Altaf Hussain apologises to law enforcement agencies

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday apologised for using harsh words against the law enforcement agencies during his recent speeches.

He said that his purpose was not to hurt anyone and he was sorry for any person or institution that felt upset.

Altaf went on to say that he has always respected all national institutions and he will continue to do so.

The MQM chief further compared the Baldia Town tragedy to nothing less than a ‘day of judgment scenario’.

He called for an impartial investigation by the national courts as well as agencies and book the culprits to justice.

Altaf said that the country is going through a difficult period as on one side there is the war on terror and on the other, thousands of lives are being lost in such incidents.

On February 8, Altaf directed his party to sue the members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for implicating MQM and rejecting the report into the Baldia factory incident.

Demanding death sentences for the perpetrators of the factory inferno which engulfed the lives of over 250 people in Karachi in 2012, Mr Hussain said that another tragedy might happen if the people involved in the Baldia factory incident were not brought to book.

“It is illegal, immoral and against Islam to blame a political party for such an incident,” he said addressing party workers by telephone.

Besides calling for reinvestigation through Scotland Yard or a UN probe team, the MQM supremo asked what happened to findings of General Ziaul Haq’s plane crash, Ojhri camp incident and murder of Benazir Bhutto.