MQM-P invites Jamaat-Islami to APC

Invitation is over the controversial legislation on local government setup

KARACHI:

A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Monday visited Idara Noor-e-Haq to invite the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi, leadership to an all parties conference over the controversial legislation on local government setup.

The MQM delegation comprised Khowaja Izharul Haq, Kanwar NaveedJameel, Mohammad Waseem, Iqbal Muhammad Ali, while the JI Karachi chief Engr Naeemur Rehman and leaders including Munim Zafar, Usama Razi, Raja Arif Sultan and Muslim Pervez attended the visitors.

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Jameel said MQM shared the maximum part of the JI's viewpoint on controversial bill tabled by the PPP in Sindh Assembly.

Rehman said the party will decide about the all parties conference after consultations. He said JI has reservations over the role of the federal government - of which the MQM is a part - when it comes to the development of Karachi.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7^th, 2021.