Summary Pervez Rasheed says PML-N respects MQM mandate and that Rana's statement was against party policy.
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and Interior Minister Pervez Rasheed has said that Rana Sannaullah’s remarks about MQM do not reflect the party policy and Rana made the statement in his personal capacity.
“Rana Sanaullah’s remarks were against the party policy of PML-N,” he said, adding the two parties would continue efforts for improving mutual relations.
“The statement of Rana Sanaullah does not reflect the party policy,” he said categorically.
MQM is a mainstream political party and enjoys the support of masses, he said.
He urged MQM leadership not take any negative impression about PML-N because of Rana Sanaullah’s statement.
Pervaiz Rashid said that PML-N respected mandate of MQM and it wanted to establish better working relationship between both parties.
According to the sources PML-N has contacted MQM to defuse the tension after Rana Sanaullah’s statement in which he had said that the PML-N posture about MQM had not changed.
Meanwhile, talking to Dunya News Monday night, Rana Sanaullah said MQM had misunderstood his remarks and was overreacting.
“I only said that MQM offered unconditional support to PML-N presidential candidate and there was no question of any political adjustment,” he said.
Rana said that this was already stated by MQM’s leader Hyder Abbas Rizvi when the PML-N delegation visited Nine Zero to get the support of MQM for presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain.
Earlier, taking notice of the statement of Rana Sanaulla’s statement, MQM coordination committee has called an emergency meeting to discuss the strategy regarding participation in presidential election on Tuesday.
