MQM announces full return to coalition wedlock

Ebad made the announcement while addressing a news conference in the company of other MQM leaders and PPP emissaries, including Minister Khursheed Shah, Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan and Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah.The governor said that the MQM has returned to the federal and provincial cabinet. He said the decision has been taken in the best national interest keeping in view the situation in the country. He said though their were differences, MQM chief Altaf Hussain and President Zardari always kept alive the spirit of reconciliation, and there has been cordial contacts.Addressing, Qaim Ali Shah said the two parties never fully diverged apart. He said there was a rift which has been plugged.The decision was announced after a meeting of both parties at the Governor House.The meeting discussed the full return of the MQM to the federal and provincial government as the PPP has assured the MQM of removing all its reservations.The meeting was attended by Sindh CM Qaim Ali Shah and Governor Ishratul Ebad in addition to members of the committee formed by President Asif Ali ZardariLike this time round, both parties managed to come to terms on all previous estrangements one way or the other.