Summary Sindh government has promised to approve the party's demands, says MQM leader Kanwar Naveed.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) late Sunday night ended the sit-in protest it had staged for the release of its missing party workers. The protest was called off after a round of successful negotiations with Sindh’s senior Minister Nisar Khuhro. MQM’s leader Kanwar Naveed Jamil stated that the Sindh government has promised to approve the party’s demands.
MQM’s sit-in outside Karachi Press Club had entered the second day. MQM leaders and family members of the missing party workers and of those who had been arrested took part in the sit-in in large numbers.Tensions escalated however as a large number of MQM workers started marching towards the Chief Minister’s (CM) House from the Press Club in the form of a rally, led by Farooq Sattar. Party workers and the police confronted one another.
Resistance from the police increased as workers tried to continue their march, leading to a clash between the officers and workers. The latter then arranged a sit-in at the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) Chowk.
