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SATURDAY

JUNE

20,1992

ZTLHjJ 18,

L4t2

LAHORE

List

of

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vJUUtb

Altaf's'

'

allegat

ion

KARAClll,.lrrne

22:

('hie

I

of

the

Army

Stalf

(len

Asif

Nawaz

lrls

said

that

rccent clashes

bctrveett

rival factions

of the NIQM

pr'ovitlctl

ir

"charrce"

to secrrritl'fot'ces

in

Karachi

to

lirrrrtclt

an

ttpe

ral

iott

irt

order

to

elatlicate crirne in

Sintllr.

Prrlticrrlirr

ll in

Krrrirchi.

In

ltt

irrtt'r

vicrr

witlt

llll(1.

broirrl

cAst

()ll

Ilotrrlitv.

(,lert

r\sil \ilrvlz

saitl

ljritlav's elirshcs

betrvet'n t ivlI

i\{Qtrl factiorrs

were

thc tcsrrlt ol'

internal

tlillelertces

llitirtrr

tltc

purt"n-

anrl

rr

orving

clissatislirct

iorr.

I{c s:riri:lrc secrrritv

folces

wele

willirrFt to

clirrrrnate

clime

in Sirrrlh

sittec .t l',tr: tirtte. Ilr'.

ltr,rrr.r,

'.

rrjecturl,rlleg:rtiorr

frorrr

trl(J\t

leirtle,r' i\ltirl lItrssuilr Illitt

sL,cut

rI\

folccs u'lrrrtctl

lo

ct trslr

his

1lirlt.y.

(lcn

Asif

Narvirz

rltrestiorrerl

.jrrs.

tificatilrr

ol

"t'r'ectirtg

irorr rvalls irlI

over

the

citr.

iir:cpirtg

l)u()i)lL,

in lor'.

trrle

ct'lis

rrrrr'ocession.

'l'he

victor.-

pr'ocession

visitctl

IlQi\,l "tlaqiqi"

stlong,holds

irt

l\4alir.

Landhi.

Federal

B.Area and

l-rarltrirtab:rd.

1\t

l

tttttrtbet

of

plaees

botl.r

l\lr

Aatrrrr

Khan:rnd

lVlt'

.\litr; Altrne rl

;rcltlt t

sst'tl

tltc

peollle

rrlto lr:rtl

girllrcrt'(l lo

rrcletttttt:

tltc

tlissirlertts.

'l'lrc

l\'1Qi\l

"llltgitli"

lcirtlers,

it is

leat

nt, have succeedetl

ul

g,ettinH

the support

of

four

more

MQI\'I

I\{NAs

and six l\'1lrAs.

The

central

leadership

of

IMQI {

"Ilaqiqi"

is

likely to

:urnounce the

joining

of

tltcse

NINAs

antl

tl'As rt it l'ress

corrf t,r'e rrcr

lvit

hin

rtext few tlays.

'['lre

forrrcr

Sector

lrtcltarge

of

Lirrcs .r\r'etr,

i\'lattsoot

Clhacha,

whtt

w'us

sr:hctlulerl

to

attnottnce tlte

joirring

of

sonte

III'As

arrd Cotrrrcil-

lols at

a Itrcss confel'ertce

otr Nlott-


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ffi'rgy&tagr

tro.sf

WEDNESDAY

JUNE

24,1992

ZTLH1.J

22,1412

LAHORE

NATIONAL

DAILY

VIQVI

infighting

:

Arrny'

s

role

innpartial:

Brig.

asif

nection

the

armed

forces

had

taken

certain

measures.

He

said

the

army

will

operate

under

rhe

guidance

of

rhC

prime

minister

and

the

chief

of

th6

army

staff.

He

said

both

of

rhenr

have

irovided

a

guidcline

to

the

arrny

for

thc

op-

eration

clean-up.

..Brig..

Asil

Haroon, giving

de-

tails

and

break-up

of

rhiarreits

in

varrous

parts

of

Sindh,

told

the

newsmen

that

three

persons

had

becn

arrested

froln

Sukkur,

three

from

Khairpur

and

lhree

from

Dadu

distriits

on

the

charges

oi

harbouring

the

criminals

ani pos_

sessmg

arns.

From'Altaf

Siddiqui

KARACHI,

June

20:

Follow-

ing the

gun

battle

berween

the

ri-

val

MQM

factions

on

Fridav

in

which

eighr

persons

were

kiiled

and

19

orhers

sustained

injuries,

secr-rrity

forces

have

arrested

about

50 persons

and

recovered

arms

and

ammunition

fronr

their

custody.

Brig.

Asif

Haroon,

direcror-

general

he-adquarters,

Rawalpindi,

white

briefing

newsmen

regarding

the

milirary

operarion

hEre

oi

Saturday,

said

the

army

patrol

had

been

intensificd

in

tlio

ciry

spe-

sidents.

Meanwhile,

Brig.

Asif

said

thar

when

the

law

and-order

situation

was

created

in

various

parts

of

the

clty

on June

19,

the

armv

was

called

to

bring

thc

siruation'under

control.

He

said

the

army's

role

was

inrpartial

during

rlre

Metvt,s

rival groups-iighring

and

ir

would

remarn

rrrrpartial.

He

said

the

army

had

becn giveri

the

task

to

restore

Iaw end

ordcr

in

the

city

for which

as rhe

firsr

phase

it

hai

opened

all

the

iron

ghtes

erected

by the

peoplc

in

thJir

respccive

are_af

including

Az;rabald,

the

residence

area

of

Mr.

Altaf

Hus-

sarn.

Replying

garding

the

to

a

question

re-

Karachi

iituation.

he

ially

in

the

aflected

areas

a-nd

He

said

the

arrnyiwas

moni-

torrnad'h+d+r+*+i+rei+rt'*,* .-t

-.

ffiil:i?

tlt"t*:# M

head-

Lrrc

rltlroccnl

Peopre'

rn

tnrs

con-

rangers

an-d police

.oniing"nm

lfiiyil';.#

ftyr.#1.,,.,1';

Curfew

relaxed

F:'f",'TEg

",i"oli',;','#",-i.*t

N{QIVI

aCtiviSts

had

diS

Llvrtr'

I

rle

lntetnleolate

wrLrr

uolllluellce

On

or

gone

u'dergrou'd

,"unPP"u"o

exantinations

have

nr"rn*irii"

highways

and-

in

other

parts

of

arresr

or becn'riro,,.,,"i'."flrt}?lf

been

oostponed

due

r"';h;;;;;-

Siiol

i-Ie

seid

thar

auiinftr,"

rrrr

l;ry;,f;::"ls,,a1so

;nder

*eir

-";;,;;;;;ilil;

n

mli*,illiix,:+#

eports

said

that

*h":t-ll:

9it-

Authoritie-s

have

decided

,o

fr

denied

that

the

army

was

par-

ident

qroup

activists

errlêrêd.

the

r"r*t"'r1#ior

six

hours

as

situa-

tisan

or

providi'g

proiection

ro

ines

Area,

people

camc,out

on

ii"^'.#""i""d

calm

on

Sarurday

rhe

MoM

oi..ij."nri'a"riirg

trreir

treets

and

accorded

:1",1]

"

il

K;;;i'

ifter

clashes

ber*,een

op"ioii,l^

"gil;";h""

Mbv

on

ousing

weicome.

The

dissiden,

ilai?;;";r?i""p.

"^?.il""'#

Filo-ur

.

.

roup

took

o'er

contnlete^côrrlrol

t;";i+n.'srvulrJ

urr

I

trudy'

tt-

"

H"

clairned

rhrr

the

crinre

rare

f

all

the

prornincn't

places

.bc-

'

Til;

io,r"..,n1"n,

issued

a

11g

o1

had

been

reduced

in

urban

areas

lfli,*;"t.fl,'''i,,X?,Y",'"1,..i*-iF

:,'^-11',:" l;

;r,'i;";ilr;;l

iin."

tr,"

nririrary

op.i,tlon

*u,

$lx*{ii,j:";i;

;ri"'Jj,

:Ii'i;:;

[]iiffji;i:r xo"'il[,:'i:j}i;

:::i::f"j"

T;]fl""*,:x;,s".oJ;

have

taken

over

the

MQM

head-

the

innocent

people

arresr

or

uetill5.virla9

9r

ais-

.il;i:;;;i;;'in

the

ciry.

^

-

_

_._

(drrr

)rruauon

rn tne

crly.

Contirttted

on

pagc

16

I

wotuu,uedfrom

pa?e

I

lil

:"":Ll'"

K.ar_achi,

rhere

was ii1""ottli,j.the.o?erarion

and

nr'

i'iffi'*'rl.a'*

;;ti',l

ililff

r*1ft*l'iuj'+;.:ru

*l#; *,['"fi'rl*:fr

if,il;

jtrji:itrfffi

t}i#]$itd'T'iliii;"l;,tr


4/15

Fronti,er

Posf

SAT[TRDAY

JUNE

20,1992

ZTLHN 18,

L4I2

LAHORE

Gen.

Asif

Conrinuedfom

page

I

the^rival

group

(MQM-Haqeeqi).

Sources

said

that

the

-MeM

leaders

alleged

that

the

army

helped

the

dissidents

in 'take

over

operation'

and

as

such

it,was

one-

Lt.-Gen.

(Rerd.)

aUiuiUurit

to

state.

and

the

head

ofgovernment.

J ne

pnme

minister

who

secms

to

be

keen

in

keeping

r i,"

democratic

ser-up

in

thej

trdubled

provtnce

of

Sindh

intact

has

despatched

one

cabinet

minister

nfs

attack

on

the

army

and held

it

responsible

for the

kiilings and

.take

over.

During

the meeting

with

the

prime

minister

the

chief of

army

staff reportedly

emphasised

that

the operation

is

proceeding

according

to plan

and

.

it

would

yield

positive

results

befoie

the

estimated time.

He

also briefed

him

about

the meeting

he

had

with

the president

during

rhc

day.

Infornred

sources

revealed

that

the

chief

of army

staff

while

briefing

the

presidenr

and the

prime

minister

reiterated

that

the

operation

is

inrpartial

and

there

is

no question of

taking

any sides.

The

target given

to the

army

would

be

fulfilled

and

hindrance

in its

way

from any quarter

will

not be

tolerated,

The

COAS

reportedly

assured

the head

of

and_

allegarions

-levelled

dy

li,"

MQM.leadersfrip

against

rt

"'army

perarlon.

He

is

to

bi:

accompanied

by

the

special

asslstant

to

the

prime

minister

and

Federal

Minisrer

for

Petroleum,

Ch.

Nisar

Ali

Khan,

but

till

filing

ol

this

report

he

had

nor

left

for

Karachi.

Observers

in

the

federal

capital

are

of

the view

that

in

case

(MQM-Haqeeqi)

is able

ro

consolidate

gains

in

Karachi

and

attracts

more workers

and

members

the

tide

would

turn

in

their

favour

and

Altaf

Hussain

party

will

be

over.

Meanwhile,

the

Sindh

Chief

Minister

Syed

Muzaffar

Shah

who

was

due

here

for

talks

wirh

prime

Minister

Nawaz

Sharif

and

President

Ghulam

lshaq

Khan

postponed

his

visit

for

a day.

He

is

likely

to

arrive

in

the

-

capital

wirhin

a couple

of

days.

-..

\,

utrilll


5/15

FOUNDED BY

QUAID_I-AZAM

MOHAMMAD ALI

JINNAH

Vol.

XLVI

No.

169 Karachi,

Zilhaj

22,

lll2

Wednesday,

June

24,

1992

20

pAcES

Rs. 4.50

COAS

briefs

PM

on

ArmY

act10n

From

Nasir

Malick

TsLAMABAD,

i""."

31i

9-l^t:r^:l

SI-.t\rYr^Dnv

.lawaz

cal

the ArmY

Staf

f

Cen

Astt-l).^-

"u"',

i::

ff

Ffi:Aiii'i

"i

N

"*

"'

st'-rt

ted

On

rr

rrrrs

rr^.r.---

,.im

abOrrt

on

TuesdaY

to

aPPrrse,1'-

^-*.,

,"

ff;*:.-J,T:

&1='$

ll"'

llH

::

.ff

i.i"f

sources

told

Drttt'tt

t:T'

i".ii't'i;;;"'

wrro

had'

been

'rne

source sard

during

the

Prime

Minister's

recent visit to

Sindh,

the

army

had

shown

him lists

of

"patharidars",

which

included

names

of

some

influential

people

and

thi

Prime

Minister had asked

the

army

authorities

to

go

after

them

if

evidence

in this regard

was

available.

Another

source

told

Duv'tt

that

the

Gen

Asif

Nawaz

reportedly

had

shown

some

"concrete"

evidence

to

the

Prime

Minister

about

the

involvement

of

an

ethnic

group

in

subversivb

activities.

He said

the COAS discussed the

future

operational strategy rvith

'til

il;

;;i1'

.qn:l:i1'.ii

r.irrg

the

Iast

couPre

ur

wr:t

Prime

Minister

a?:ul

i-rne

Minister and was

ment not sue€u

political

or

party.

pressure

from

any

group

Mr

Naw'az

Shsrif,

the sour-ce

saiC.

lauded

the

efforrs

of the

army

in

arresting

the

criminals

and

ccntrol.

ling the

deteriorarirrg

law

and

order

situation

in

Sindh.

The source

said Gen

Asif

Nawaz

al.so

informed the

Prirne Ministel

about the

inquiry

against

an

armv

Major

who

was

allegedly

involved

in the

gruesome murder of

nine

innocent

viliagers of Tando

Bahawal.

He

told

the Prime

Minis-

ter that

the

said

army off

icial

would

soon

be

facing

a trial irr the

field court

martial

general.

Asked

whether

the

Prime

Minis-

ter

had sought

any

explanation

from

the

army

for

not

providing

him

the

true facts

about

Tancio

Bahawal

during

his

visit

to

Sindh,

the

source

said he was

not

aware

of

thar.

;;iff

"ililr;

:1L

:11'

li'

"'",?,ll

^+

i.ms

and

ammuntr

ti"ii"itia""tts'

a

source

at

the

;"Y;,.

M1;;;;rl

s

secretariat

sai

d'

,

"n{

J"

u;

;,';fu1

yilh{:fi

hT*liiili*t:'ffi*'

r;i;:+*l*l'ffi

oufce

sdru

"

--.

io

dit.tttt

such

thrngs'

ouestioned

whether

the

COAS

*

J''i

I

"

i'"""

l"i

n:

T:'11',':,1

t:1:

ffiiK

}'li: ::*'',^)4,,,1',i.ll

:5ii

1l',,

;:"."iJ'?

:",t

"::1"

;"1:

,,9

n:"d

tll

l1?."ifttr""t*""

iurini'-

[f

;:J

"it;H

e'*''

1

e";ffi

i:

l?.

t.,l

i'

*'n"

--

:1"j:,

*

il

"."'lf

'X'"1

i

his

ittuoiuetnett'

'ractivities'

_*,-

rlat

fne

nrimc

:..:::"

'u

uPltrt

of

rhc

.^^l^'""

I


6/15

lsss$l

I\otionol

Dismal

day for

press

Ahmed Rashid

is sacidcncd

by

the turn of

cvcnt.s

in

Karachi

which

foreshaclorv

morc

diflicult day.s ahcacl

for

thc

prcs

-l',2<

A::

F

..--\

',/,

/t

'..:ai

,i,1

.

//,

N[[ili::',:#lni;

the

history of

the

Pakistani

press.

As doz.ens

of

Dawn

hawkers

lay

in

hospital,Zafar

Abbas nurscd

his

hcad

wounds

and

Takbcer's

oflrccs

werc bumt down, thc

govcm-

rncnt

and tlte

counlry's prc'.ss

barons

yicldcd

bcforc

the

wave

o[

violence

unlea.shcd

by

a

political

party

in

Kara-

ch

i.

U

trrrl law, flogging,

.lailrng

unrl

cxilc

of

joumalists

had

lailcd

to do

--

curb the

right

of

the

press to

write

about the

intcr-

nal

politics

of

any

political

ilany.

In futurc no Pakistani

papcr

will

bc ablc

to

write

about the

MQM

objectivcly,

discuss

it.s

intcnral affairs,

criticisc it's lcadcrship

or im-

pute

that thc MQM

has

any.-

thing

to do

with violencc or

tcror in

Karachi. No

ncws-

l);tl\ :r

will lxr

irtrlc to

prrhlish

p,rrcttll';

'r()l

[)rLrl)ar :(i

li)

(l('.'

fond

prcss

frscdortt.

It

\^'as

the

saddcst

ol

all nights

tor

jorunalists

everywhere.

O[ course,

there

wcre

al-

tcmativcs

'-

a national

strike

by all

thc newspapcrs

in the

country,

an

appcal

to intcnra-

tional

prcss

brxlics and

hu-

man

rights

groups around

the

world,

an

appc.al

to the

gov-

ernment that

might

havc

cttr-

barrasscd

it

to

tlo sontcthing

concrcle. Ntxtc

ol

tltcsc

p'

'i

1r1Li,.,,r,t,.

I

ri,('1,

ir:i:,ill,it'

iltl

lcncs

arrd

intinridation.

'I-lrcy

ad


7/15

i.:.1'r

/

VU

Ltttt

lt)

L

lllU

i Jtu.tJ

itliiCJ

Press

stays

rnurn

as

MQM

batters

journalist

ro*splpcr

bothcrcrl

to

grvc

u

crlrtorial

on

tlrc

rrrtrrlcrrt

urcclt

thc

cvcninger

.ltor Arrrl

rl

tlx)u8h

cvcry0nc llcs'ihl

ilr

ilt..lcrs

r\l(nS(rl r')

\1{jtrl,

lvcnonc uxr,

tlrr:

lcm

'unlnoeT

a\ rrlnillr

l*,lr

Wrqt

ran

a otrc

c()lunu.

lwo

lirrcs

itm

sEying.

"Joumalisr

usrultcd

by'nmoloom

alrat.

So much

for

saytng

lal@-..

lv4

in trwt

ol

jabi

sultaa

Thc

joint

metrng

of

rhc

Krr.

rchi

Prsss Club

ud

rhc

Xm,

shi Union of

loumrlisrs

on

rhc

folloving

day

*u

m

crqcir

in

futility.

Hor

*sds

wqc

cx-

cbengcd

ovq

who

wrs

rc$pan,

ritrlc

fq

t}ti:

torDr srrrc

of

lf.

fairs.

Mog

of

t}tc

mmbcrs

spqking

on

thc

ecrsion

cm.

ph.siscd

UE

f.ct rhtr

thc

ncws.

p.pq

omcn

rod cditoG

didnl

have fic

tul.s

lo

slard

up

lo

rhce

tacrics. Thc

prcsidcnr

of

thc prcsr

club lrshcd out

rt

thc

Dowa rdministrrtim

for nqr

grving

thc cvcnt

proper

covcr.

rgc

and for not

wdling

rn cdi.

Itrial

on it, but

whcn

hc

hin-

sclf

rop

to

read

thc

rcslutron,

thr

MQM

s

nrmc

*es

misrint,

An

uprorr

follo*cd ud rhc

MQNI's

nem

wu

finnlly

in.

cludcd in

thc

rcsolution,

What

*cmqd likc

r sonwrous

was

rqchcd: rc

covcragc

for

MQM

till

it ren.

den

rn

uconditionrl rpology,

Sindh

gcv.

qnmcnt'r

functions

will

bc boycotrcd

rill

$c

limc

it rncrts

the

culprirs,

And

hm 5r-

diq

*ill

bc

pemni

flon.grart rt rhc

pruss

club

{whcrc

ha drops

in as oficn

as

hc

vis.

ift

Altrf Hussain)

siil

hc

dsi ionrcthing

rtpur thc siluation.

Thc ncxt

rlly's

ncsspJfrrs voultl

havc

llohanrrucd

IIanif

rvlrns

th:rr

()iit(;

0't::r:ilisi.i

nl,v

tn('ci

{ilL'

i;ir'rr'l.iii

.l

'lt(].Iittk

on Zitiiil'

.{;rii;t;

.

;'i;lrrlirl

1tv

llle

plr''.

ir '

\i

,t

iirni

nrr)ic

itr

lh.

\ilnll

r),rn:irr'')l

r)f

Cirlrhao

r-.lilbai

rxr

lvlrrlil I

1 *'rs

thc

krnd

of sttll'7-r.

fil itrbls

s1)siil

hJv .

lowcd

kr

cover.

only

if hc

hinrsclf hrdnl

btcn thc

vrerrm

Zafei

wnr

visrrc(l

bv {vct lhugs

bclonSing lo

lhc

l'lQll'rho ril.cicd him

wrth

pi$r('l

hs[s

r

sq)n rr hr hnd opcnc<

Orc drxl

ryd

i.lcnnficd

ntnrsclI

tlrr

rwo

yountcr

lnq(h-

qs,

mc o[

thcm

doun

*,ift

Jaudtce,

llso

clrnc

uil(,er

attrql.

Hrs

prcgnul

maid.

*ho

ultchcrJ

lhc

cntttc

lnlldenl,

*aj

ro

lctrd.

xlrurk

lhr

shc

h.d

r

ntrscariags.

Zaftr Abbas, J Jcoror rcF)ilcr

*rlh

the

Englrrh n(xnhly

lltrtl,l

atd r conL\pon.

dcnt fot

thc

RllC. rs

aclrnowlslgcd

ls .

h'Bhly

rcrpc4rcd

lrxrmalist

-.

frcr

u'hich

r' s

qnph.lici;ly

unddrstrsJ

whcn

hc

wN

r*,arded rirc i99{) ,\pNS

$a.(l

for

bcat

fcaturc

wrrtcr,

l{c

rs

rxrc

of

thr'

lcw Urdu-

tltcii{rr,t

trtrrlrJl

itr ir

thc pr{rvincc

*ho

uc

cqurily r*i r(lrd hv Sin(ihi$ f.r.n

his

de{ractun

$uuid

llrnl il

h$d to

trucc

i

shrcrJ

of

bur rn

hrr

rcprrrs

on Silrh. 5ul

hc

wrs punishcd

(or

nthcr madc atr

cxrrnplc

of,

rs

Alrrl

llussun

would

pul

it) prc€i€ly

for

Lhcsc rearorrs

Whlc

all

tht

ncwsrrpnlr

*crc

buzzing

sith

rhc

ncws of rhc

a*sault

o

Zrfrr,

the

followint nromint'

ncwsp.pcas

prctcndcd

s

il ndhint h.d

happcned.

Da*a {or orcc

dccidcd

to

,how somc couragc rnd

dit.

pirycd

rhc

ncwr qn lhc

frou

pEge

witb

a

nrc

colunrn

heldlinc. lcn3, lhc

eounrry'i

biggcst

drily,

didrfr rcpon

(hc

cvcnr

il rll

md

only caricd thc

con(lcmn ()ry ltatc'

rruili

of

lha llrilrsh Hi8l1

CorDurssrqner,

Thc Ncwr

riidn

t cvcn

colsidct

Ih( alrrck

to

N'u'() rl)\',rl rtr frrrrt

ngc.

Not

r

rirrglc

fritMully

by cvcryb*ty.

ln

shon

it

was

husincss rs

qsul.

The essauit on

Zafrr

Abbes

,

not

an

isolllql

cvclr.

The

tn

o

prcss

intinrrdatior. inrroduccd b

thc

irmaat

Isl.mi

and

pcrfercd

b

thc

MQM,

has

comc ro

suy be

c:us

ir

*uls.

Thc li'lrlirz ha

sincc

lmg

rctcd

u r dc

fi.::o

ncws

cditq

fw

dl

of

Karrch;j m.jo

deilics but

rhce

dtys. cvcn

rhl

i

mi cmu8h. Thc

Pir

of

Azizebrd

-

who

h$ clffcdly

toE

rqrlly

puaoid

rfta

tlr rcbcllim

sithin

hir

pany's

rukr

-

is no

mrc srt

iificd

with

0r rcams of trivir is

$cd d.ily

by

the

Mslc.z rd

pub-

:

lishcd

frirhfully

by

6c

Kurch

gepcrl

Hc

low

wulr

cvwy

Kua"

-

chi

drily ro

rum

inb

u MQM or

)

ru.

Thir

ir r

dcmrnd rhrr cvcn

.

mol

obligint

prp6r

rc lmdint

dclighlcd

uyonc

trur fufu

Abbu. Thqc

wcrc

t€n

strlcnrcnts

rnd

ncws

ilcms by thr

MQM

on,rang'r

fronr

prgc

onJy.

Thc

most

promincnt

snnngsl

thsn

a

slatcmcnt

iry

MQM

chEirmrn

Tariq

Azim

that,

"Wc

can

t

offcr

plots,

pcrmirs

ud lsltlcs

to

rez

onir1ouffulisr\'.

Jrn

Srdiq

madc

thc

hclrl'

lincr in

virturliy

all

lhc

prpcrs bo s|ng

rt{}ut ho* hc

h{d

r(rlorcd law Urd ordcr

antl

lovcnr[rril

liilralions wcrc

covcrcd

. hgd

to met if only bccaBc

busi-

nqswi*

it cu bc r dierrcus

propGition.

Alr.f

Hussin'i

dcs-

psrtion cu bc

geugcd

from

thc

frct lh.l

hc har bcm .ppcrlint

lo

$c

pnmc

mrnistcr rnd thc

presi

dmt to

'do

somc$in8' rbout

thc

ncwJpapcs

which

hc clairu uc

hrtching conspincies

againsr

him.

Thc

incidcnt

rlso

rcvcals

thc

u-

holy nrturc

of

thc sgcl

rlliocc

bctwo

Jm's

gwcmmor

ud

lhc

MQM.

Bdh scm to

bc

followirt

.

mc

point

rtcnd.: dis$nl, bc

it

wirhin

MQM': own

rank3,

in thc fom of

pulir"

mcntrry opposition or

prcss, will

not b.

toleritcd.

U

thc

local

prcs,

which

hu

bccn

hailing Jrm as Sindh's srviou ud

Alef

Hussrin s

r bom.agein dEmffir,

failJ ro

pick

up

th€

g:unrlct

throm

by

ther

pow.

qful

forccs, it $hould

tct

rqdy ro r@ivc

morc

brd ncws

in

thc nqr futurc.


8/15

Ihe

Attack,,.

ZaffarAbbasspeaksoin,,,u,ffiffiandsofarmedassailants

Tfiftiff

hev

knocko"i,1n

r.c

cJccf

.

asked

for

nre

.r,,d

rr)rcn.J

rj-.n,r.

.*,,"V,.

lrll(]re

I

CCUlrl

reAlrse,,vi.itt

:.11j

wer.r

ihnv

lrn

ti

;"_r,S

Z:f

inr,.db:,1S

aS

r-,p

.aq,1lig

1tl,i

th{:

horrlfy

rq

1;y;1n15

9r

lv4arch

I

7

, a,rr156u1

,,r,.,

l jl

any

reason

or

askrng

lor

any

exp/anatron,

liey

}liu

Fultg6

ar,

therr gunS

and

staned

stfl(rng

rne

*itt

them,

At ihe

same lrme,

they

conlrnued

lo

rain

btows

on

me

with lheir

fisls

ancl

Droceeded

1o

krck

me,'he

says

Zalf ar's

resrsf

ance

h..ic

i.lrro;"idv

oeen weakened

becnuse

he waS

r€CUperalrne

f

'or,

5

",'.4q,.1

bOtrt

Of

t\,,rhCld,

\,Vhqn

h,g

yOUnger

brQlher ,/\rwe'.

Cirr^

r.

h,S

resCUe.

he,.^;iS

atSC

attacked wrth

the

butl

cf r

q n.

\{gsnwhrte,

another

brOther.

Azhar

Abbas

-

a

reporter

of

lhe

News,

who

was

In

bed

sufleflng

frorn

laundrce

-

was

also

attacked

when

he

lried

to

intervene.

He

was,

however.

spared

when

Anwar

pleaded

thal

his

brother

was

sjck

"The

live

or

srx

Dersons,

cne

or

lwo

of

them

masked,

deslroved

whalever

canrp

.

lilerr

way,

'

says

Anwar.

who was

left

wrth

a

deeO

werjnd

9n

hrg

lqrplg6(

Thgrr

malr

lareel

seems

tO

have

been

Zailar

bhar.

srnce lhev

keOt

on

bea-trng

him conlinuouslv. '

he

adds

"lt

was

a

close call for

me.

Zaflar

says,

'The

Srght

af

the

guns

and

the

daggers

scared

lhe

daylrghls

out

of

me,,.When

he

was

hil

on

the

head

wrt|'

the

guns,;l

feit

a

st16pgs

satrstaction

thal

they were

not

qcrng

lo

kill

me

afler

ail

..

lne

drama

was

over

r,vrll"

- nrnpfgs

,A1l

of us

hacJ,qil4ed

ShOUttng

tO

dr8w

the

attenl,c,.i

ot

the

nerqhbours.

says

Zallar

"However.

lh€v

,,r,F."

-qi:ocecJ

al

qunnornt

lro'

COming

oul

tc

olf er

assisrari(

L

ir:g

altaak

was

prof

esgrgngl

and

Cerlarnly

premedrteted

Art

enlrances

and

possrble

exrls

were

caref

ully

guarded.

and

the

letephone

was

wrgnafrgl

sr.,l

of

its

socket

lrnmediately,

The

Abbas'

maidservant,

rvho

was f

our

monlhs

pregnant

al

lhe

lime. was

also

oresent

rn

f

he

fral

,,vhen

the

attack

took

place,

When

$he

made

ln

F{{eril9

rggh

elll

for heiO,

She

vr,aS

d/aggBd

and

forced.

dt

q1;rx6,^, lc

srt

,guretrV

,n

lhs g9r.4r

The

terrrfying

9r1s41

"gjrty

calSea

f'er

f

o

rirSCarry.

The

attackers

ftecl,

leavrng

behLnd

a

serously woundec,

Zallar

-

wrlh thrs6

Oeep

gaSheS tn

hrs

head

and

a

ta1.ge

number

of

brurses

itl

6yar

hrs

bocy

-

a

wOunded

Anwar

and

\

I

z.

Zolf

ar

Abbas,

a

horrilytng

ordeol

blood

srnailered

all over

the

ransacked

rooms.

The

attackgrs

scaled the

compound

watl

and

disappeared.

.

Zaflar

and

Anwar were

lhen

rushed

to

Jinnah

Hospital,

where

their

wounds

were

stitched

-

sealing

inside

the

pieces

of

a. broken

glass

whrch

the

assailants

had

smashed

on

Zaflar's

head,

The

First

lnformation

Report

(FlR)

lodged

with

the

police

named

"unknown'

assailants

-

for

obvious

reasons.

A

wounded

and

harassed

Zaftar,wilh

his

battered

spirit,

could

nol

have

done

otherwise

at that

particular

moment.

'

The

assailants

are

stiil at

large,

despite

promises

by

all

lhose

who

matter

-

which

includes

the

prime

ministerol

the

ccunl'y

and lhe

olherwise

all-pe1'yg;r1

Chief

minisler

Ot the

0rov,nce,

lrcnrcally.

some of the

peopte

in

Zatfar,s neighbourhood

recognrse

some

of

the

assailants.

',But

I

don,t

want

to

risk

the,r hves

-

and

that's

why

I

am

not involving

them

in

this

rmbroglio,"

says

Zaffaln hrs

usual

self-effacing

way.

I

The

Heratd,

Aoril

1

991

25


9/15

aec;aea

to

suspcnd

the

publicarion

of

its

local cdition

togcthcr wilh

sister

publications

Star

and

Dawn

Gujarati following

attacks

on irs

hawkers by MQM

activists,

but

aft,er

the agreement latc

on

Thursday

night

--

which

was

seen

in

Lahore

as

a

surrender

to

the MQM's

strong-

arm tactics

--,

the papcr

came

out.

aaa

AFTER the

exit

of Mr ljlal

Haidcr

Zaidi,

our

Islamabad

corrcspondcnt

says, the dust has

settlcd

on

the

scandal

surrounding

thc

faulty

con.

struction

of

thc Lahore

runway.

Bu(

the

incident

at

Islamabad

airport

when

an

incoming planc.

skiddcd

while

landing

in

rainy

wearhcr

has

opened

the

is.suc

again.

Expcrts

scy

that thc

incident

took

placc

becausc

of

[hc

poor

maintcnance

of lhe run.

way,

In fact

this

was

thc

fourth

inci.

dent

of its kind

during

thc

last

slr

months.

One

expert

confidently

revealcd

that

a

committce

of

the

PIA

had

dcclared

the

Islamabad

airport

runway

unfit for

flights

during rainy wcathcr.

An

inquiry into

ths

larcs(

incidcnt

was

conductcd

by

a

tcam

of the

Civil

Aviation

Authority.

Intcrcsringly,

thc

CAA itself

is rcsponsiblc

for

thc

maintenancc

of

thc runways.

Will

thc inquiry

t:j:,t

REPORTS from

Quct(a

said rhe

Zikri

question

and

thc

group's

an.

nual

gathcring

on thc

27th

of

Ramazan

at

Koh-i.Murad,

in Tur-

bat,

was

again raising scciarian

tcn.

sions

in

Balochistan,

Thc

gathcring

is

vehemcntly

opposcd

by

thc fun.

damcntalists, who

considcr the

Zik.

ris

to

be

outside the

pale

of Islam

'.

a

point

of

view

thc

IJI's

mullahs

have

bccn insisting

should be

givcn

lcgal

sanction. Last

ycar

at

thc

timc

oi

thc Zikri

gathcring,

clashcs

had

crupted

and

at least

thrce

pcoplc

werc

killcd.

Khosht

attack

THE

Afghan

rcbcls'

scls.s of

Khosht,

capital of

Pakhrii

firdiincc,

continucd

cluring

thc

wcck,

A

Pcshawar

report said

Radio Krhul

had

admittcd that

somc

narts of

Khosht had

bccn

capturcd by

thc

rcbcls.

Last

wcck,

rhc

Kabul

(

r()vcrflrncnl

hacl

unilatcrally

Karachi

dcclarcd

a ceascfirc in thc

war

with

thc

rcbcls.

lice despite thc fact that

the

MQM

-

-

a

partner

in

Government

-.

had

becn

cnforcing,

through

its

militants,

a

boycott

of

Takbir

and

ot

hcr

ncwspapcrs

and

journals.

Takbir's

Editor,

Mr.

Salahuddin,

snid

that

cven

altcr

12 hours

of

the

incidcnt,

the

police

werc

reluctant

to

rcgister

an

FIR.

He said that

aftcr

thc

destruction

of thc Takbir

officc, thc

housc

of

thc

Managing

.Editor,

Mr.

Sarwat,

Jamal,

was

also

allackcd and

his

flmily

threatcncd.

Thc boycott

was

lifted

on an un-

dcrtaking

by

lhc

CPNE and

thc

APNS

lhat ncwspapcr

reports

about

which

thc

MQM

had

complaints

would

bc invcstigatcd

and

thcir

ac.

ccptancc

that

"the

story

in

thc

March

issuc

of

thc

Heral


10/15

Press

under

assault

NOT

for the

first

time,

fascist

tac.

tics

have

been

used

in

Karachi

in

a

bid

to

suborn

the Press

and

ter.

rorise

journulists

into

.subrrritting

to

tlle

commands

of

poli(icll

pur.

lies and fuctions.

This

tinre

llrd

o[-

fensive

ugainst

the

Prcs.s

wils

undertaken

by

tlre MQI\I

with

tlre

tacit

he lp

of

the Sindh

(lovcrnment,

It

sccms

that

a

sccrion

ol

thc

mcdia is

bcing

punishcd

for

rcvcal.

ing

somc

of

the

truth

ul>out thc

brcak-up

of

thc

.Mohaiir

Quumi

lvlovcmdnt.

Ihe

mvstcrioirs

cxilc of

its lcadcrs

held

to bc

corrupt,

ancl

expulsion

of

narty

aclivisls

on a

l;rigc

scalc. Thb

ruling

coalition

was

also

lngcrcd

whcn

lhc Nl()lvl

lcadcr's

consniracy

t hcorics

wcrc

rcportcd

without' dclctions,

and

dctails

wcrc

qivcn

of how

thc

.scnatc

clcction.s

wdrc

'misconductcd'

in

Sindh.

New

style

aclion

Two

Prcssmcn

havc

bccn bcatcn

un

in

(hcir

homcs hv armcd eoons

in

an opcration

that closcly follows

thc

stylc'oI

Hitlcr's Naz.i narrv: rt

was

cieculcd

with

a

ncifccricin

rhat

comcs

wilh

long

cx'pcricncc,

Thcn,

as has happcncd

frcqucntly

in

lhc

rcccnt

pa.st,

hundlcs

of

hllrck.listcd

m;rgczincs

and ncwspilncrs

lr;rvc

Itccn

(:ir[)turcd

lntl

tlcslrrrvcd:

ncwspirncr

hlwkcrs

havc hccn

bul.

licd

into trovco(tinq

thc

ouhlications.

Thc

uan'clals

"

also' attackc


11/15

NHffi

Knrachi,

Tuesday.

June

2J,

1992

Ocobcr 22 1990. af'

hc

MQM's Alraf

had

prblicly

hir utiprrlry

o.

hcss,

thc

hesident

to thc

ow

politicrl panicr

resfrinl rrd

tolcr-

of

how rn-

he

camnenb

madc

ia

the

kcss.

Hc

to

uphold

our

hess

frecdom ud

of

dcmoqacy,

ro

all from thcir

vs'

not to indmi.

of thc

hcss.

I

l,

1990,

thc

Comnitcc

of thc

considcr,

olhcr

thing:,

0rc

of

prssuc on

ud

newsmm

ud

for

hclp..

ril,

h

14,

l99l

thc

Cemince

of trc

CPI',IE

rd

"urmirnow-

thc

rcmt

ryatc

violme

eq

thc

Ksrchi aganst bc

indury,

irs

crnploy-

Thc'y

dso

cir

"strck"

I

0re

Fedsal sd

Pm-

ut

protcl

glstanrccd

n

ilr

WelL

thcir

shocl ir incom-

prehasiblc

rs hcy

mst

trke

ino

rccornt 0E

frt

$at $c

Sindh

govcrnmat

iaclf

is

the

prf,pcEatq

ofthc

violene

srd a

Bmsgressor of

thc

Corudrudr:n,

It is now

no

sget

har

bc

trcaB

ud

violocc

in

qucstjon

cmsatcd from

a

oalidon

put.

ns

of

lhc

Sindh

govmmt.

h

is urorrccivablc

thrt

thc

govcrn-

mcnt

will

cithc curb itsclf or

thwrn

ils

ow

designr.

Last

yeu's

corecm

by thc

CPNE

wc mainly

promptcd

by

thc

plight

ot Noslsc

which

n its

prc'clection

bsuc

wrotc

r disrurbing

(o

rho*

concerncd)

sbry

on

thc

muy

milirmt

rifts

within

thc

MQM.

The

vcifcrous.

.voladlc

lcad-

cr,

Alaf

Hussrin.

pior

to

md

aftcr

thc

clxtions. indulgul

in

lengthy

fulminations

bclween

(krobcr

?0

md Novcmbcr

4.

against'falsc ud mrlici06'

stories

in

gcnatl

(Nwslirc,

Iterod

a$

orhels)

end on

Oc.

obcr

3l

suggcstcd

lwo tcmt-

dics

-

cither buming

tic of-

fcnding

publicatimt

or

mt

allowing

thm to bc

sold.

Thesc

wcrc

no

rmPty

*ueac. Thc Lrqlg

ir r mrn of

his

word, rnd

morc.

Siaec

thcn,

not

only

havc

thc

cditorr

of

Hcrald Nnd

rt*rvs{inc

ben subJcctcd to

hsusmcnl

but

0rc BBC

s

Zr-

fu Abbas

had

his

had split

opcn rnd his flrt

rarsackcd

for

reponing

onc

of

Oc mily

rtatmmr isswd lry

tJrc

Lcad'

er of Azir-abad.

Ttre

./cng

Oroup

wu

tlucnacd

for

rc-

poning

thc smc

ircm

but it

is

sard

by thc unkind

$ t ils own'

ss

did thc riSht

rnd

propcr

thing ud mrdc thc

pilgrimage

io Azizrbad

to

sek

forgivc-

ness,

thu

frint

bcllcr

thu

tE

othcrs

involvcd.

(Ccnan

nasti.

ly suspiciour

quarurs

hint

that

thcy

evo

cuhcd

in

on thc o-

suing

cmfuion

to

lncrcrse

tlrc

circulrtion

of thcir

latcsl

offs-

ing

to

the

public,

which

of

@urrc

catx)t

bc truc),

Dcwa

dr

got it in

thc nak but stuck

to

its

gw,

so its distribution

in

Krnchr

wes

disruptcd for

four

dlys

md rupcndcd

cn.

tircly for

onc.

IIcraId

wa:s

ktgetad for

te.

poning

(wron8ly

or

rightly) in

its Much

issue

on.thc rifts md

cracks

in

the

MQM

hicruchy.

why?

On Mrrch

7,

the

MQM

Chairmsr.

Azcem

Tuiq, con-

firmcd

*rrt

therc

had bcen

r

"hcinous

cmspiracy"

egainst

*rc

pcrson

of

rhc

MQM lcadr

by

r

"Cang

of

Thrc"

which

had

nqt

fie *qc llera6

zlso

reporrcd

rhat Altal

Bhai

"camc

unds

rttack"

at

a

pany

meuing

for

ha"int

r panncnhip in

e

hotcl

in

thc

US

o*ned by hir

brothcr.

lf thir

bc

so.

what

on

eurh

is wong

*irh rhat?

Wc

{e

told L\al Altnf

Bhai

worlrcd

in hc

US

for

r

nrrnbcr

of

ycus,

prcsumahly

cming

md

not

msrcly

drspnsing

ehrity,

ud

it

Lr

cvm

n,mowcd

t}rrl

likc

muy

of

his

drstirguishcd

counrymcn

hc

is

thc

proud

omer

of

onc

of

thosc madly

covetcd

colourcd crds.

WhY

should

hc

not om

up

o

his

pos*ssions?

Whrt

on Errth

is

wrong

with

that?

Ncvcrthclcss,

r

sorry

rnd

shamcful

capiolrtior

cmc h

0re

moming of

Mmh

22,

s

r

prcludc

to urc

daming of Prki.

stur's

Reprblic Day

cclckr-

tions.

The honourrblc

reprcscn-

latives

of

0rc hcss

prcscnad

thmrelvcs

tl UE Aziztbsd

lvlukaz

to

usurc

0r

badcr

md

his

kryal

mcn

of

"r

rcsnt-

blc

working

rclztionrhip"

bc-

rwco

t-hc

hcss rnd

thc

MQM.

Whilst

thcy

werc

m doing,

thc

K ryachi

offices

ol T&bccr

wre

bcing kr rblrzc.

Why,

onc xks? Orer

tlre

ycrs

it

hs

mrdc mlly a

bubcd dig

u 0tc

MQM

lnd

bccn'wmcd'oftcn

cnough. This

timc

it

printcd

r

talc

on

thc

"crpon"

of the

"Cug

of

Tlre" rnd suggotcd

rhrr thc rcasn

Alrrf

had

b

bG

hosprtali*d

wrs

a

bullct in

his

lcg.

So.

would

it

bc cxmordi-

nEry to

corusidu thal r

just

rcri-

bution may havc

bccn

crrlcd?

To

thc

rimplc-mindod

ot>

servcr. rll this

clculy indicuan

that

thc

hcss

hrs

plcdgcd,

fc

beuq

or

lor

worsc,

to

go

dmg

with

l:dcr

Ahefs dclmidon

and

practicc of hesr

frccdom.

It

would

s.cm

thrr ecording

o

his

tmcu

eeery

frcc

mrn

hs

ur

undoubtcd riglrr

ro

s+t

wher

hc

plc$cs, bul h€ mtEr

Irlc lhc

dirc

ud

physicd consapgacct

of

Ns

own

t

rncf,ity

inro

E-

court

whcdrr whrt

hc

ptblish

cs

is thc

unvamirhod Euh or

i

impop"t

c mirchicvollq

Uu

thc

hws

of

Pekisten nry

pro

vi&

for rcdcss

rgainst frlsc

rccLls.rionr

Frblishc4

bo

thesc lrws

l'c nol

o bc trkcn

rdvurtrgc

of:

drf

mrth

mus

nevar,

in

r &€c

8d

opcn

6-

comts,

ovct@mc

or crPosc

cror;

thrt

vimrc

mwt

ncith

bc

tcsrcd

mr rtrangdrcnod.

Thc lew

of

Azizrbed

wil

prcveil.

Thcrc

will

ciths

be

complcc

submission

s thc

cr.

trrction of u

cy€

for

I tmth

rnd

r

lsth

for

rn

cya

To

blez-

es

with

Tafucr ud

its

likc.

Lct

thc rcr&rs

of

Dun

do

sirhout

thcir daily

@py. And

so

what

if

7:fu

Abbs

is

mt

so

lucky nert

time s

o

gct

of

wit}t

a

msc

bashcd

up hcrd?

Wc

must

all

go along

wi0r

Taj Jamali,

thc

segrioru.

u-icd

and tcstcd chicf miniscr

of

43

p6enl

of

ot

lmd

mljs,

who

rfirr

medng

with

thc MQM

chicftan

rt Abbsi Shahocd

Hor-

pid

on

Orc

cvcning

of

Much

16 old

r

ge0ring

of trwsmcn

dr.r hc

wrs

inFsscd

by Alte

Bhai.

thet hc

fourd

hin

o bc

r

noblc

pe'sm rnd

r mrnrc

poli-

ricim.

So

bc iu

I

Whose

press,

whose

freedom?

t1

AminaJilani

writes

on

the MQM's

misguided

crusade

against the

press

r

(t;'


12/15

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j,

Fronti,erPOS;t

TUESDAY

JI.JNE

23,

IggZ

ZILHA:I

2I,I4IZ

It{ewesmen

boYcott

MQM

MI{A

i*i\"ches

'

F.P.

BurtruRePorl

ISLAMABAD

-

Thc

membcr

of

parliamentary

Press

gallcrY

covcring

National

AsscmblY

scs'

sion

on

WcdncsdaY

boYcottcd

the

soecchcs

of

two

MQM

MNAs

d'uring

t*o

houn

long

dcbate.

on

thc

incidcnts

of

violence. agalnst

iOurnali5ts

8nd

neusp8pc6,

Thc

newsmen Patscd

a

rcsolu'

tion

rcsolving

thaias

long

as

MOM

wottld nol

rtsurc

to stop

allacks

(tn

iournalisls

lhcy

wtll

conlinuc

boy'

cott

of MQM

mcmbcrs

Protcsting

iournalisls

also

raiscd

sloqans asatntl

MQM

in

thc

Presr

lou'nse

otihe

Parliamcnt

Housc.

Fcicral

minister

for

information

Abdus Sattar

l-alika,

ministcr of

statc

fot

political

affain

Abdullth

Ghazi and

oarliamenlrrY

scctctaq

lor inlormall(tn

Javcd

Ali

Shah

vrsi cd

prcss

S3llcrY

lounBc

and

requcsrid

newsmcn

to

cnd

thcir

bovcott.

Senior iournalisrs

Oatscr

Butt.

satrrnd Sitrir

and

olhen

lold

mii'

sters

ihal

ncwsmcn's

boycoll

was

asainst

MQM.

The

ministcn

latcr

tid thc

spcakcr

aboul

lhe

silua'

ii,on. Ahdullah

Ghaziaskcd

MQM

,memben

lo

t0

to

prcs

gallcry

lounec

to

tnlk

wilh ncwsmen

lot

cndiig

rhcir

boycoll.

but

lhcY

did

nol ohliec

thc

mini$cr'

.

Mcan-*hrlc,

thc

National

'

Assemblv

dccidcd

to

conslitulc

'

12.m.'mtier

House

commi(lcc

fir

of

violcncc

a8ainsl

journalislr

ilnd

ncwspapcrs.

The dccision

was

taken

allcr

complctton

of lwo

hours

dcbatc

on

'8n

adiournmcnl

mollon

cafllcr

admirred

by

SPcakcr

Gohar

AYub

Khan.

Dcputy

SPcaker

Nawa:

Khok'

har.

$ho

wa5

Pte\ldinF

ovcl

thd

scrsron

announccd

thal

thc

c(rm'

mitrce to

hc

constiluled

on

lhc rec'

ommendilliofls

o[

thc

lcrcler

of thc

Housr

and lcatlct

ttf

thq

opntri-

tion

s.()ul(l

[rx

resgrnsibilitr

on the

culnnll

I

hc

sPeatcl

aftct

consul'

Irng

lcrdcrs

of

tnth

rrlcs

*rll

ainouncc

lhc nlmct

ul

ll'

mcm'

trcrs,

hc

added.

Wrn,lrng

uP

lhc debJl(

I.

l"rill

mlnt(lcr

for

tnfotntfllt(ln

ilrl{l

hro'

adcil{lin

Abdur

Sattrt

I

alrko

usrrrc,l

iht

ll,rurr

that

lJl tr\\crn'

mcnl

woul


13/15

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Sindh

Diary

The

Pir

nnd

the

Press

By

ll{oh.rmnrcd

llenil

d({sn'a

r..ilrl

t0

live?)."l'uhlKltr,n\

lr.lrrrl{

l0

pr6rrre

lhoir

indrprn.

dence c:rn

crPe(l r bo)(0il

or

an

allr(h

on

llr( olli(t.

Whon

;loag

friled'to

gire

'appropalnlr'

(r,\('rJqe

l()

Karachi mrror

l"rr'r'q

Srl-

lar's

marrilgf

lrr

11 v1''17t

ago

(lusl

onc

pi(lur?

nnd

lwo

columns

on

lhe fronl

pagc),

the

t\tQivt

un-

nounced

r

boycotl

of

lhe

paper.

'l'hat

day, tlert

ve-

hicle

nhich p&$ed

throuBh

l.LChundrigar Road,

where

th(

loap

olTice

is

lo.

cated,

was

scrrched for

the

papcr's

copies.

E:en-.pdire

mobiles

were

searched. Mir

Khalilur

Rehman

was slse

rnough

lo

pay

r

visil

lo

Aziabad

and clarify the

misundrrstanding. Nou'

all

lhe

ncwspaper

owners hrvc

z

ready crcuse, "If

Jg4.g.

beine

h3_b

i €ggL-lenn,Dl

stind uD to them- how can

sql"

l'hat.

ncedleis

to

9y,

has made

lhe MQM's

job

crsier.

ooumi

Akhht. e

Kara-

chi-brsed Urdu evenlnpcr.

ls a casc

ln

polnl

The

papcr

st3ried

as en lndapcndent

cvcninger

more than e

year

ago.

Today

lt

ls the

l.rBest

circulaled cveninger ln Pe-

klst n

wlth

r

clrculstlon

of

morc

than

l@,000.

Thc

paper

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populrlty.s

much lo lts scrc.mlng

hqad

lines

as

to th

poems

prints praising

the

illtll{

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tr€rts

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hirn'rh

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