Afaq second big political prisoner after Zardari: Mirza

KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Zulfiqar Mirza said that in his view Afaq Ahmed is the real leader of Urdu speaking community and he is the second big political prisoner after Asif Zardari, Geo News reported.

He was of the view that if Afaq Ahmed was a cricminal than Altaf Hussain was a bigger criminial. He was addressing media at Mardan House.

Mirza pointed out that Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad forced him to say that he didn’t meet Afaq but I have met him twice. ‘I ill continue to act against gangsters and extortionists.’

The minister said that MQM played wrong card upon their friend’s advice and now they were having their people to do wall chalking in support of a separate province. ‘No one can divide Sindh province.’

He admitted shifting prisoners from Karachi to interior Sindh jails adding they were convicted.