KP Assembly passes resolution against Altaf Hussain

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, asking the federal government to bring him to the country through Interpol and register a treason case against him.
The joint resolution signed by the treasury and opposition members and presented by PTI MPA Shaukat Yousafzai criticised Altaf Hussain, saying he had committed treason by passing derogatory remarks against the state and its security institutions and inviting India to attack Pakistan and asking the United Nations to take control of Karachi.
The resolution read that Altaf Hussain had also tried to instigate his workers to mutiny against the state. It asked the federal government to ensure bringing the MQM head to Pakistan through the Interpol and initiate treason case against him.
The three parties ruling the province and all those in the opposition backed the resolution. The resolution was also signed by Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani, Finance Minister Muzaffar Said, Minister for Public Health Engineering Shah Farman, Law Minister Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, Munawwar Khan of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Syed Jaffar Shah of Awami National Party (ANP) and Arbab Akbar Hayat and Sheraz Khan of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Mohammad Ali Shah Bacha of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli of Qaumi Watan Party (QWP). The resolution was passed unanimously when speaker suspended rule 124 for presenting the resolution.