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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Altaf calls for referendum on joining Sindh govtKARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has called for a three-day referendum for a decision on joining the Sindh government.
In his telephonic address on Monday, Altaf asked the party workers whether the MQM should join the government or not. He also asked MQM’s parliamentarians and leaders if they wanted to be part of the provincial government or opposition. In response, the parliamentarians and leaders said they wanted to sit on the opposition benches. On Sunday, a PPP delegation led by Rehman Malik had visited the MQM headquarters Nine-Zero and invited the MQM to join the Sindh government.
The MQM chief claimed that not even a single terrorist was killed by security forces during the operation at the Bolan Medical Complex in Quetta. He added that the terrorists had escaped or were made to escape. The MQM chief questioned why the LeJ, LeT and TTP were free while a “state-sponsored operation was underway against his party”. Altaf said he would file petitions with the UN and chief justice of Pakistan over the killing of MQM workers in Karachi. Altaf said his party does not want to fight and it should not be compelled to do so. online
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk