ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has agreed to hold meeting with Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leaders to discuss party resignations and its return to the Parliament, DawnNews reported on Sunday.

Sources close to JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is mediating between the MQM and the government, said the meeting is expected to take place in the next two or three days.

The JUI-F chief is coordinating with government in this regard and will inform the MQM after deciding a meeting date with PML-N leaders, sources added.

Moreover, DawnNews further reported that a meeting of the MQM coordination committee will be held in London to discuss the matter.

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MQM lawmakers had simultaneously submitted their resignations in the National Assembly, Senate and the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday August 12, 2015 due to reservations over the Rangers-led operation in Karachi.

The MQM legislators had accused the law enforcement agencies of discriminatory action against MQM, forced disappearances and extra judicial killings.

The prime minister had then requested the JUI-F head to hold talks with the MQM leadership in an attempt to convince them to withdraw their resignations.

Maulana visited the MQM headquarters earlier this week but the mission remained inconclusive in the wake of an attempt on the life of Muttahida MNA Rashid Godil. However the two sides had agreed to put the talks on hold for a while and start the process again in a couple of days in Islamabad.

But before the next round of talks could begin, MQM in a statement said its members’ resignations from all three legislative floors were final, adding that it would not partake in dialogue over the matter anymore.

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