THE TRAGEDY OF 12TH MAY WAS PART OF A BIG CONSPIRACY TO CONFRONT THE LIBERAL, SECULAR AND DEMOCRATIC FORCES AGAINST EACH OTHER – ALTAF HUSSAIN

The MQM Founder & Leader Mr Altaf Hussain has stated that we have no dispute or confrontation with the lawyers’ fraternity and we fully support the constitutional and legal struggle of the lawyers. He said this while speaking with the Sindh High Court Bar Association President Ibrarul Hassan Advocate over the phone from London today. Mr Hussain said that the MQM believes in independence of judiciary, its autonomy and supremacy and from the very first day it has been supporting the legitimate struggle of the lawyers’ and has been stating that the lawyers’ may carry on with their Movement for the independence of judiciary and we are not against it. However, our point of view was not to allow the political parties to be successful in using the lawyers’ movement and making the case of the Chief Justice Supreme Court disputable. Mr Hussain said that he personally respects the judges and me and my party in any circumstance will never disrespect the judges or the lawyers nor will we support any such act. Speaking on the sad incident of 12th May on the arrival of the Chief Justice Supreme Court Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry he said that he personally and on behalf of the MQM passionately appealed to the Sindh Government and the Administration of Sindh not to obstruct the arrival and address of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to the Sindh High Court Bar and other Bars. Mr Hussain said that tragedy of 12th May is part of a big conspiracy to confront the liberal, secular and democratic forces against each other, which is not in the interest of the country and the society. Mr Hussain asked to Mr Ibrarul Hassan Advocate to deliver his message to the lawyer’s fraternity that MQM has no conflict with the lawyers and we support their constitutional and legal struggle. Mr Ibrarul Hassan Advocate thanked Mr Altaf Hussain for lending his support to the movement of lawyer’s fraternity and assured Mr Hussain that the lawyer’s fraternity too has no conflict with any political party and the movement of the lawyer’s fraternity is for the independence of judiciary and its autonomy. He also agreed with Mr Hussain that the confrontation between the lawyers, civil society and the political parties is not in the interest of the country.