Pakistan Army 'openly' supporting religious extremists, alleges US Congressman
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US lawmaker Dana Rohrabacher alleged that "corrupt" Pakistani Army officers are involved in the "extrajudicial killing" of Mohajirs in Karachi. He said, "They are openly supporting religious extremists. This is not acceptable at any cost." The term "Mohajir" is used to describe the Urdu-speaking immigrants who left India in 1947 and came to Pakistan. A large chunk of them settled in the Sindh province.
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Rohrabacher, strongest critic of Islamabad
Rohrabacher, the lawmaker from California who was earlier a close friend of Pakistan, is now one of the strongest critics of Islamabad for it providing safe haven to terrorists.
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Rohrabacher says every citizen has right to defend his freedom
Rohrabacher, who was speaking at "Mohajir Day on the Capitol Hill, Washington", organized by the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), said, "I extend my full support to Mohajirs." A member of the House Foreign Affairs, Rohrabacher added that every citizen has every right to defend his freedom, basic rights, and the United States is fully aware of the crimes of the corrupt officers from Islamabad.
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Will support MQM to get rid of atrocities: US Congressman
Rohrabacher said, "We want to make Karachi a peaceful and prosperous city like Singapore and we will support MQM to get rid of these atrocities". The conference was attended by workers and office bearers of MQM from 12 chapters of the US, Canada, and the UK, along with representatives of think-tanks, senior journalists, bloggers, and people from different walks of life.
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Mohajirs aren't allowed to vote for whom they want: MQM-convener
Nadeem Ehsan, the convener of MQM, said the basic human rights of Mohajirs are violated and they aren't even allowed to vote to whom they want, and therefore, the founder and leader of MQM, Altaf Hussain has announced to boycott the upcoming elections on July-25.