Hussain and who responded to Hussain’s slogans.
They wanted to identify a few people,” Farooq Sattar said during cross-examination. The MQM supporters present in the courtroom along with Altaf burst into laughter as he said this. Lawyer Safai asked if the Rangers asked you to expel Altaf Hussain? Farooq Sattar replied that expelling Altaf Hussain from the party was completely my will. will be handled only in Pakistan and all decisions will be made in Pakistan and not in London and party ideological leader Altaf Hussain will focus only on his health in the meantime.
Farooq Sattar agreed that during the conversation with Nadeem Nusrat he did not indicate that he was going to remove Altaf Hussain or that he would actually split the party. MQM sources say that it has been agreed between London and Pakistan that MQM Pakistan will run the affairs for some time until Hussain’s health improves and things calm down.
Farooq Sattar said that he did not need Hussain’s approval and had not broken any law as Hussain himself had announced in a press statement that he was giving control to the MQM leadership in Karachi. The claim and defense revolves around the constitution of the MQM.
MQM Pakistan says that it is the real and only MQM which is a continuation of MQM which came into existence on 22 August 2016 and after which MQM Pakistan parted ways with Altaf Hussain in London. was MQM Pakistan says it is governed under the original 2012 party constitution, which empowered Altaf Hussain but was amended in August 2016 to remove Altaf Hussain from power.
MQM Pakistan says it amended the constitution on August 31, 2016 removing Altaf Hussain’s powers and MQM Pakistan did not need Altaf Hussain’s approval under Article 9-B as two-thirds majority. It was approved. MQM Altaf or MQM London says it is the only original MQM led by founder and leader Altaf Hussain. It says it is governed under a constitution drafted by Senator Syed Ahmed on 21 October 2015.
MQM London says that there were several versions of this constitution but there was one that was finally approved by the Coordination Committee on 22 October 2016 and MQM London says it was approved by Altaf Hussain. The trial continues and Nadeem Nusrat and Syed Aminul Haq will testify on Wednesday.
