Coalition partners?: MQM unsure about joining govt

Previous address of Altaf Hussain was creating a false impression that the MQM had taken the decision: Party

KARACHI:

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) information department has said that the party has yet to decide whether they will be part of the government or would side with the opposition.

In a press statement issued on Saturday, the party said that a previous address of the party’s chief, Altaf Hussain, was being misquoted and it was creating a false impression that the MQM had taken the decision. The information department said that all options were open and it would reach a decision after consulting party workers and activists

Earlier, Pakistan Peoples Party’s Qaim Ali Shah had said that the party will continue its “reconciliation” policy and try to woo all parties to join the government. “We will persuade all old coalition partners.”  He did dispel the impression that PPP has assured MQM of repealing the incumbent local government system.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 26^th, 2013.