The man who has ruled Sindh as its de facto chief minister for many years finally lost his power, said a news report. Brigadier Huda, who was an Inter Services Intelligence ISI commander in Sindh, was in fact the caretaker of the previous coalition government comprising the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), the report carried by the English language daily The News said. He was responsible for running the coalition in a smooth manner. All major decisions were taken after his consultation. Huda resolved the differences between former Chief Minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim and the M QM many times. His name figured in the power circles of Islamabad in the evening of May 12, 2007. He was given credit for the show of massive government power in Karachi on that day. Initially, the MQM was reluctant to hold a rally in Karachi on May 12. The then ISI chief, General Ashfaq Kayani (now army chief), also had the same opinion that the MQM should not come out on the streets when Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary would visit Karachi. It was Huda who played an important role in convincing the MQM not to cancel its rally. He assured the MQM leadership that there will be no riots on that day though he was proved wrong. He was very close to the then Army chief General Pervez Musharraf. However, no action was taken against him. __
