MQM delegation meets CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah to discuss party's grievances

KARACHI: A five-member delegation of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) met with Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah at the CM House on Monday and brought to notice the party's reservations over the ongoing Karachi operation.

The delegation was led by MQM leader Kunwar Naveed and Khwaja Izharul Hasan.

After the meeting, the MQM leaders spoke to media representatives and said that another meeting is likely to take place with the CM Sindh over MQM’s reservations.

According to MQM’s Naveed Kunwar, the CM Sindh assured the party leaders that a committee would be formed within a week to oversee the ongoing Karachi operation.

Kunwar said that the committee would supervise the Karachi operation and look into the missing persons’ case.

He said that the party leaders have been reassured that extra judicial killings would be investigated.

“We have discussed 20 points and talked over other matters too,” said Naveed.

The MQM leader said that the ongoing hunger strike by the party members would be ended after consultations.

The chief minister Sindh, during the meeting, assured the MQM delegation that the party’s reservations would be addressed.

He also appealed that the party’s hunger strike, which was initiated by the party six days ago outside the Karachi Press Club, should come to an end.

On August 18, activists and members of the MQM began a hunger strike outside the Karachi Press Club to protest against the alleged “atrocities and injustices” committed against the party over the past three years on the pretext of an operation against criminals in Karachi.

On the fourth day of the MQM's hunger strike, Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani had visited the party’s protest camp and said that the CM Sindh would soon call an MQM delegation at the Sindh Chief Minister House to hear their grievances related to the Sindh government.

MQM’s Farooq Sattar meets Parvez Rashid

MQM leader Farooq Sattar on Monday met with Information Minister Parvez Rashid in Karachi and briefed him about the party’s reservations.

Parvez Rashid on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s directions held a meeting with the MQM delegation at the Punjab House.

After the meeting, the information minister spoke to media and said that the MQM delegation put forth their grievances, which would be conveyed to the PM.

He said that the MQM’s complaints would be taken seriously, and the issue would hopefully be resolved in a day or two.