Talking to zonal committee of Lahore Zone and office-bearers of Lahore & Kasur districts on telephone, he said his political struggle was not aimed at securing perks, privileges for himself and his family.

“I started my struggle for rights of the disadvantaged and underprivileged as a whole. The establishment tried to bribe me on several occasions during course of my struggle. I was offered money, bungalows, properties, but I did not trade my conscience and values. Those who are true to their ideology do not allow themselves to be bought,” MQM press release said.
He said, “When I refused to bow down, they tried to eliminate me. MQM was subjected to fierce state repression. Simple people of Punjab were turned away from me by unleashing vitriolic propaganda. Had I accepted deals offered, I would not have been living painful life in exile. I would have been living a life of pleasure and luxury in Pakistan.”
"I was blamed for many things, but they could not accuse me of corruption. My hands were clear in the past as well and there is nothing against me even today. I do not own any property worth the name throughout Pakistan. I am neither communist nor socialist. My philosophy is philosophy of realism, practicalism. I want to reform prevailing system, want just, equitable system in which every citizen has equal rights irrespective of his religious followings and beliefs. I want a system where no one is subjected to discrimination because of any reason,” Altaf Hussain said.