Imran, Sharif vow to unmask Altafs true face

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan have vowed to unmask the true face of MQM chief Altaf Hussain and continue their fight against anti-democratic forces in Pakistan.

London, July 19 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan have vowed to unmask the 'true face' of MQM chief Altaf Hussain and continue their fight against "anti-democratic forces" in Pakistan.

Addressing a public rally organised by Imran's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) in Manchester, Sharif offered the latter his full support to bring Hussain to book.

Sharif said that his government had previously taken action against Hussain over the murder of renowned scholar and the founding president of the Hamdard Foundation, Hakim Mohammad Saeed.

The two leaders blamed President Pervez Musharraf for the prevailing political crisis and growing militancy in Pakistan.

The Dawn quoted Sharif as saying that the only fault of the people in the Jamia Hafsa was that they had encroached upon some land, while Musharraf was holding the entire nation hostage at gunpoint.

Sharif also criticised Benazir Bhutto for backtracking on her promise to tell her party parliamentarians to quit from the assemblies.

Terming Mohajirs as "true Pakistanis," both Imran and Sharif said: "Bengalis and Mohajirs rank at the top of those who sacrificed the most, and (we) salute them."

ANI