Altaf Hussain calls off MQM sit-in at ECP

MQM chief Altaf Hussain commends his party's supporters for staging the protest.

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain early on Thursday morning appealed to the MQM Coordination Committee to call off the sit-in of his party’s supporters until the decisions for their complaints filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) are announced.

On Tuesday evening, a number of MQM supporters from Delhi Colony, Punjab Colony, DHA and Clifton reached the provincial election commission in Karachi, and demanded for elections to be held in the entire constituency

The party leader commended the supporters who took part in the protests against partial re-polling in NA-250.

Altaf congratulated Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on his victory in the general elections. He also appealed to Nawaz to “open-heartedly accept the MQM mandate”.

He further expressed his apologies to the media for “any statements [he] may have made out of passion.”

The ECP has issued a notification to both MQM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to appear before the commission on Friday.

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