KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday invited all political parties in the country, including the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), to work together for serving the country.

Addressing supporters in Karachi's Jinnah ground via telephone, the MQM supremo congratulated them for the victory of the party's candidate in the by elections held in NA-246 constituency on April 23.

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The MQM chief criticised the slow voting process during the April 23 by-polls and said that voters' plights and concerns were ignored as a result of which 50 per cent people remained in lines at the time polling came to a close.

He said that the workers had exhibited courage despite of the hindrances in their way and that the 'people's court' had rejected all the allegations against the MQM. He claimed that the MQM would have managed to bag more than 250,000 votes had the poll timings been extended.

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Altaf Hussain said he was ready to fight side by side with the army and asked "the establishment to end its 'unjustified war' and accept the MQM as a respectable party."

He once again reiterated his call for the creation of new provinces in the country, including Karachi as a separate province.

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