Meeting continues: MQM decision on ultimatum expected soon

Earlier, it was reported that MQM had extended its 72-hour ultimatum by two weeks.

On Monday evening Coordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said no decision regarding the extension its ultimatum for the recovery of its missing workers has been taken, Express News reported.

According to a statement issued by the MQM on Monday evening, no decision had been made on postponing their ultimatum. The statement added that a joint meeting of the London and Karachi Rabita Committees was still in progress.

Earlier, it had been reported that the MQM had extended its 72-hour ultimatum by two weeks after it received assurances from the Sindh government on addressing their grievances.

It had also reported that Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad Khan and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Rahman Malik had played an important role in reconciling differences between the coalition partners MQM and PPP.

Last Friday, MQM had given 72 hours ultimatum after bodies of four MQM workers were found from Memon Goth in Karachi. The party had demanded that Prime Minister Nawaz should form a judicial commission to investigate the extra-judicial killings of the MQM workers and a monitoring committee should also be formed to oversee the ongoing Karachi operation.

They had also requested the Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and Corp Commander Karachi Sajjad Ghani to form an inquiry commission to look into the matter of missing MQM workers.

It has been just two weeks since MQM joined the Sindh government.

On Monday, MQM members in the National Assembly staged a walkout to protest the extrajudicial killing of their workers.

MQM Walkout from National Assembly on the torture and killing of workers in Karachi.

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