MQM-P apologises for 'May 12 tragedy,' saying party 'misjudged'

• Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui says we were used on May 12.
• MQM-P leader says we regret and apologise.
• He says I asked apology for the party’s misjudgment during May 12 event.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui apologised for the May 12 incident for misjudging an event that had taken the lives of more than 50 people and injured hundreds, Geo News reported.

On May 12, 2007, at least 50 people were killed and over 140 injured after a major portion of Shahrah-e-Faisal was turned into a battlefield as opposing political groups clashed with one another after the arrival of former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, to Karachi.

During his address in Baluchistan High Court Bar, MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that the May 12 tragedy had tainted the party, adding that, "MQM-P should have asked earlier for an apology, but today I am apologising."

Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui further said that I had asked for an apology for the party’s misjudgment during the May 12 event.

"If MQM went out for the intention of the rampage, we would not have brought women and children with us to the rally," he said.

The MQM-P leader said that we had been used and for that, we regret and apologise to you as it was neither our intention nor our way as a party.

The Incident:

On May 12, 2007, at least 50 people were killed and over 140 injured after a major portion of Shahrah-e-Faisal was turned into a battlefield as opposing political groups clashed with one another after the arrival of former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, to Karachi.

The former CJP remained confined to the lounge of the airport throughout the day and returned to Islamabad without addressing a lawyers’ convention on the premises of the Sindh High Court.