KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples’ Party contacted leadership of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan and requested to call off its Karachi sit-in scheduled for February 12.

Sources told that PPP leaders asked MQM-P to postpone its Karachi sit-in. Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori facilitated contact between PPP and MQM-P.

It was learnt that PPP’s Nasir Hussain Shah contacted MQM-P leaders and both political parties held meeting at Sindh Governor’s House yesterday.

Central leaders of both parties including Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Mustafa Kamal, Farooq Sattar, Faisal Sabzwari, Nasir Hussain Shah, Murtaza Wahab and others in presence of Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori  attended.

Earlier on Sunday, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan announced to stage sit-in in Karachi and gave one-week ultimatum to Sindh government.Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui gave one-week ultimatum to PPP and said that MQM-P workers will gather at Fawara Chowk and operate all offices and departments from venue.

He said that youth of Karachi have to take control of city, as authorities are failed to control street crimes in metropolis.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 11 2023

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