MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday said that a conspiracy is being hatched to ignite sectarian strife in Karachi and the recent killings in the city were a part of the same conspiracy. He urged the government and the security forces to take action against the killings of innocent people in the city because if it continued ceaselessly it would cause irreparable damage to the country.
Altaf said this while addressing a large gathering of religious scholars belonging to different schools of thought in Jinnah Ground, Azizabad. Hussain said he had always preached party workers not to ill-treat anyone. "Every human being has to taste death one day, and I yearn to die a death of honour and no one could say that Altaf Hussain acted cowardly in his last days." "I have always spoken the truth during my long struggle. I was falsely accused of many things because of my truthfulness that continue even today."
Referring to the Asghar Khan case he said, "The SC judgement says that money was distributed among some people after formation of a certain political party. Those who brought money to my home have themselves accepted that Altaf Hussain refused to accept money despite their insistence.