‘Islamabad is Taliban’s next target’

KARACHI: Nizam-e-Adl Regulation is not a peace agreement but a recipe for disaster for the country, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Coordination Committee convener and MNA Dr Farooq Sattar Thursday said.Addressing a press conference here, Dr Sattar said that his party opposed the "so-called" Nizam-e-Adl in the larger national interest, reported a private TV channel. Dr Sattar said that MQM informed the nation about what he called the serious consequences of implementation of Nizam-e-Adl. "We were Muslims yesterday and we are Muslims today and are well-aware of the teachings of our religion," he asserted. Islamabad is only a few kilometres from Buner and after Swat it was now the turn of Islamabad, he feared.He said making agreement with the elements who perpetrated the crime of public flogging of a young girl in Swat was tantamount to giving permission to carry out illegal activities openly. "If these people call themselves Muslims then all other Pakistanis should stop calling them so," he added. The MQM leader said by carrying out a suicide attack in Charsadda the Taliban celebrated victory of their violence-ridden campaign which has nothing to do with peace. "Their Sharia does not allow them laying down arms and those who support this deal have actually betrayed their voters," Dr Farooq Sattar maintained.MNA Haider Abbas Rizvi, on the occasion, said Chaudhry Nisar has violated the Parliamentary traditions by issuing a statement against MQM.He termed the statements against MQM Chief Altaf Hussain as regrettable. Dr Farroq Sattar said now we also reserve a right to issue statements against Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif.