MQM glads after Col Akbar’s statement

LAHORE - Activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) rejoiced after the statement given by Colonel (Retd) Akbar, saying Altaf Hussain refused to take bribe from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Colonel (Retd) Akbar talking to a private TV channel said that the money was offered to MQM chief Altaf Hussain but the latter refused to take it.
After listening to the statement of Colonel Akbar, activists of the MQM rushed to MQM Punjab office and started dancing and distributed sweets. They were holding flags of the party and shouted slogans.
The MQM on Thursday had rejected allegations that its chief Altaf Hussain had received money from the country's prime spy agency in the late 1980s and said the party leadership had a clean record and clear conscience and was ready to defend itself at every forum.
In a statement, an MQM spokesman had said the government agencies had made numerous attempts to purchase Altaf Hussain's loyalty and in 1988 Brigadier Imtiaz of the ISI had brought money for him from Gen Hamid Gul, but he faced refusal. This was acknowledged by Brigadier Imtiaz some time ago in media
interviews.