President Asif Ali Zardari assured a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday that its reservations on Zulfiqar Mirza’s visit to London would be addressed, DawnNews reported.
The delegation conveyed its reservation on the activities of Mirza in London to the president during a meeting held at the Presidency.
Zardari told the delegation that Mirza was visiting London in a personal capacity and that his visit had nothing to do with the policy of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
Earlier, Sindh’s former interior minister Zulfiqar Mirza said that he had handed over evidence against MQM to Scotland Yard. Mirza said that he had extended his stay in London and that he would further hold meetings with Scotland Yard officials on Monday. He would remain in the city until required, he added.
The PPP Sindh chapter had already suspended the membership of MPA Imdad Pitafi and had issued a show cause notice to the provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon who accompanied Mirza on his visit to London.
MQM’s delegation was comprised of Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Dr Farooq Sattar, Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri and MNA Haider Abbas Rizvi.
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar and pesident’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar were also present during the meeting.
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