KARACHI – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Friday decided to revoke the party membership of senior leader Dr Farooq Sattar.
A brief statement issued from the MQM-P’s temporary headquarters in Bahadurabad said that the coordination committee in its meeting on Friday “decided to revoke the basic membership of Dr. Farooq Sattar on charges of violating party discipline and constitution, internal grouping and other serious organizational issues”.
It said the decision was “unanimously” taken by the participants of the meeting, chaired by convener and federal minister Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.
The committee directed all workers not to contact Dr. Sattar; otherwise strict action would be taken against them.
In a late-night press conference at his PIB Colony residence, Dr. Sattar rejected what he called the so-called decision of the coordination committee and said his only crime was to demand for workers’ democratic right.
“The decision of the coordination committee is illegal and unconstitutional,” he said, adding that such an extreme action could not be taken without hearing his viewpoint.
