KARACHI:

Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday announced once again that he was stepping down from the post of party chairman over the remarks made by Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif regarding 'Mohajirs'. According to a statement on the MQM website, Asif said in the National Asssembly and on a television channel that, "Only people coming from Ludhiana and Jalandhar were genuine Mohajirs.All the rest are fake Mohajirs."
Talking to Geo news on Tuesday morning, Altaf lashed out at the National Assembly claiming that the 'Mohajir community had been mocked and enough was enough.'