things. Law and Constitution should be used to find out the remedy in case Altaf had stated anything unlawful and against the Constitution besides obtaining a court order about the ban, Sattar added.
He described freedom of expression as the soul of democracy and said democracy was of no use when the chief of the country’s the fourth largest party was not allowed to talk to the people. He said there was no mention of either the MQM or Altaf in the Pemra’s orders about not airing the live speeches and media could telecast his speeches through delay mechanism.
Claiming that there was no civilian authority, law and Constitution in the country, Sattar said they were moving the Lahore High Court against the ban and would see whether the government was going to support them on the issue.
He said the unannounced ban was a challenge to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s writ. He said they wanted to know about the extent of executive and constitutional powers of the prime minister who had done the same with the MQM in 1992.
According to Sattar, the MQM has submitted its resignations in the Parliament but no one is giving a reply. His party has been made a target. The MQM’s loss is a loss of the entire country. Being the citizen of Pakistan, he enjoys same rights as that of the PPP or the PML-N leaders who may face a similar situation in future.
He said the MQM was a peaceful party and showed its reaction in a political way, adding that media trial should be avoided.
The London-based Geo News reporter Murtaza Ali Shah said hot news were expected in London regarding the political affairs of Pakistan and the criminal investigation. He said the Scotland Yard believed Mohsin played the main role in Imran Farooq’s murder, adding that Khalid Shamim and Moazzam Ali assisted him but it was Mohsin who stabbed the MQM leader to death and lived there with Kashif Khan Kamran.
Shah said the same Scotland Yard team was investigating the murder episode and the money laundering case. He said Mohsin, in his confessional statement to the Scotland Yard, shared the names of seven persons who had helped in staying in London.
According to Shah, Mohsin also lived in a MQM-owned property located in Edgware. Interior Minister Chaudhry has told the British authorities that Pakistan would assist them but they too should expedite the cases.