So what else is new. The people of Sindh are doomed for another five years.

Remember the breaking news on Dawn a few days back when MQM decided to sit in opposition at federal and provincial levels. http://beta.dawn.com/news/1014719/mqm-decides-to-sit-in-opposition

Not surprising at all :p

Very soon, Altaf will join Nawaz in Central government.

I am not surprised. MQM NEEDS to be part of every government.

So MQM will form the government in Sindh with PPP and will support PML at the center.

Pity they have not learned the lessons from it's previous experiences. I fear they will lose what has remained of them in Karachi.

Does this even qualify as news? I don't remember MQM ever sitting on opposition benches for long.

God bless Karachiites!

FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP!!! My prediction is they will leave the Sind govt at least five times and join back within days in the next five years. Just before the elections they will leave again to become opposition to form caretaker govt. of their choice and rig the elections in Karachi and Hyderabad in 2018. These two parties (along with ANP) have distroyed Karachi, looks like more of the same in next five.

MQM , only few days ago announced that party would sit on opposition benches. As expected,it was bound to make political somersault & u-turn , the modus operandi of this party. MQM can never stay away from the seat of the government. At national level MQM has no choice, PML(N) has no desire to court them. In Sindh MQM will play usual game, frequently quitting the government & then rejoining it.

Finally MQM's sense of deprevation will be over.

MQM could not stay without power. It is an integral thing with it. It like to claim its position with power or without power --at its own convenience. Can someone tell us how many times they parted with power and then rejoined it again. Not a statistical nightmare, it could still be counted. Here, the problem is lack of accountability. When they like to accuse someone, they would claim they were not in power and never did that particular wrong. It is the Pakistani and Karachite who are continuously cheated and dying non stop---almost 10-20 a day while this game of musical chair keeps on going non-stop.

Back to its old self. Always with the winner. No spine. Like they never left.

Attaching itself to and detaching itself from PPP has now come to be a characteristic/trait/ of MQM. In ultimate analysis such moves may and can create wrong impression on people in general and party workers in particular; though emotionally attached to the leadership, that it is the Power and not the Principles the MQM is after. To acquire power and to get into power are two different matters. Hope and expect that MQM will read my comments in its right perspective and earn goodwill of people in general.

This is the question "WHY?" The Muttaheda that captured hearts, minds, and votes by their dynamic politicking but is now a losing party cum force. By holding out from joining the government, they had asserted their stance of 'no more 'yessir - nossir.' This is the time for Altaf to come back and set things in the right direction and motion. Otherwise, the MQM will end up "rudderless." Frankly, Pakistan has become a multipolar political society, meaning, too many politicians and mullahs speaking out their half baked opinions. Sorry, but this is getting to be a headache and we Pakistanis must speak out at public forums, peace demonstrations in support of a cause, think tanks and any peace gathering that has leverage. Salams

Oh No! Not again! MQM should not repeat past mistakes.

Typical MQM. And they will even have the same old excuse to support this decision..."Jhamoriyat ke baka ke khatir" ! Can anyone tell me how many u-turns did they make in the last government ? And people still vote for such a fickel party.

A Big Mistake.

MQM is a power greedy party and wherever they see some sort of adjustments, they hurriedly decide and make the place.The Sindh governor Ishrat Ebad must resign from governorship voluntarily as the same had been done by the 3 provincial governors. It seems that MQM is entering into Sindh Government to safeguard the last sign of Ex-Gen.Musharaf.

MQM is now totally bent in destroying whatever little credibility it is left with. The nation sees no difference between JUI and MQM , both just can't keep their hand off power. They haven't played the politics of principles for decades both have demonstrated plenty of appetite for politics of opportunism though. These power hungry parties would soon be marginalised the process has already begin in Karachi and KPK.

Can't expect a fish to stay out of the water too long. :)

You and I are just armchair critics, the ground realities are different when it comes to peoples lives, maybe this time MQM has attached conditions for allowing them to work like they did successfully during the Musharraf era. Comments made ought to be balance and not based on baseless allegations. Mustafa Kamal did wonders and there was no target killing the province was vibrantly moving forward. Think?

MQM has a great deal of fear that another operation will be conducted against it if they remain off the power, they have tasted the power. so dont be surprised they could do anything to keep in power as Nawaz Sharif rejected them.

If this News is correct then MQM is all but confirming their true nature " always get into the power corridor and enjoy the perks and privileges YET proclaim to be the true Opposition and Blame the party in power , for all the failings . The basic essence of parliamentary democracy where the ruling cabinet bears the Collective decision making and thus the good & the bad of the rulers , MQM had never accepted that and always Blamed and threatened to leave the government / resign . only later on to rescind the decision and rejoin / take back the resignation . In my humble opinion , PPP being in a position to run the province on its very own , should have guts to stand up and deliver on its own , rather than bringing MQM any where near the power corridor . let them for the sake of democracy , sit in the opposition and deliver too , in that role

MQM again proves that this is a party who can't live outside of government. They have looted so much in the last 10 years & now its the time that Karachites should think that what this goon party deliver so far. Their leader is a joker & this whole party looks like a circus.