KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has said that non-issuance of National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) and passport to MQM chief Altaf Hussain is “illegal, undemocratic and unconstitutional” in an official statement.
MQM has given a legal notice to the interior ministry, chairman National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Pakistan High Commission in London over the same matter.
MQM counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem has sent legal notices to all concerned authorities in hopes of resolving this crucial problem as soon as possible.
MQM blames Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar
In an earlier statement, Hussain issued a statement blamed interior ministry for delaying the issue.
He also cursed Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar for not taking his plea seriously.
He further said that being a Pakistani, it is his fundamental right to have a NICOP and passport.
Rauf Siddique, chief of MQM Central Executive Council, has even urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to sack Nisar and suspend his party membership as soon as possible.
MQM eminent leader Farooq Sattar accused Nisar of having a serious ego problem in issuing NICOP and passport to Altaf Hussain.
Chaudhry Nisar responds to MQM accusations
Nisar has sent a clear message to MQM that ‘politics of threat’ will not work here.
He said, “The government has no objection to issuance of an identity card to Altaf Hussain, but MQM is only trying to complicate the matter their ‘politics of threats”.
And added, “We are only following a standard operating procedure. Why would we stymie Altaf Hussain’s NICOP issuing process?”
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