Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Spokesman Dr Musadik Malik has said that the traitor of Pakistan could not be forgiven and anybody siding with him would be seen with the same eye and held accountable.

“The statement of MQM leadership in Pakistan to dissociate from Altaf Hussain can be trusted in its face value but the party will have to prove it with its acts. If it fails to do so, the party will be in hot waters,” he said in a PTV programme. “We have nothing to do with it whether MQM continues Altaf as its chief or not. This has to be decided by the party.

But, if they go along a traitor, they will be considered the same,” he said. Musadik said how anybody speaking against Pakistan could be forgiven. Can we sit idle if anybody challenges Pakistan’s integrity? The government is raising this issue at quarters concerned and would take it to its logical end.

“It is a limit that a person from the United Kingdom is trying to create chaos inside Pakistan. Our forces are laying lives for peace and security in Pakistan and the region and he is committing treachery to malign Pakistan. The British government must understand this,” he said.

He said, “Altaf has delivered speech as a British citizen. Though, there is no international law between Pakistan and UK, but we hope that the British government would move against him as per the law.” Answering a question about removing Altaf’s posters from Karachi, Musadik said, it makes no difference whether Altaf was a quaid or not. But, when anybody would speak against Pakistan why people would not remove his posters and pictures from Pakistan’s streets.

He said the statement made by Farooq Sattar could be trusted on face value because a party could not be condemned on spiteful remarks by one person. “We cannot say the whole party is traitor. But, the MQM leadership in Pakistan will have to prove their claim because anybody siding with a traitor, will be considered a traitor.”

He said if patriotic Karachiites were bracketed with Altaf who were Pakistanis, then it would be injustice to them. “Patriot Pakistanis cannot be deprived of their right to peace and progress.” He said anybody who desired to lead these people would have to win their confidence by serving them because nobody could be allowed to rule Karachi by attacking others.

“We shall not let the Karachi people alienate from the political system. But, we are clear in our mind that anybody siding with a traitor shall be held accountable. Even if MQM will decide to stand with a traitor, Karachi people will throw them away,” he said.