SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said for the time being, the Pakistan Peoples Party will not make any decision on whether or not to invite the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to join the government until a probe into a host of new allegations against the party has been completed.

The PPP had resumed talks with the estranged former coalition partner just days before Senate elections but in view of the prevailing conditions at the moment the MQM was not being included in the Sindh government, said Mr Shah.

He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the 145th Sindh Horse & Cattle Show in Jacobabad on Friday.

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He said that incidents of targeted killings in Karachi had dropped by a remarkable 75 per cent which spoke volumes for the government’s performance.

Asked whether the governor of Sindh was being removed in the wake of startling allegations levelled against him by death row convict Saulat Mirza in a sensational video statement, the chief minister avoided answering the question directly and said instead “the country is in the clutches of terrorists and we, therefore, are required to fight with them through a united stand”.

He said the ongoing targeted operation against terrorists would continue. The Sindh government with the help of the federal government was trying its best to maintain law and order in Karachi. The situation was much better now and it would further improve, he said.

Published in Dawn, March 21st, 2015

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