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PTI loses majority in NA as MQM jumps ship
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Mar 30, 2022 02:03pm |
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| Author | Pakistan Today |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 30, 2022 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) quit the ruling coalition on Wednesday and joined opposition benches after reaching a pact with opposition parties seeking to oust him “in the national interest”.
“Today is a day for prayers. Common people’s wishes have been fulfilled. I expect that this time we can [strive for] a democracy whose effects can reach the people of Pakistan,” party convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told a press conference.
His press conference came hours after a top decision-making body of the pro-establishment party gave its approval to an agreement — outlining favours it’d get in return for its vote against the prime minister during the no-confidence motion — with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
The party also removed its ministers — Farogh Naseem and Syed Amin ul-Haque — from the federal cabinet.
In his resignation letter, Naseem wrote he was resigning under the direction of convener Khalid.
While Haque said he was “bound by my party’s decisions as a responsible worker”.
“In light of my party MQM-P’s decisions, I resign as federal minister for information technology and telecommunication. I request you (the prime minister) to accept this.” |
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