[Pak-Media] UNICEF Press Release: Polio outbreak reaches 63 cases in Pakistan; eradication is possible with action and accountability at all levels

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On the occasion of Daniel Toole, UNICEF's Regional Director for South Asia, visit to Pakistan, UNICEF would like to highlight the need to urgently improve local polio response, vaccination outreach and management, and, importantly, accountability for results. This is critical in efforts by all partners to eradicate polio from Pakistan.

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Polio outbreak reaches 63 cases in Pakistan; eradication is possible with action and accountability at all levels

Islamabad, 8 August 2011 – With 63 new polio cases already reported in Pakistan in 2011, this country could potentially be the last polio reservoir worldwide, standing in the way of global polio eradication, unless progress is accelerated.

Daniel Toole, UNICEF's Regional Director for South Asia, is in Pakistan to meet with senior government and UN officials. He reiterated UNICEF's commitment to the eradication of polio and emphasized the need to urgently improve local polio response, vaccination outreach and management, and, importantly, accountability for results.

"We must ensure access to all children as specified in the President's National Emergency Action Plan for Polio Eradication in Pakistan. We have a huge task ahead of us, and we must build on lessons learned and act now," Mr Toole said.

Since the beginning of the year, Pakistan has continued to see rising numbers of polio cases (63 in 2011, compared to 36 cases in the same period last year). Balochistan has now reported 22 polio cases this year, more than any other province or region in the country. The virus which circulated in the five high risk districts in Balochistan has now spread to districts previously not infected for the past five years, including Khuzdar, Noshki and Kholu. FATA has reported 20 cases, Sindh has 14, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has six, and Gilgit-Baltistan has one case. Punjab, with 60 per cent of Pakistan's population, has not reported any cases of polio in 2011 – this is a major accomplishment that must be sustained.

The National Emergency Action Plan launched by the President of Pakistan in January 2011 identified the need to improve the quality of implementation and programme management as key risks for polio virus transmission. UNICEF, along with other partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, including the World Health Organization, Rotary International, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been actively supporting the government to increase awareness and knowledge about the disease that targets children.

Daniel Toole acknowledged that reaching every child with the two drops of polio vaccine is a challenge in Pakistan. He also emphasized that with firm commitment from local authorities, close follow-up, and by taking direct responsibility for reducing the number of polio cases, Pakistan can eradicate polio.

"The President's Emergency Action Plan is taking hold across the country," said Mr Toole. "It is now vital for leaders at Provincial, District and Union Councils to be fully accountable and implement the vision of the Government."

Eradicating polio from Pakistan depends on delivering oral polio vaccine to each and every child, including the most vulnerable and the hardest-to-reach. This massive undertaking can succeed, but only with the tireless efforts and commitment of the people of Pakistan. The next polio vaccination campaign will be held 19-21 September 2011, targeting 16.5 million children in the districts at highest risk for continued circulation of polio virus.

The spread of polio in Pakistan also affects Pakistani travellers, particular those going to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the hajj, who must now show proof of polio vaccination on entry.


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MQM wants Karachi "Independent State"

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Saturday 06 August 2011

Altaf Hussain of MQM wants Karachi 
"Independent State"
By Special Correspondent 

Altaf Hussain's demand of international intervention as well as invitation to India now and 48 hours ultimatum issued earlier is clear indication that heavily armed MQM-Altaf is looking for an armed conflict with the state institutions. Approximately 6000 people have been killed in Karachi since this democratic government took over in the name 'reconciliation with the killers and cons' in February 2008.
MQM-Altaf terrorist and high value asset   Ajmal Pharee confessed to the JIT that: "he has received terrorist training in New Delhifrom five Indian Army officers. During this training he was informed about Altaf Hussain's desire to separate Karachi from Pakistan." Altaf Hussain has been calling ' Pakistan a blunder, asking India to give political asylum to him and his workers and recent wall chalking 'separate Mohajir Province ' is part of his designs. He is more than welcome to back to India and may as well do some work and claim his father's a job at Agra Railway Station  on the basis of kinship.
Altaf Hussain is following the Indian policy of 'keep Karachi bleeding' in response to the indigenous struggle in Indian occupiedKashmir . Altaf Hussain's MQM and his mafia have caused more economic and human losses to Pakistan by strikes and terrorist activities than three wars with India and war on terror. If MQM only allowed peace to prevail in Karachi Pakistan would have been far richer in economically and militarily.
The impression that Altaf Hussain a British Citizen long distance leader of MQM is one of many illegitimate children created by Pakistani intelligence agencies can not be disputed under any circumstances? Can we say that those agencies which created him have no control over him anymore?
If any one in GHQ and Pakistani establishment thinks he is a friend of Pakistan than they should update their notes. There is possibility that he might be blackmailing some people in the establishment with his secret recordings. What he probably does not know that how much his recordings are going to crop on the internet soon. This illegitimate child created is now become a 'Frankenstein Monster'. He told MJ Akbar of Asian Age that, 'I was not offered commission in the Pakistan Army because I was a Mohajir'.  More recently General Musharaf aka YK2 was a Mohajirs and no different than Altaf Hussain in harming Pakistan 's national interests? They both live in London and cowardly enough can't or won't go to Pakistan .
According to a report by Naveed Miraj published in The Frontier Post states: Altaf Hussain's MQM issued a memo to his workers saying, "If there was war between India and Pakistan , MQM workers will be remain neutral". Why? The memo was issued during the 2002 tension between India and Pakistan . Though Altaf Hussain is not the only 'dirty egg' in the Indian basket but his affiliations and actions are more open and crude. Following the arrest and video confession of MQM-A terrorist Ajmal Pharee strengthened the notion that Altaf Hussian is following separatist agenda.
MQM and Altaf Hussain have close links with the Indian secret agency RAW as well as other players.  MQM- Altaf terrorist and Indian agent Ajmal Pharee confessed to the Joint Investigation Team of (ISI, IB, Military Intelligence, CID, Special Branch etc) that, "MQM-Altaf was behind the 'Asura Bombings of 2009' in Karachi. He confessed to the team that he and other MQM city workers were ordered to wear black Shia mourning clothes on the day in a meeting called three days before the Ashura bombings. The orders were to burn the shops and businesses in and around Light House as well as kill the people. The shop owners of that area refused to give extortion money to the MQM-Altaf. These burnings caused losses of billions to the poor Pakistanis and shop owners in Karachi ". 
Mustafa Kamal billionaire - poor former mayor of Karachi become abusive when London Post report published on 31st December 2009, was quoted that, 'MQM was involved in Karachi bombings with black water', in a live program by famous anchor Talat Hussain. Faces of the looters were visible on CCTVs footages still available on youtube.
This brave son of London "Edgware" sleeps in a multi million pound bunker with 24 hours CCTV cameras security and star trek type control room. He was preaching people of Karachi to sell their valuables and buy weapons and now he has asked them to do house shopping for a month'.  Why is he allowed to do these kinds of provocative speeches and live broadcasts from London ?  He has harmed Pakistan 's economy and caused losses worth billions of dollars. Those who allowed him to do the harms are equal partners in his crimes whoever they are.
Ajmal Pharee also confessed murdering hundreds of innocent people as well as receiving training in India by Indian security agencies. In a video statement he said, "I joined MQM in 1988 arrested in 1989 for fire arms offences imprisoned for one year. He was arrested and sentenced for five years again in 2000 for murdering Iqbal Raad, lawyer of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He told the JIT that his handler Nadeem Nusrat is based in MQM – Altaf's London Secretariat and is inner circle man of Altaf Hussain. Ajmal Pharee told the JIT that, 'Nadeem Nusrat told him to escape from Pakistan to Singapore in 1996 with Zeshan a MQM worker'.  He stayed in the Mustafa Market Hotel on his instructions in Singapore , where he was given Singapore Airline tickets and Indian visas by Jamil aka Jimi who lives in South Africa . They travelled to Delhi, stayed there for 15 days and later received terrorist training for one month in a near by jungle  by five Indian army officers. He also met other MQM-Altaf workers Noora of Shah Faiasl Colony, Zafar Tension of Buffer Zone, Raju of Nazim-a-Bad, Shakir Chota of Orangi Town . He received terrorist training of AK-47, RPG, MP-5 LMG, hand grenades. He was transported to India-Pakistan border inserted in from Chawanda area of Shakr Gurh ( Sialkot ) in Pakistan . They later went to Lahore and than Karachi ", said Ajmal Pharee in his confessions.
See attached videos confessions of India trained MQM-A terrorist Ajmal Pharee
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On December 28, 2009, three thousand shops were burnt; one thousand were burnt after looting which caused loss of Rs. 60 billion to Pakistani economy. The question is why is he allowed to do this?
MQM is systematically using violence to pressurize PPPP, which had tried to prop up MQM's rival Mohajir Qaumi Movement as counter weight in the political scenario but in vain. The weak and compromised PPPP government headed by Asif Zardari is probably now considering ending commissionary system in MQM dominated Karachi and Hyderabad .
Security agencies have informed the government that MQM had instructed it sector level organization to target ethnic Pashtuns in the city and Pashtun businesses are specially being hit, said the sources. According to a communication sent to the federal government inIslamabad on 24th July 2011, MQM- Altaf was stirring ethnic violence in Karachi and had planned to continue bloodbath until its demands are met. 
Both political and military leadership have to make a decision either to protect their personal interests' i.e. foreign bank accounts, properties abroad, green cards or Pakistan 's national interests before it is too late for both of them.
Altaf Hussain exaggerates things beyond imagination. For example, he claimed his supporters in Karachi increased by 10 million in just two years because he claimed to have 20 million supporters in an interview with Edgware Times in November 1998. But in 2001 MQM claimed to have 30 million supporters when MQM send a fax to Reuters on 22 September 2001. "(MQM leader) Altaf Hussain has offered the unconditional support of over 30 million MQM supporters to the U.S. president and the international community," its London-based international secretariat said in a statement faxed to Reuters on September 22, 2001".
Impression is growing fast in Pakistan that British Government has been quite lenient to the activities of Altaf Husasain and harbouring a terrorist who is responsible for the death and destruction of thousands and caused losses to the Pakistani economy. He is a British citizen and living in London tax free and should not be allowed to play with the British values, democracy and freedom. 
Probably for that very reason Alistair Burt British Foreign Office Minister telephoned Governor of Sindh province of Pakistan on 3rdAugust 2011.  Foreign Office Minister for South Asia, said:  "This morning I spoke to the Governor of Sindh Dr. Khan to expressed my concern at the continuing violence and loss of life that Karachi has faced in recent weeks.  I encouraged the Governor in his ongoing strong personal engagement to restore law and order.  I warned that inflammatory statements from any political party risked making the situation worse and that all political leaders and their parties have a duty to refrain from inciting violence and to reduce tensions and restore calm.  I reiterated the view of Her Majesty's Government that the stability of Karachi is in the interests of all in Pakistan and the wider international community.  I said that peace and prosperity in Karachi was necessary to encourage further foreign direct investment which would be vital to Pakistan 's future economic growth and stability.
"Our Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi , Francis Campbell, has met with representative of all main political parties in Karachi to encourage them to work towards stability in Karachi and the wider region.  I have asked my officials to reiterate these points directly with the leadership of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) and to discuss our concerns." 
Straggly enough until November 1998 Government of Pakistan was reportedly seeking extradition of Altaf Hussain who was said to be wanted in 50 murders and 150 cases of kidnapping and arson. The question is how come Altaf Hussain got the British Citizenship when HM Government refused UK Citizenship to billionaire Mohammad Al-Fayed on the grounds that he does not have 'good moral character' required to be British?
It is time to say enough is enough to this psychopath sitting in London who is suffering from Histrionic Personality Disorder according to a British mental health specialist. Following definition match his personality.
"Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disordercharacterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriately seductive behavior, usually beginning in early adulthood. These individuals are lively, dramatic, vivacious, enthusiastic, and flirtatious. They may be inappropriately sexually provocative, express strong emotions with an impressionistic style, and be easily influenced by others. Associated features may include egocentrism, self-indulgence, continuous longing for appreciation, and persistent manipulative behavior to achieve their own needs …. HPD may affect a person's social or romanticrelationships or their ability to cope with losses or failures."
As far as dealing with the MQM terrorism is concerned an intelligence lead police operation is enough and there is no need to drag armed force into it. Surely Altaf Hussain wants to drag the army so he could go to UN and ask for peace keeping force in Karachi . He is exporting terrorism to Pakistan by making long provocative speeches from London it is the responsibility of British Government to issue gagging orders against him to save lives.  
If Altaf Hussain is brave enough and wishes to do Pakistani politics he may as well go to Pakistan and do whatever he likes. British soil should be allowed to be use for harboring terrorists and exporting of terrorism to Pakistan ?

editor@thelondonpost.net


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