We seem to have a short memory span - thus, I will in a series of posts expose MQM as captured by our media etc in the past...
In the first exposure - MQM'ers would be aware of a person called Hashimuz Zafar. He was their point man for murders - he has admitted killing Tariq Azeem - news from Dawn of 29 June 1995 is provided below (word for word)
MQM activist 'unveils' party's plans
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Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, June 27: Hashimuz Zafar for whose release MQM had given a 48-
hour ultimatum to the government at a press conference, held at the PID
press centre on Tuesday, claimed that the MQM wanted to create a general
desperation where the people of Karachi would be left with no other
option but to support the demand of a separate province.
"The present spate of terrorism will continue till March 1996 when the
MQM has planned to put forth the demand of holding a referendum on the
issue of a separate province," he alleges.
"If the government does not accept the demand for a referendum, the MQM
would raise the issue at the international level and project it as a
denial of the right of self-determination for creating a parity- between
Karachi and Kashmir," he said.
Hashimuz Zafar in this regard referred to an open letter of Altaf
Hussain of 1994 in which he had reportedly hinted that "agencies" wanted
to create Sindhu Desh and greater Punjab and make Karachi a satellite
state of a greater Punjab.
Obviously such a situation would not be acceptable to the people of
Karachi and they would prefer independence rather than becoming a
satellite state of a greater Punjab, he said.
Given the geographic importance of Karachi, Western and regional powers
would willingly throw their weight behind the demand and force a
solution of both the Kashmir and Karachi issues, he added.
Zafar accused a former minister and brother of a serving general
Chaudhry Nisar Ali, for leaking details of the army operation in Sindh
to Altaf Hussain.
He also alleged that leaders of the ANP in Karachi had been supplying
arms to the MQM. He also named some PML MNAs from Karachi as the
financiers of the MQM.
Zafar seemed well prepared for the press conference. He had notes with
him and in a very systematic way he not only gave details of his crimes
but also briefed a hostile press about the MQM's operational mechanism,
its alleged Indian connections, strategy and ultimate goals.
He was very confident and conducted the press conference like a seasoned
media manager. He also gave full details about eight terrorist groups
and their area of operation at present active in Karachi.
Hashimuz Zafar, 25, and resident of house No C-17 Sir Syed Town, North
Karachi, said he had joined the All Pakistan Muhajir Students
Organisation at the age of 17 when he was studying in Government College
of Technology.
He confessed to involvement in numerous crimes, including the murder of
MQM Chairman Azim Ahmed Tariq.
The organisational set-up of the MQM, which comprised units, sectors,
zones and main centre at Nine-Zero, he said, was disbanded before the
military operation.
Now an underground information centre was maintaining a link with 22
different sectors. Some time Altaf Hussain, through Nadeem Nusrat,
issues orders to the sectors-in-charge for carrying out different
operations on mobile phones. Pagers were also being used to maintain a
link and convey messages, he said.
"The sector in charge of Landhi, Amir Siddique, and the sector in charge
of Malir, Qamar Ghalib, are currently manning the information centre,"
he claimed.
Giving details of various groups active at the sector level, he said the
Khalid Taqi Butt group was active in the old city area, Liaquatabad,
Lines Area, Society, Clifton, Defence and PIB Colony. The Farooq Dad
group was operating in Pak Colony, Baldia Town, Nazimabad, and Gulbahar.
The Faheem Commando group is active in Federal B. Area, North Karachi
and Nazimabad.
Tahir Rafi, Arif Qureshi, Khuram and 10 other boys were the members of
the Mubeen Thunta group controlling the Malir and Model Town areas. Then
there were other groups, like those headed by Javed Khan, Javed Michael,
Asfar, Khaliq Anjum, Kamal Ansari alias Par, and Muhammad Shahid.
The MQM, he said, was regularly maintaining a hit list which was update
>from time to time. Names of the members of MQM Haqiqi political rivals,
defectors and known police officers were on this list. Altaf Hussain, he
said, personally checked this but list and gave approval.
However, a source disclosed that the programme of press conferences
would continue for quite some time as a number of MQM "activists" had
been arrested in Islamabad during the last one month. One by one all of
these would be presented before the press and electronic media.
________________________________________________________________________
So where is this person now and what is he upto? I will let you guess before telling you
In the first exposure - MQM'ers would be aware of a person called Hashimuz Zafar. He was their point man for murders - he has admitted killing Tariq Azeem - news from Dawn of 29 June 1995 is provided below (word for word)
MQM activist 'unveils' party's plans
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bureau Report
ISLAMABAD, June 27: Hashimuz Zafar for whose release MQM had given a 48-
hour ultimatum to the government at a press conference, held at the PID
press centre on Tuesday, claimed that the MQM wanted to create a general
desperation where the people of Karachi would be left with no other
option but to support the demand of a separate province.
"The present spate of terrorism will continue till March 1996 when the
MQM has planned to put forth the demand of holding a referendum on the
issue of a separate province," he alleges.
"If the government does not accept the demand for a referendum, the MQM
would raise the issue at the international level and project it as a
denial of the right of self-determination for creating a parity- between
Karachi and Kashmir," he said.
Hashimuz Zafar in this regard referred to an open letter of Altaf
Hussain of 1994 in which he had reportedly hinted that "agencies" wanted
to create Sindhu Desh and greater Punjab and make Karachi a satellite
state of a greater Punjab.
Obviously such a situation would not be acceptable to the people of
Karachi and they would prefer independence rather than becoming a
satellite state of a greater Punjab, he said.
Given the geographic importance of Karachi, Western and regional powers
would willingly throw their weight behind the demand and force a
solution of both the Kashmir and Karachi issues, he added.
Zafar accused a former minister and brother of a serving general
Chaudhry Nisar Ali, for leaking details of the army operation in Sindh
to Altaf Hussain.
He also alleged that leaders of the ANP in Karachi had been supplying
arms to the MQM. He also named some PML MNAs from Karachi as the
financiers of the MQM.
Zafar seemed well prepared for the press conference. He had notes with
him and in a very systematic way he not only gave details of his crimes
but also briefed a hostile press about the MQM's operational mechanism,
its alleged Indian connections, strategy and ultimate goals.
He was very confident and conducted the press conference like a seasoned
media manager. He also gave full details about eight terrorist groups
and their area of operation at present active in Karachi.
Hashimuz Zafar, 25, and resident of house No C-17 Sir Syed Town, North
Karachi, said he had joined the All Pakistan Muhajir Students
Organisation at the age of 17 when he was studying in Government College
of Technology.
He confessed to involvement in numerous crimes, including the murder of
MQM Chairman Azim Ahmed Tariq.
The organisational set-up of the MQM, which comprised units, sectors,
zones and main centre at Nine-Zero, he said, was disbanded before the
military operation.
Now an underground information centre was maintaining a link with 22
different sectors. Some time Altaf Hussain, through Nadeem Nusrat,
issues orders to the sectors-in-charge for carrying out different
operations on mobile phones. Pagers were also being used to maintain a
link and convey messages, he said.
"The sector in charge of Landhi, Amir Siddique, and the sector in charge
of Malir, Qamar Ghalib, are currently manning the information centre,"
he claimed.
Giving details of various groups active at the sector level, he said the
Khalid Taqi Butt group was active in the old city area, Liaquatabad,
Lines Area, Society, Clifton, Defence and PIB Colony. The Farooq Dad
group was operating in Pak Colony, Baldia Town, Nazimabad, and Gulbahar.
The Faheem Commando group is active in Federal B. Area, North Karachi
and Nazimabad.
Tahir Rafi, Arif Qureshi, Khuram and 10 other boys were the members of
the Mubeen Thunta group controlling the Malir and Model Town areas. Then
there were other groups, like those headed by Javed Khan, Javed Michael,
Asfar, Khaliq Anjum, Kamal Ansari alias Par, and Muhammad Shahid.
The MQM, he said, was regularly maintaining a hit list which was update
>from time to time. Names of the members of MQM Haqiqi political rivals,
defectors and known police officers were on this list. Altaf Hussain, he
said, personally checked this but list and gave approval.
However, a source disclosed that the programme of press conferences
would continue for quite some time as a number of MQM "activists" had
been arrested in Islamabad during the last one month. One by one all of
these would be presented before the press and electronic media.
________________________________________________________________________
So where is this person now and what is he upto? I will let you guess before telling you
