KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today claimed that the PTI’s ally, MQM-P, has expressed its full support to the Prime Minister Imran Khan during the upcoming no-confidence move in the National Assembly.
In a bid to save his government from being toppled by the Opposition, PM Imran reached Karachi to meet MQM-P leaders and seek their support ahead of voting on the no-trust motion.
Upon arrival at the MQM-P’s office in Bahadurabad, the members of MQM-P and PTI welcomed the prime minister. Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and federal ministers Ali Zaidi, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar were with PM Imran on this crucial visit.
Foreign Minister Qureshi told the media after the meeting that PM Imran and the MQM-P leadership discussed the political situation of the country.
“MQM and PTI are allies and will continue to on cooperate with each other,” said Qureshi. He added that the premier formulated and finalised his strategy with the MQM-P in his meeting.
“MQM has expressed its full support to PM Imran Khan. It did not keep any demands in front of us,” said the foreign minister.
Qureshi said that the MQM thanked the PM for coming to its headquarters.
“MQM-P did not share it grievances on make any demands, including the opening of its offices. MQM will be with the government on no-confidence motion,” said Qureshi.
‘MQM-P does not need political offices’
After the meeting, MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told media that the PM had come to meet the party and they offered him tea.
On a question of the sealed offices of the party, Siddiqui said that his party does not need political offices. He added that “Nine Zero” was not theirs so why would they ask for it.
Apart from his visit to MQM-P’s temporary head office in Karachi’s Bahadurabad area, PM Imran Khan will also attend a ceremony of the government’s Ehsaas Programme at National Stadium and meet PTI’s Sindh MPAs at Governor House in Karachi.
