A file photo of National Assembly. PHOTO: APP/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly allocated opposition benches to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Express News reported on Monday.
The applications have been accepted and hence, MQM will now sit on the allocated opposition benches allocated to the party by the speaker, Dr Fehmida Mirza.
The applications were made when MQM severed its links with the ruling Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP).
On February 17 MQM leaders and its Sindh Assembly representatives registered protests against the tabling of a notification in the provincial legislature by the PPP-led provincial government about withdrawing target killing and murder cases filed against gangsters based in Lyari.
The repealing of the Sindh Peoples Local Government Act (SPLGA) further added tension to the situation. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) members protested strongly against the repealing of the act.
The ordinance was prepared after strong negotiations between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the MQM in 2012.
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