MQM not to return to dialogues, won’t withdraw resignations of party’s lawmakers

KARACHI (92 News) – The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Coordination Committee has decided not to return to the dialogues over resignations of party’s lawmakers. The decision was taken during a meeting of party’s Coordination Committee late on Friday that the party’s lawmakers will not withdraw resignations from Senate, National and Provincial Assemblies. The Coordination Committee said that earlier it was decided that the second round of talks will be held in Islamabad but the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not honor JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman’s mediation efforts. “The JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman need not bother any more about making further efforts in this regard.” The committee said that the despite visiting Karachi, the prime minister did not take time out to visit the MQM leader Rashid Godil, who suffered multiple bullet wounds after coming under an armed attack in Karachi.