MQM urges SC to take suo motu notice over Senator Bilour's comments

MQM Raabta committee convene in London, Karachi to discuss Bilour's alleged comments.

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of Awami National Party (ANP) senior leader Ilyas Bilour's comments over his alleged role in target killings in Karachi, Express News reported.

Bilour, who is also a senator, allegedly made these comments during a private television show on Thursday night, following which the MQM convened an emergency meeting of its Raabta Committees in Karachi and London.

The meeting appealed to the SC to take suo motu notice of Bilour’s alleged comments.

Earlier, talking to Express News, MQM leader and Sindh Health Minister Dr Sagheer Ahmed reiterated his party’s stance, saying that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry should take suo motu notice based on Bilour’s comments and hold him accountable.

He added that the MQM was analysing the senator’s statements from every angle and will share their final stance on the situation with the media.