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MQM agrees to withdraw resignations

Islamabad - Talking to the media, he said the government has agreed to set up a committee to address the party's grievances.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) agreed on Friday to take back their resignations of its lawmakers from Parliament and Sindh Assembly.
"The decision was taken following an agreement with the government on its various demands," MQM leader Farooq Sattar said.
Talking to the media, he said the government has agreed to set up a committee to address the party's grievances.
Senior party leaders, including Sattar, met with federal ministers Pervaiz Rashid and Ishaq Dar at the Punjab House in Islamabad.
"Both the sides have agreed on a memorandum of understanding," Dar said, while addressing the media after the meeting.
"A five-member review committee will be formed in a week to resolve the issue," he added.
On August 12, the MQM resigned from Parliament and the Sindh Assembly, citing what it called victimisation in the ongoing targeted operation.
Presenting 19 reasons for the resignations, the party had demanded formation of a monitoring committee, release of innocent workers and investigation by a judicial commission into alleged extrajudicial killings of its activists.
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