IK never made a speech saying that. It was a leaked recording when he was talking in private.
And so it absolves him of all his sins, where as someone who has the moral courage to do so openly must be prosecuted? And how do we even begin to measure the level of frustration that AH faces, over multiple state actions against MQM and allegations of involvement with RAW and of being Indian sponsored etc. I mean, how long is one supposed to take all this lying down? Are all MQM supporters also traitors? Do you even realize how angry we get when associated with India or RAW? Has IK ever faced such persecution or accusations? How can we even compare these 2?
And while we're looking at things, look how an MQM candidate was allowed to participate in and win an election despite everything.
Shouldn't we rather look at all the hurdles that were created in the path of MQM's candidate? And why should we even consider your point when MQM is neither banned nor restricted from taking part in the election process? And allowed to win.........SERIOUSLY????
Altaf can not be PM of Pakistan because of his own flaws and mistakes. It's not because of his ethnicity.
Actually, Altaf Hussain has neither held any office nor he ever intended to do so. He never wanted to become the PM, he does not do anything for his own self. He can live in a palace but he chooses to live in a 2 bedroom house which also acts as MQM office, and the list goes on.
Pervez Musharraf became President of Pakistan and he's the same ethnicity as Altaf Hussain. The difference being that the former was competent enough to achieve his position while the latter is sitting in London, achieving nothing except weight.
Musharraf was of a different ethnicity altogether, he was establishment, a different breed in itself.
Video footage of known murderers having a chat with MQM leaders inside MQM's headquarters is solid evidence. Statements from known MQM affiliates who also happen to be criminals are not 'random' in any way, and neither are the statements from the Rangers and other Law Enforcement agencies. Even if you don't consider them reliable, their statements are not 'random statements' and it's not just 'a random person'. It's very many relevant persons.
Fehmida Mirza's wife demands retraction of 'false' FIRs against her husband. However, nobody cares about the thousands of fake FIRs that Zulfiqar Mirza and his gang created against MQM members and supporters. Now we face people like you who are well aware of the standards of our LEAs yet when it comes to MQM every allegation becomes a FACT. And when there is an FIR against Imran Khan, from an ATC court, he is neither arrested nor does he face a trial. What a bloody joke.
Do you even understand what 'solid' evidence really is? And on top of that, all the alleged 'target killers' arrested from NINE-ZERO, were sentenced in absentia............what is a person really to do when the judge, jury and executioner are all political and all against you?
As for the random statements or confessions under interrogation.......dude, I can make you confess the attacks on 9/11, in explicit details, within 30 minutes of 'interrogation'. NOBODY can stand torture indefinitely and the common man breaks faster then a criminal anyway. That is the reason why these statements do not hold in courts!
He implied that the state sought to harm them, so by definition he asked his workers to take up arms against the state; the fact that he used a premise or 'gol-mol' to do so doesn't change what he meant and the message everyone got.
He explicitly threatened people who have 'sticks, badges and stars' - him being under the influence of alcohol doesn't mean he wasn't threatening the army. It means he was drunk when he was threatening the army.
FACT - AH does not drink.
And as I said earlier, his words may leave a lot to be desired and despite the level of frustration he faces, at the persecution, discrimination and abuse his followers face, he needs to choose his words more carefully. But 1 thing I can guarantee, if AH ever decides to actually go all out against the LEA's, Liyari would probably become a rosy garden. So until that actually happens, accept his words as the words of a desperate man who can neither protect his followers, nor fight his opposers.