KARACHI: Sadiq Sanjrani, Chairman Senate, on Sunday reached coalition partner Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Bahadurabad headquarters in Karachi to address reservations of the allies.
The delegation led by Sadiq Sanjrani, met leaders including Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, MQM-P leader Amir Khan and others. Several political issues and concerns of the MQM-P are being discussed in the meeting.
On Jan. 18, the government delegation had failed to persuade MQM-P, after it offered the party to rejoin the Cabinet again.
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The MQM-P had placed four demands after the federal government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) invited its coalition partner to join the Cabinet once again.
The coalition party had put forward four demands in front of the government delegation, including establishing a university in Hyderabad, development budget for Hyderabad, implementation of a package amounting to Rs 162 billion for Karachi and reopening of MQM’s closed offices.
The MQM-P leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui had said that before joining the federal government, they had presented their demands to the government and gave unconditional support to the government.
He had said that during the meeting, the government delegation was informed about the problems of Sindh, and the nation was betrayed through 18th amendment.
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