Summary The MQM has 24 seats in the National Assembly.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – In protest against Karachi operation and reservations over minus-Altaf formula, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentarians have decided to resign from their seats on Wednesday.
The decision was taken during MQM Coordination Committee meeting simultaneously held in London and Karachi on late Tuesday night.
MQM chief Altaf Hussain endorsed the decision of resigning from Senate, National Assembly and Sindh Assembly. He said that no one was listening to his party members genuine grievances.
According to sources, MQM members of the National Assembly have handed over their resignations to Farooq Sattar on Wednesday morning.
He will submit the resignations in Assembly secretariat later today.
The resignations have been written under Article 64 (A) of the Constitution.
The MQM has 24 seats in the National Assembly, 51 seats in the Sindh Assembly and eight seats in the Senate.
