Sindh

MQM did not keep its promises with PPP: Zardari

MQM says all the ills facing the province today are because of the PPP's bad governance

Web Desk September 05, 2015

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Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari claimed on Saturday that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had failed to keep its promises.

“Altaf Hussain’s negative politics will harm MQM itself,” Zardari said.

In a statement released by the party on Saturday evening, former president Zardari said that the PPP during its time in the federal government and in the Sindh government had always tried to work with every party.

He added that in their talks, the PPP had only kept two conditions, one that the MQM will not talk about dividing Sindh, and the other that they should cooperate in bringing peace to Karachi.

Instead, he said that the MQM had always betrayed the PPP's trust and reneged on its promises.

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The PPP co-chairman said that non-serious statements did suit Altaf.

Advising the MQM chief to refrain from issuing unwarranted statements, and conducting negative politics, Zardari invited the estranged party to take back their resignations and return to the national and provincial fold to work for betterment of the country.

MQM holds PPP responsible for ills in Sindh

Responding to Asif Ali Zardari's statement, MQM's Rabita Committee said that the PPP was responsible for all of the ills in the province since 2008.

Whether it was about development in urban areas or offering employment, Asif Zardari never fulfilled any of his promises, even the written ones, the Rabita Committee said in a statement.

The party said that Zardari had realised that Sindhis were opting for the MQM over the corrupt politicians of the PPP and like the urban areas, people of the rural Sindh had also rejected the PPP.

The MQM said that like Punjab, PPP is seeing a dark future in Sindh and therefore Zardari was playing the 'Sindhi card.'

The Rabita Committee accused Zardari of trying to garner sympathy of Sindhis by falsely accusing the MQM of wanting to divide Sindh.

COMMENTS (11)

bash gul | 9 years ago | Reply Both these parties have betrayed the people by not holding Local Bodies Election. So why is MQM crying? Zardari is looting the nation and MQM the urban areas of Sindh. This time law enforcing agency have hit the nail on it's head, the MQM will not be able to collect the hydes of sacrificial animals, so thats biting them.

Sodomite | 9 years ago | Reply Picture perfect. Two corrupt men hugging each other like mafia dons after their meeting.

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abc | 9 years ago | Reply Both of them will be behind bars.

Anon | 9 years ago | Reply Is anybody still interested in what this clown has to say?

Rumormonger | 9 years ago | Reply PPP only wanted MQM on its side so they can milk the sources of Karachi by corruption. MQM had its share in this looting too. Karachi does not want any of the two anymore.

kala_bacha | 9 years ago | Reply PMLN with army trying to put PTI in Sindh. They already sign the paper with the army as a guarantor. We are happy in Punjab and your are happy in KPK/Karachi.

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply Who to believe ?...... now that's a tough one.

Truth | 9 years ago | Reply IT was PPP who created problem of law and order in karachi .... Zulfikhar Mirza arming Lyari gangsters and ANP against muhajirs

S.R.H. Hashmi | 9 years ago | Reply It was Peoples Party which installed Zulfiquar Mirza as Interior Minister of Sindh and unleashed him on MQM and Altaf Hussain. Also, despite Constitutional protection given to Local Governments by Pervez Musharraf’s government, Peoples Party hacked Sindh Local Government Act many times and stripped it of all its powers despite strong protests by MQM. And through this manouvre, Peoples Party deprived MQM of playing a role and serving Karachi people even through the local bodies. Karachiites will remember the spectacular development work done in Karachi though the empowered local government which earned its young Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the title of being the Second Best Mayor in the World. Just these two measures taken by Peoples Party are enough to show how callous it has been towards MQM. Karachi

Shuaib | 9 years ago | Reply When Zardari speaks he slaps his opponents like no other politician can.

Azi | 9 years ago | Reply Good good, rifts between all these mega corrupt parties will make each other let out the dirty secrets they have been hiding for long times.

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