KARACHI: In an interview with media, Farooq Satta
r said that he wanted the government to dismiss the August 22nd cases.
Satta
r said, &
#8220;One tends to have an emotional affiliation with the founder of an ideology,” adding, &
#8220;Giving up such an old association is indeed a huge sacrifice.”
He furthe
r said the party (MQM-Pakistan) is in the process of debriefing party workers. The leader admitted that thirty percent of the party workers still had an emotional affiliation with former party chief Altaf Hussain.
&
#8220;MQM-P fully understands the issues in Karachi. We have around 2,200 local body representatives on our platfo
rm,221; said the MQM-P chief.
Moreover, speaking about his recent detention by police, Satta
r said, &
#8220;May be I was given the message that authorities can arrest or release me as they please. I did not care for my life, we (MQM-P) just want a policy. The Wor
kers’ Co
nvention, not Youm-e-Tasees was the measure of our success.”