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Hussain said that state and government repression was used against the MQM to finish it during the past 35 years of its struggle. Thousands of workers were martyred and many were maimed and wounded.
Altaf Husain's family belonged to the lower middle class and not hailed from business class. Members of his family worked hard for getting education and got jobs of officer grade purely on merit.
Hussain said that his 70 year old brother and 28 year old nephew were brutally tortured and killed during the operation against MQM like any other worker.
He said that his family was forced to go in exile for saving the lives of their children and worked hard in foreign lands to earn a livelihood.
People might be surprised to know that his brother-in-law, who was an officer in Siemens Pakistan, and brother, who was an officer in KESC, had to work as peons and security guards in foreign countries.
He said that he was putting these things before the people because he had never obtained any benefit for his family.
He said that he never allowed his family members to take any benefit from the MQM and did not give to them tickets for elections.
Hussain said that he had done reorganization in the MQM on several occasions for reforming the party but this time he had to take very difficult decision for which he used the power vested in him by the party constitution.
He said that he dissolved the Co-ordination Committee by exercising his powers. He said that certain office-bearers were suspended while some were expelled from the party on public complaints.
The MQM chief further said that the party was not established for spreading the feelings of hatred against any regional nationality.
It was established for the rights of the deprived and disadvantaged people of Pakistan, he said. (Thenews) (GNN)
