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MQM withdraws call for indefinite shutter-down strike
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has withdrawn its call made earlier today for an indefinite shutter-down strike in Sindh, particularly Karachi, Hyederabad and Nawabshah, Geo News reported Wednesday.Earlier today, MQM had made an appeal to the business community, traders and transporters of Sindh to voluntarily keep their businesses closed for an indefinite period, in reaction to government's 'inaction' towards nabbing the culprits of Abbas Town carnage.
The decision was announced after the MQM Rabita Committee met following an earlier news conference in which it was announced that the party had started its ‘peaceful democratic movement’ in which the appeal to shut businesses and public transport for an indefinite period was made.
During the party’s second news conference on Wednesday, MQM leader Raza Haroon said the party’s peaceful protest movement would continue and the nation would be made aware of the future course of action soon.
Businesses and petrol pumps have begun to reopen across the metropolis, following the withdrawal of the shutter-down strike. Public transport has also started to come back on the city's roads and streets.
MQM had made the call for an indefinite shutter-down strike, following the expiry of the three-day deadline given by MQM Chief Altaf Hussain to the government to arrest the culprits behind the Sunday's attack on a residential area in the city.
Courtesy www.geo.tv