PM Nawaz meets MQM delegation

Published March 27, 2015
The meeting has been scheduled to discuss the ongoing operation against criminals in Karachi. -AFP/File
The meeting has been scheduled to discuss the ongoing operation against criminals in Karachi. -AFP/File

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.

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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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