Sell proceeds of London Secretariat be spent on Karachi: Altaf Shakoor.

KARACHI -- Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor has said if and when the London Secretariat of MQM-Altaf is sold, its sell proceeds should be sent to Pakistan and spent on welfare of the poor Karachiites. Commenting on media reports that the London Secretariat of MQM-Altaf is offered for sale, he said this lavish property was made from the money donated by Karachiites or extorted from the Karachiites. He said if and when this property is sold, it the right of the Karachiites that its sale proceeds are spent on their welfare. He said that it is open secret that how lavish foreign properties were made using the money of hard working people of Karachi.

He said these vested political mafias have mercilessly looted and plundered Karachi and they are primarily responsible for the lack of development in the megacity because when they were sharing power in Sindh with the PPP, they neglected the megacity and its citizens and focused on corruption, kickbacks, extortion, selling government jobs, illegal land occupation and China cutting. Altaf Shakoor demanded from the PTI-MQM-P coalition government in the Center not to follow the...

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