Altaf Hussain ( The Founder Of MqM )

Altaaf Hussain is a very controverstial personality in pakistan and very miuch famous in karachi.
Altaf Hussain (Urdu: الطاف حسین) is the leader and founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) of Pakistan. He was born on january 6, 1953 in Karachi. Karachi is the largest city, port and cultural, economical, philantropic, educational, and political hub of Pakistan. Mr. Hussain's father, Mr. Nazir Hussain, and mother, Mrs. Khursheed Begum, both belonged to a religious family of Agra, India. The city is world famous for Taj Mahal. According to the biographical information available from MQM's website, Altaf Hussain's grandfather was the city Mufti of Agra, and a well known scholar of Islam. Mrs. Khursheed Begum's father Hafiz Rahim Baksh was also well respected in the religious and scholarly circles in the world-famous city.

In early 1970s the large family of Mr. Nazir Hussain moved into a modest house constructed on a 120 square yard (1,080 square feet) lot. The house was later dedicated to MQM's political and welfare activities, and became known as Nine Zero. Nine Zero is MQM's Pakistani Headquarters.

Political ideologies and reputation

Altaf Hussain is the only great leader of Pakistan. He is trying to represent an innocent people of Pakistan, which are abused and even humiliate them over years and years by fake leaders. [2] Altaf Hussain claims that MQM has no prejudice between poor and privileged, and that every worker of the party bears and carries that same respect.[no need to laugh ]
he was recruited by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan military intelligence) in the United States to form MQM as a counter against Pakistan Peoples Party[4] [5] and the Jamaat-e-Islami. [6]

At a conference in India in May 2005, he said, "Perhaps the idea of Pakistan was dead at its inception, when the majority of Muslims chose to stay back after partition, a truism reiterated in the creation of Bangladesh in 1971. If you need further evidence look at the plight of 300,000 Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh for three decades in their passage to the chosen land. Unwanted by both Bangladesh and Pakistan, led by an unknown destiny."During the conference he expressed his desire to the Indian media that partition should be annuled and Pakistan should be merged with India.Video recordings of his speech are available on the internet. [7]

Altaf Hussain is labelled by his opponents in Pakistan as an Indian agent.[8]. He has dismissed this charge by saying, "it is a Pakistani tradition to call oppositionists Indian agents."[8]After the army's operation cleanup against MQM terrorists,several of MQM's senior leaders fled to India and were alleged to have been financed and supported by RAW. These are the factors which has led the ISI to keep a close watch on MQM and the suspicious activities of its workers.

British citizenship

There is controversy over why Mr. Hussain was allowed British citizenship by Tony Blair's Labour government even though the Conservatives under John Major refused him the same.[9]. Respect MP George Galloway has described him in the House of Commons as "the godfather of Sindh—he is the godfather of Karachi—and he is living high on the hog from the extortion of the citizens of Karachi" and has asked "why he was given citizenship, and why he is being allowed to operate with impunity". He belong to a shia religion

Allegations of violence against rivals

The MQM has been accused of instigating violence in Karachi on May 12, 2007 that led to the death of at least 42 people.[10] The violence broke out after MQM held a rally against what it called ‘political jugglery in the name of independence of judiciary’. The MQM denied the claims, though its leader indirectly blamed the former justice.[11]

The violence intensified just before the suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry flew into Karachi to address the Sindh High Court Bar Association. Then Pakistan Peoples Party and MQM workers fought each other. iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was, however, forced to leave for Islamabad after waiting at the airport for several hours. This was due to the banishment order for his panel of lawyers from the Sindh government.

Lawyers, political parties and media organisations from across the country protested over the involvement of MQM workers in the attack of Aaj TV.

Imran Khan's legal action

Imran Khan, plans to legal action against Altaf Hussein and MQM. The party was accused of using violence to stop the country's chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry from visiting Karachi. The judge's suspension by General Pervez Musharraf, has inspired an anti-government movement. Imran Khan states that he is collecting evidence to file against Mr Hussein in the British courts. He says Mr Hussein makes all the key decisions in the MQM party, so it is he who must be held to account for recent violence in Karachi that has been widely blamed on his party.

MQM chief’s wife begins legal action to divorce him

The lawyer of MQM Chief Altaf Hussain’s wife Faiza Gabol said Friday night that there is separation between his client and her husband and this separation had happened two years ago.

According to the lawyer, Faiza said this action from her has its basis in Altaf’s ""insulting" and "callous" attitude towards her, over the past six years. [14] She also alleged that after marriage she was virtually made a prisoner.She alleged that the main goal for Altaf Hussain at the time of the marriage was to acquire UK citizenship.Once that was achieved his attitude started changing leading to separation and now filing of the divorce.