Summary On August 12, the party had resigned from the Parliament and the Sindh Assembly
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) members of the National Assembly (NA) on Thursday have formally forwarded a plea for reversion of their resignations.
Khalid Maqbool Siddique and Asif Husnain could not appear because of other commitments. At least 22 MNAs belonging to MQM have filed the plea in the Speaker Chamber out of the total 24. Siddique is believed to be out of the country.
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Owing to the absence of the acting speaker and NA secretary, the plea was filed in the chamber.
In second week of October, MQM’s Dr Farooq Sattar said that the party is ready to retract the resignations filed. Several MQM members including Sattar had held a meeting with federal ministers Pervaiz Rashid and Ishaq Dar in Punjab House in the federal capital.
On August 12, the party resigned from the Parliament and the Sindh Assembly for reason that it was being allegedly victimized of the ongoing Karachi operation. As many as 19 reasons were formally given to the government for the extreme step.
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Following the resignations, the government gave reconciliation responsibility to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman who flew to Karachi for talks. The JUI-F leader played a mediator’s role between the government and MQM.
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However, attack on MQM’s senior member Rashid Godil led to an end to the round of talks in Karachi.
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