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MQM terms Rehman Malik’s statement prejudiced
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Coordination committees of Pakistan and London rejected the statement of Senator Rehman Malik in which he said that Sindh’s 60 percent population constitutes Sindhis, 20 percent Mohajirs and 20 percent others.
“Rehman Malik’s statement reflects a mindset reeking of prejudice and chauvinism,” the MQM’s coordination committees said in a joint statement.
MQM said that those putting the population of Urdu speakers in Sindh at 20 percent, should make arrangements under the Sindh government for inviting a team of United Nations for conducting a census on immediate basis.
It argues that an impartial census under UN would bring actual population break up to the fore, as several ethnicities dwelling in Sindh continue to claim their numbers according to their own estimates.
“Rehman Malik should have recalled that the credit goes to the Urdu speaking people for according him warm welcomes by showering rose petals whenever he arrived in Sindh,” the MQM statement said.
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