Karachi: President Asif Ali Zardari has directed Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah to remove the MQM reservations.
The president issued these instructions during a meeting with Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad, who called on him at the Bilawal House on Wednesday. Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the Sindh chief minister and Federal Law Minister Babar Awan also attended the meeting.
The president assured the Sindh governor that all the reservations shown by the MQM would be removed accordingly, declaring Altaf Hussain as his elder brother.
He instructed the chief minister to take MQM into confidence on all matters related to Sindh.
A break through is likely during the next 24 hours, sources said.
Earlier, Malik, during a meeting with Sindh governor, said that the MQM was government’s coalition partner both in the province and centre. He vowed that the alliance would continue in future, adding the governments’ reconciliation policy would continue at all cost.
Meanwhile, MQM chief Altaf Hussain telephoned JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and requested to play his role in bringing peace to the metropolis and removing misunderstanding between Pukthuns and non-Puktuns.
In the meantime, PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain called Fazlur Rehman and supported his demand of removing the prime minister.
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