No travel restrictions imposed on Altaf, says MQM party member

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party chief Altaf Hussain’s bail conditions did not impose any travel restrictions on him, MQM leader Mustafa Azizabadi said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Azizabadi said that the party supremo has no intention of recently visiting Pakistan. The MQM also said in a statement that “as the leader of a democratically elected party, Mr Hussain understands that this ongoing investigation is part of due process and completely normal...in a democratic country”. Altaf fully appreciated the MQM workers and sympathisers for staging peaceful protests across the country for him. Soon after his release, Altaf had addressed his party lawmakers and workers who were participating in a sit-in protest at Numaish Chowrangi against their leader’s arrest in London in a telephonic address. He had said: “I salute those who participated in the sit-in protest against my arrest. I will continue to fight for the truth until my last breath. I respect the British law and have complete trust in the British judicial system." MQM chief Hussain was released yesterday on bail, four days after he was arrested on the suspicion of money laundering by the London Metropolitan Police.