Overview

Based on a long interview of Altaf Hussain, the present day Chief of the now Muttahida Qaumi Movement (previously Mohajir Qaumi Movement), this book is an account of the protagonist's life and political career up to the year 1988. It provides illuminating insights into the rise of a powerful political party and its charismatic leader. Hussain's early encounters with prejudice against a straggling group of immigrants from India known as 'Mohajirs', his disillusionment with religious parties and their claim of impartiality towards all fellow Muslims soon led him to create a robust and coherent political party from the amorphous group of people who were given the name of 'Mohajir'. Not only is this book invaluable as an early blueprint of the MQM's future development and concerns, it is also an impressive record of how an individual, with the help of a small group of friends, generated political consciousness among people who felt powerless in their adopted country, and helped them to stand up confidently for their rights-and later, for the rights of other unprivileged people.

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Author:   Hussain
Publisher:   OUP Pakistan
Imprint:   OUP Pakistan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780199063413

ISBN 10:   0199063419
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   01 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations Introduction The Birth of the Movement Admission to the B.Sc. Course Admission to B.Pharmacy The Role of Students' Unions The Idea of a Fifth Nationality My Role in the Nizam-e-Mustafa Movement My Involvement with the Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) The Moving Spirit of the Mohajir Movement Who was Responsible for the Language Clashes in Sindh? The Founding of APMSO: The Background Reaction to the Launch of APMSO APMSO's Field of Activities Applying for a Room in the Hostel The First Admissions Campaign at the University of Karachi Devotion to the Success of the Mission The Need for Funds for the Movement Another Mohajir Organization Taking Part in the Students' Union Elections The Condition of Educational Institutions After the Banishment from Educational Institutions The Launching of the MQM The Importance of the MQM Steadfastness of the Mohajirs Success in the Local Bodies Elections The Law and Order Situation in Karachi The Role of the Drug Mafia Jail Experiences Punishment by the Martial Law Court The Second Arrest Interrogation in Jail The Third Arrest My First Meeting with G.M. Syed G.M. Syed and the MQM G.M. Syed MQM and Other Leaders of Sindh MQM's Stand on the Rights of the People Plans for Expansion of the MQM The MQM in National Politics The MQM's Afghan Policy The Political Predictions of Pir Saheb Pagara Choosing the Mayor of Karachi The Local Police Force in Sindh Our Stand on the Quota System in Sindh The MQM's Stand on the Population of Karachi Controlling Law and Order in Karachi The Mohajirs: A Separate Nationality The First, or the Tribal Period The Second, or the Feudal Age The Third, or the Modern Industrial Age Nation and Nationality The Beginnings of Mohajir Nationality The Desire to Maintain the Identity of the Nationality The Reason for the MQM's Popularity Enmity with the MQM Attempts on My Life Taking Part in the Elections The Issue of My Marriage My Family's Part in the Movement The Kalabagh Dam Why the Stress on the Word 'Mohajir'? Who are the Mohajirs? Afterword Appendix: Details of the Points in the Charter of Resolution Index

Reviews

a welcome addition to the literature on the intranationalist clashes in Pakistan. It is an essential read for anyone interested in Mohajir struggle and politics. Muslim World Book Review

Author Information

Altaf Hussain was politically active from a very young age. While attending the University of Karachi, he served as General Secretary and later as President of the National Student's Action Committee. Hussain founded the 'All Pakistan Mohajir Student Organization' (APMSO) on 11 June 1978. The APMSO was formed as a student rights group campaigning for the rights of Muhajir students at the University of Karachi. It later gave birth to the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), which transformed into Muttahida Qaumi Movement in 1997.

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