Karachi: Rejecting Wikileaks revelations on May 12 incident Mutehida
Quami Movement (MQM) Thursday said that his party was the major victim
of the Black Day.
Speaking to journalist at party centre
“Nine-Zero”, MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar said that his party was not
May 12 tragedy, instead 14 party workers had been killed and over 50
were injured during the turmoil of May 12.
He said wikileaks revelations were misleading and these accusations were conspiracy against MQM.
He said Wikileaks was not an authentic source of information and this attempt was to defame his party.
Sattar said MQM believed in free judiciary while his party had always been condemned the incident.
On
occasion, Sattar displayed a video for journalists, which he believes
was evidence that his party was not involved in May 12 bloodshed.
Earlier,
Wikileaks on Tuesday revealed that MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar said
certain MQM workers, former President Pervez Musharraf, landlords,
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and other political parties were
involved in the May 12, 2007 mayhem in Karachi.
A diplomatic
cable sent from Karachi to Washington on 17 May, 2007 contained details
of a 40-minute phone conversation between Sattar and Charge d’ affaires
US Consulate Peter Boday. During the conversation Sattar admitted that
certain members of his party were involved in the May 12 incident and
the party should consider unarming its militant wing.
According
to the cable Sattar had informed government officials about those
involved in the incident. Sattar said that slogans chanted in favour of
Musharraf were not made on his recommendation and MQM Chief Altaf
Hussain had dismissed his recommendation on the issue. Online
