Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that negotiations regarding government formation have still not kicked off.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi, he said the party was clear that it would take all decisions of an immediate nature that were needed.

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