LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday announced to step down from the party leadership. According to media reports, Farooq Sattar read a letter from Altaf Hussain to the General Workers body meeting.

According to reports, the party chief said the party leaders failed to contain the violence on April 9 in Karachi city. Altaf said in the letter that everybody has right to protest, however, violent riots are wrong to the core.

The letter said the party affairs would be settled by MQM Rabta Committee. MQM chief said Legal Aid Committee members were staging peaceful demonstration.

Commenting on April 9 incidents, Altaf Hussain said he is grieved at the violent incidents on April 9.

‘After the violent riots erupted in Karachi, I asked Rabta Committee members and representatives to quit their work and restore peace in the city,’ he maintained. AAJ

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