PM Nawaz meets MQM delegation

Atif Butt Published March 27, 2015

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is meeting with a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) delegation at Prime Minister House on Friday.

Earlier, a spokesperson for PM Nawaz told Dawn that the meeting was scheduled to discuss the ongoing operation against criminals in Karachi.

The MQM delegation includes Farooq Sattar, Rasheed Godil and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.

Know more: MQM team to meet PM today

Since the Rangers’ raid on MQM’s headquarters earlier this month the party had been looking for a detailed meeting with the prime minister. However, for some unexplained reasons, the prime minister remained unavailable to the MQM leadership.

The MQM had sought an audience with the prime minister during his daylong trip to Karachi on Wednesday, but their efforts remained unfulfilled.

The MQM leaders during a media talk had expressed their disappointment over the prime minister’s refusal to see them.

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Wandering Around

Mar 27, 2015 04:30pm

Good decision to meet with them and listen to what they have to say. Keeping lines of communication open even with your opponents is a sign of maturing statesmanship. Negotiations should replace shouting in the streets, as a tool of resolution.

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Abdulla Hussain

Mar 27, 2015 04:43pm

MQM needs to cut off all links with criminals. MQM should re organize with clean politics.

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Gerry dcunha

Mar 27, 2015 05:07pm

Mqm image as the only low middle-class party has been tarnished by some criminal elements in every mqm units of Karachi city and the leadership need to pin point them and throw them out of the party

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Truth

Mar 27, 2015 05:10pm

There should be a loud and clear message for all - No party, or so to say any other organisation can keep armed wings. Armed gangsters/criminals shall not be tolerated at any cost.

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Awais Ali

Mar 27, 2015 05:24pm

We the people of Karachi don,t want Muk Muka from both sides. Criminal is criminal no matter which party he belongs to. We want clean Karachi.

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Mar 27, 2015 06:35pm

MQM is good party they must clean criminal elements in thier politics. For karachi MQM is best...

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Hammad Mian

Mar 27, 2015 07:02pm

@z From Which angle MQM is the good party ? Kindly provide evidence.

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Alam

Mar 28, 2015 07:16am

@Awais Ali We the people of Karachi are voting for MQM for last 30 years and I dont know which we the people of Krachi you are ?

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Alam

Mar 28, 2015 07:18am

@Hammad Mian It holds more MNAs and MPAs and senators than your party and has been winning its seats for last thirty years.

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