MQM-P ends sit-in against Sindh govt for 'neglecting' Karachi, vows to resume agitation soon.

Byline: Azfar-ul-Ashfaque

KARACHI -- Lawmakers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan ended their sit-in on Saturday evening, but warned that the party's protest drive against the provincial government for 'neglecting Karachi' in the budget would soon resume with a vengeance.

The MQM-P's sit-in and boycott of the ongoing assembly session continued for the third day. The party said it was protesting against 'corrupt and racist government of the Pakistan Peoples Party in Sindh'.

Speaking at a press briefing at the sit-in camp in front of the Sindh Assembly building, senior MQM leader Kanwar Naveed Jameel said the sit-in primarily aimed at awakening a realisation that Karachi contributed up to 95 per cent of Sindh's revenue and it should be given share in accordance with the same proportion.

'We have informed a PPP delegation that we will not allow the Sindh government to continue doing injustices with the urban areas of the province and we will continue our struggle till all cities of Sindh get their due rights,' he added.

'We will ask the people to join our protest campaign in which our elected representatives and workers will take part in a vigorous manner'

He said the protest campaign would be spread to every nook and cranny of Karachi as well as other urban centres after the end of global coronavirus pandemic.

'We will ask the people to join our protest campaign in which our elected representatives, office-bearers and workers will take part in a...