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Monday, August 05, 2013
MQM going for a new beginning with PML-N* Sattar says his party will support PML-N in Centre and PPP in Sindh
Staff Report
LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar said on Sunday that his party is going to support the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) at the federal level and aims to remain in good coordination with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Sindh.
Sattar has said that his party will support the ruling PML-N on all its good policies. The MQM leader was talking to media at the Lahore airport during his visit to the city on Sunday. He confirmed that the MQM was going to have a new beginning of relations with the PML-N. Answering different queries, Sattar said that his party had supported the PML-N candidate in the presidential election to establish good relations with it, as it is the biggest party
of the country that could resolve problems in Pakistan.The MQM leader suggested the ruling PML-N should hold consultations with all other political parties and take them into confidence to pull the country out of the crises it faces. Sattar also said that the PML-N should achieve consensus over the national agenda, as it was necessary to take the country forward. He said that in politics options did not end and one cannot close the doors to opponents, as negotiations between political parties are part of democracy.
Talking about the heavy rains in Karachi and failure of the administration to control the situation in the city, the MQM leader said the only reason for such misadministration is the absence of the local government system in the province, saying it was the only system which could avert such crisis at the local level. He was of the view that only the local government system could provide basic needs to the people. Sattar further stated that local bodies system, as a nursery of democracy, should be introduced at local level with necessary powers.
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