KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that he would unveil what he called the double standards of the establishment during a telephonic address at 5pm to MQM workers from the party's London office.

He made the announcement early on Saturday in a statement which added that any MQM member with a dubious reputation or corrupt behaviour would not be tolerated by the party leadership.

Altaf said that whenever he was about to bring reforms in his party's administrative structure, the establishment became more active and created impediments in his way.

Also read: Altaf poses 14 questions to army chief over MQM workers' arrest

The statement issued on the party's website also said that the MQM chief was angry over "party workers' persecution by law enforcement agencies" and lamented that party workers arrested in raids were innocent, law-abiding citizens of the country.

He maintained that MQM supported Pakistan Army in its operations against terrorists, adding that the party could not comprehend as to why certain people were against MQM.

The latest statement from the MQM supremo came hours after he posed 14 questions to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif over the recent arrest of party workers during a raid on a sector office of MQM.

The party had also held sit-ins across Karachi two days ago against the arrests from the sector office in the city's Gulshan-i-Maymar area. The party has been claiming that Rangers and security forces had unlawfully detained its workers.

Opinion

Editorial

Closed doors
Updated 08 Jan, 2025

Closed doors

The nation’s fate has been decided through secret deals for too long, with the result that the citizenry has become increasingly alienated from the state.
Debt burden
08 Jan, 2025

Debt burden

THE federal government’s total debt stock soared by above 11pc year-over-year to Rs70.4tr at the end of November,...
GB power crisis
08 Jan, 2025

GB power crisis

MASS protests are not a novelty in Pakistan, and when the state refuses to listen through the available channels —...
Fragile peace
Updated 07 Jan, 2025

Fragile peace

Those who have lost loved ones, as well as those whose property has been destroyed in the clashes, must get justice.
Captive power cut
07 Jan, 2025

Captive power cut

THE IMF’s refusal to relax its demand for discontinuation of massively subsidised gas supplies to mostly...
National embarrassment
Updated 07 Jan, 2025

National embarrassment

The global eradication of polio is within reach and Pakistan has no excuse to remain an outlier.