Warns Pakistan is standing at a ‘crucial crossroads,’ urges political events to handle rising political instability
MQM-P Chairman Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui addresses a press convention on the get together’s Bahadurabad headquarters in Karachi on Sunday, accompanied by senior leaders Syed Mustafa Kamal, Dr Farooq Sattar, Aminul Haq, Anis Kaimkhani and others.
“Pakistan defeated India this yr; now it’s time to defeat its proxies,” mentioned Mutahida Qaumi Motion-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chairman Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Sunday.
Referring to August 2016 occasions when MQM-P deserted its founder, Siddiqui mentioned, “MQM held the sanctity of the state above the character; PTI individuals must resolve which is larger, their chief or the nation.”
MQM-Pakistan convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has warned that Pakistan is standing at a “crucial crossroads,” urging political events to collectively tackle what he described as rising political instability and alleged international interference in nationwide affairs.
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He was talking at a packed press convention on the get together’s Bahadurabad headquarters, accompanied by senior leaders Syed Mustafa Kamal, Dr Farooq Sattar, Aminul Haq, Anis Kaimkhani and others.
Dr Siddiqui claimed that MQM-P had been disadvantaged of its “true illustration” within the 2018 elections, when its 14 Nationwide Meeting seats in Karachi have been diminished to 4. Regardless of this, he mentioned, the get together selected “authorized and political” avenues as a substitute of confrontation.
He alleged {that a} “concerted marketing campaign” was being run towards the nation and referred to as on the federal government to determine and act towards these concerned. “Political events should sit collectively and expose anybody working towards Pakistan,” he mentioned.
Referring to India, he remarked: “This yr we defeated India, and now we are going to defeat its proxies as nicely.”
Dr Siddiqui added that MQM-P had “by no means positioned any particular person above the state,” distancing itself from its former founder. “If PTI believes its chief is larger than Pakistan, it should make a selection,” he mentioned.
‘Military belongs to all the nation’
Senior deputy convener Syed Mustafa Kamal accused PTI and its management of “maligning the Pakistan Military globally” and making an attempt to demoralise the establishment. He mentioned the military had shattered India’s “regional dominance ambitions,” regardless of going through a a lot bigger adversary.
“The military just isn’t the property of anyone get together; it belongs to the entire nation,” Kamal mentioned. He urged PTI supporters to assessment their political technique, stating that criticising army management just because “they don’t act in response to one get together’s needs” was unacceptable.
Kamal added that even after going through “severe allegations,” the army was nonetheless selecting dialogue. “Ask the households in Karachi who spent years looking for their lacking family members. You’re lucky that the state remains to be chatting with you,” he mentioned.
‘Narrative constructed from jail is harmful’
Dr Farooq Sattar mentioned PTI’s founder had been faraway from workplace by way of a constitutional course of, and the PDM authorities was fashioned democratically. “Your politics revolves solely round hostility towards the military,” he mentioned, criticising the language allegedly utilized by the Ok-P chief minister.
He mentioned the narrative rising from jail was “one thing solely a mentally unstable individual might assemble.” “Your ego can’t be positioned above nationwide safety and unity,” Sattar mentioned.
Referring to the post-Pulwama disaster, he questioned why the PTI authorities launched Indian pilot Abhinandan. “Your individual MNAs who attended a briefing on the Nationwide Defence College have been labelled traitors—why?” he requested.
The press convention was attended by members of the coordination committee, MNAs, MPAs, and workplace bearers of varied get together wings.
