Altaf steps down as party chief
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Friday announced to get retirement from the party leadership.
According to media reports, Farooq Sattar read a letter from Altaf Hussain to the General Workers meeting.
According to reports, the party chief said the party leaders failed to contain the violence on April 9 in Karachi city.
Altaf Hussain 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.
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