May 15, 2007	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1428

VEHARI, May 14: Three office-bearers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have resigned from their offices in protest against the Karachi violence.

Pakpattan MQM in charge Shahid Ali Sakhera resigned from the party membership and held the Sindh government and the MQM responsible for the violence. He called the struggle of the opposition parties and lawyers in support of the chief justice of Pakistan a golden chapter in the history of Pakistan.

MULTAN: Mian Muhammad Saddiq, Bahawal Nagar MQM Committee, and Mian Lal Khan, MQM Chishtian Committee, have resigned from their posts against the behaviour of the MQM with the chief justice, his lawyers and journalists.

The Chishtian Bar Association has hoisted a black flag atop the bar office and the bar would observe a full day strike today (Tuesday).