Mirza, Shahi Syed should leave Karachi or brace for protests: MCC

Mohajir Coordination Council rejected Rehman Malik's apology and said that Mirza and Syed should leave the city.

KARACHI: The Mohajir Coordination Council (MCC) said on Thursday that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zulfiqar Mirza and Sindh Awami National Party (ANP) President Agha Shahi Syed must leave Karachi within 48 hours or the government should brace for serious protests.

Express 24/7 correspondent Shaheryar Mirza termed the MCC a small fringe element of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).

The ultimatum has been issued by the MCC in the wake of Zulfiqar Mirza's statements regarding MQM chief Altaf Hussain.

Secretary Mohajir Coordination Council Mohammad Arshad told the media in Karachi that the MCC rejects Interior Minister Rehman Malik's apology and demands Zulfiqar Mirza’s removal over hurling insulting remarks agaisnt the MQM Chief.

Earlier, Rehman Malik distanced the PPP from the controversial statement issued by Zulfiqar Mirza.

Talking to the media in Islamabad, Rehman Malik said the PPP leadership disowns the statement and has demanded an explanation from Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah over the remarks.

Mirza has apologised for his remarks against the MQM.

In a statement released by the Sindh Ministry of Information, Mirza said that all Urdu-speaking people were his brothers and sisters and that he apologises for his statements against them.