The Altaf Hussain cult

[Slog]

I don’t think you remotely understand Pakistani politics or Altaf Bhai’s influence if you’re for a second comparing him to guys like Fawad Chaudhry or Fayyaz ul Chauhan.

Altaf Being on this show as a panelist (not even one on one interview) is like Bal Thackeray being on Arnabs show with other random panelists. It was almost weird for me to see a random nobody from Pakistan shouting at Altaf and calling him a rat on his face considering Altaf till only few years ago is known to have order hitmen on people who have said much much less about him. That just shows how much he has fallen.

I don’t know how to explain but I’m sure the Karachi people here will understand.

It just feels surreal and scarcely believable to see him in such a helpless state.

 

[DeadBall]

I don’t know how to explain but I’m sure the Karachi people here will understand.

It just feels surreal and scarcely believable to see him in such a helpless state.

It's the drugs/medication and mental disintegration. The guy is not of sound mind anymore. He's just a rambling, incoherent mess of a man now.

 

[Syed1]

It's the drugs/medication and mental disintegration. The guy is not of sound mind anymore. He's just a rambling, incoherent mess of a man now.

Should be brought back to Pakistan and made to pay for his crimes.

 

[DeadBall]

Should be brought back to Pakistan and made to pay for his crimes.

I doubt he will even know what's going on and will probably die bleating. My father was a big supporter of MQM and Saleem Shehzad used to often our house in Dubai because he was a partner in one of my father's businesses (Al Aswad rice if I remember correctly) but later they had a falling out when it came to light that he was using it to launder money.

I remember "collecting" the khaals from our areas in Karachi (Gulistan e Jauhar area at the time) during Bakra Eid as a kid for Altaf "bhai", little did I know that it was going to generate tens of millions for the party and the mafia.

 

[Knight_Rider]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVBNUwYxCw

What a fall from Grace

From addressing millions of people in a rally and shutting down a city at a moment's call to becoming a rent a quote guest on Arnab Goswami's show.

So whoever appear on Arnab Godwami’s show has fallen from grace?

As for AH, he has gone mentally insane now. So its a pity that he is being misused by the opportunistic Goswami. But having said that Altaf in his day was the true leader of Muhajirs and a representative of ordinary common men (unlike most other political parties of pakistan). He challenged the status quo and military hegemony in Pakistan, which is why he was targeted from very beginning and made to leave the country. Right now after his departure (and mental incapacity) the whole Muhajir community is without a proper leadership and under Army’s censorship & control. Hopefully some new and charismatic leader will show up sooner or later.

 

[Slog]

So whoever appear on Arnab Godwami’s show has fallen from grace?

Yes.

Especially in his case he used to close down the biggest city in the country on a whim and now he is having to share being a panelist with random people who are calling him a rat. Few years ago the person who called him a rat would’ve likely been done with by the end of the night if he had the courage to do so

 

[Knight_Rider]

Ok, each to their own. Its not a big deal in my opinion.

I actually, agree with quite a bit of what AH says. Its just that he has gone a bit nuts, so cant always make a comprehensive logical arguments in longer conversations. Listen to some of his old speeches on YouTube and you will see what I mean. Its actually a bit low of Goswami to misuse AH’s incapacity this way.

 

[Nostalgic]

I remember "collecting" the khaals from our areas in Karachi (Gulistan e Jauhar area at the time) during Bakra Eid as a kid for Altaf "bhai", little did I know that it was going to generate tens of millions for the party and the mafia.

Cue the circumcision jokes...

 

[Last Monetarist]

https://www.geo.tv/latest/351325-mqm-founder-altaf-hussains-terror-speech-trial-next-year-in-uk

Muttahida Qaumi Movement founder Altaf Hussain will go on trial in January next year at the UK's Kingston Crown Court for allegedly using hate speech and encouraging an act of terrorism.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed to Geo News that Hussain’s trial will start on January 31, 2022 and last for about three weeks.

The MQM founder had sought to delay his trial indefinitely, citing serious health issues and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, sources said.

The CPS confirmed that Hussain’s trial had been postponed twice before because of the pandemic and his own health issues.

The MQM leader spent nearly a month in Barnet Hospital from mid-December last year to January 12, 2021 after being taken in an ambulance for suffering "serious" COVID-19 symptoms.

After returning home, Hussain fell ill again a week later and spent a week in the hospital. His doctors had told the court he suffered from a severe form of infection in multiple organs along with pneumonia.

Since the last three months, the MQM founder has been doing well and has made several live speeches to his followers on social media.

Hussain’s last court appearance, virtually, was at the Old Bailey around a year ago where his lawyer told Justice May DBE that the MQM supremo didn’t approve of the editorial stance by Geo News when he ordered his workers in August 2016 to attack several media houses in the port city of Karachi.

His lawyer, Joel Bennathan, had told the court that Hussain was upset and agitated at the way three major news channels had censored his speeches and didn’t provide him coverage prior to the infamous August 16, 2016 address, which ultimately led to the unraveling of his party and politics.

At that hearing, Hussain’s lawyer had applied for the complete dismissal of the hate speech charges against his client, but his application was dismissed.

Hussain’s lawyer said that the MQM founder had made the speech only for “political purposes”, didn’t encourage terrorism and didn’t mean to do anything violent, damage properties, intimidate opponents or any state institution or media house.

Hussain, 67, has been charged under the Terrorism Act, 2006 on suspicion of intentionally encouraging or assisting offences contrary to Section 44 of the Serious Crime Act, 2007.

UK authorities launched the investigations into the matter after an FIR was lodged in Karachi naming the MQM leader as the instigator.

 

[gazza619]

Does anyone know whats he up to these days?

Haven't heard about him on any platforms for a while.

 

[saeedhk]

Does anyone know whats he up to these days?

Haven't heard about him on any platforms for a while.

In a recent video, he was seen mopping his UK house garden and asking followers to send hime money.

 

[gazza619]

In a recent video, he was seen mopping his UK house garden and asking followers to send hime money.

How peaceful.