KARACHI Governor Sindh Muhammad Zubair said that since the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London is not registered as a political party in Pakistan it
should contest election in the United Kingdom.
The Sindh governor made the statement during a ceremony at the British High Commission here on the birthday of Qu
een Elizabeth II.
On August 22 last year, the chief of MQM then unite
d incited participants of a hunger strik
e camp outside the Karachi Press Club to chant ant
i-Pakistan slogans and surround media houses. The violence in the city had left a man dead and around eight others wounded.
The series of developments on the day caused uproar across the country, followed by a crackdown on the party.
The events of the day led the party to splitting into two factions the MQM-Pakistan and MQM-London, with the former severing ties and distancing itself from any statement coming from the London-based leadership.
The MQM-Pakistan has since been functioning under the leadership of Farooq Sattar.
