MQM Pakistan responds to London’s demand

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders have responded to the demand of MQM London asking party parliamentarians to resign from their positions.  

Speaking outside the Sindh Assembly, Faisal Sabzwari said statements made on August 22 were never part of the mandate given to them. “If elections would have taken place after the founders speech our voters would have hit us with shoes”.

“We can resign at a moment’s notice but we cannot leave people under these circumstances. People want to see their elected representatives be brave and resolve their issues,” said Rauf Siddiqui.  

Earlier, MQM parliamentarians received phone calls from London demanding their resignations stating that they had won elections based on the MQM founder’s mandate. They ask the parliamentarians to run for a re-election.

An MQM parliamentarian who is in London Sufyan Yousuf has sent his resignation to the National Assembly speaker, sources said.

MQM Pakistan parliamentarian Khawaja Izharul Hassan has called a meeting of all MQM parliamentarians to discuss a plan of action.