Summary Senator Tahir Mashadi said that NADRA officials lied to the Senate’s standing committee.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a walk-out from the Senate for not issuing Pakistani identity card and passport to Altaf Hussain.
The Senate Session headed by Deputy Chairman Sabir Baloch started here on Monday.
MQM Senator Tahir Mashadi said that the MQM can shut down Karachi if passport is not issued to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain.
He said the government had not responded even a month after Hussain filed the application for his passport and ID card.
Mashadi said that Altaf Hussain submitted his fees in London on April 4 and he was also issued NADRA tracking number. He said NADRA officials lied in the Senate’s Standing Committee about not receiving Altaf Hussain’s application.
The Senator warned of closing down Karachi for a year if the government didn’t issue the passport and ID card.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani said that no one would be allowed violate Constitution.
Senator Mushahidullah of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said what led Altaf Hussain to get Pakistani passport this time as he why never thought about it after he left the country in 1992. He held MQM responsible for May 12, 2007 incidents.
Senator Raza Rabbani said that policies of former dictator Pervez Musharraf were being followed.
