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MQM leaders warn of fresh agitation

Army intensify patrol in Karachi
KARACHI. Pakistan. May 29: The Pakistan army accuses a militant ethnic party of running torture chambers, political opponents describe its members as terrorists while supporters venerate its leader as semi-divine, reports Reuter.
Two years after the army was deployed in the commercial capital Karachi to halt mounting violence, the Moha-Jlr National Movement (MQM) Is thriving, its support bank virtually unscathed.
Leaders of the MQM. which represents Urdu-speaking Immigrants from India, warn ' of an outburst of popular anger if the army remains In Karachi and surrounding Sind province.
The government insists an army presence is essential to prevent a resurgence of the kidnappings, sabotage and shooting that troops were sent into Sind to quell in May 1992.
The army operation in
Karachi started In June 1992 and the government declared it would be against dacoits (bandits) kidnappers and hard criminals." MQM leader Altaf Hussain told Reuters by telephone from his home In selfimposed exile in London.-
"Now everybody knows that it was started to crush the MQM and to violate Its leadership as well as to violate Moha-Jirs in Pakistan." said Hussain, who fled into exile In 1991 and faces dozens of charges, some carrying the death penalty, at home.
The MQM proved in May that it remains a potent, savage and heavily armed force after 32 people were killed and dozens injured in five days of street violence that erupted when police opened Are on an MQM demonstration..
The party called two days of mourning and strikes'after two activists were shot dead by the police, and districts of Karachi
where Mohajirs live were overwhelmed by a maelstrom of violence as supporters enforced the strike with Kalashnikovs.
The army, which had quietly withdraw' most patrols, was recalled to restore order. Military trucks mounted with machineguns are once again to be seen in the streets.
"This is a fairly long time already for the .army to be deployed." said military spokesman Major-General Khalid Bashir.
"We feel that whatever role or mandate was given to the army has to a large extent been accomplished." he said. "We would like to leave as soon as . possible."
Privately army officers say the Karachi administration lacks the authority or the will to maintain the fragile peace if the army were to be withdrawn.
The charismatic Hussain, regarded as a pir or Islamic
saint by his followers has built up an almost unassailable vote bank in urban Sind by appealing to fears of discrimination among the mainly lower-middle class Mohajir community.
The MQM provides jobs for Mohajirs," said one young engineer who lives not far from Hussain's Karachi headquarters. 'The MQM wants a balance for native Sindls and Mohajirs".
His elderly father complained that the army was persecuting Mohajirs and not arresting dacoits (bandits) in Its crackdown.
"Since Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto called the MQM terrorists,' the - army has been targeting the MQM," he said.
Army officials said they •found 23 torture cells In
Karachi last June. The MQM denies the charge and counters by accusing the army of falsely arresting and torturing Its supporters.