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MQM-P warns of protest if Centre does not ensure implementation of 2022 agreement with PPP
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MQM-P warns of protest if Centre does not ensure implementation of 2022 agreement with PPP

From Dawn · () English

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  • Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has threatened protests if the federal government fails to implement a 2022 agreement with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
  • The MQM-P claims that none of the 18 points in the agreement, signed before the removal of Imran Khan, have been implemented.
  • The party is urging Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a witness to the pact, to intervene and ensure the agreement's fulfillment, warning of significant public unrest if their demands are ignored.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has issued a stern warning, threatening to call for protests if the federal government does not ensure the implementation of a crucial 2022 agreement with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

You (Bilawal) have a direct signature on our rights and the solution of our problems, but the witness of this nikah, this relationship, is mian Shehbaz Sharif, so he [and] the federal government, I am not using the word intervention, but they would have to get involved.

— Farooq SattarHighlighting the PPP chairman's commitment and the Prime Minister's role as a witness to the agreement.

This 18-point accord, signed on March 30, 2022, shortly before the ousting of then-Prime Minister Imran Khan, covered a range of provincial issues. MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar asserted at a press conference in Karachi that not a single point from the agreement has been honored, despite repeated reminders to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

Sattar emphasized that the MQM-P's demands were not about joining the provincial government or controlling Sindh's resources, but focused on critical areas like the municipal government structure, future power-sharing, recruitment policies, and the local policing system. He highlighted that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Akhtar Mengal, and Khalid Hussain Magsi had signed the pact as witnesses.

This entire agreement was not implemented. This has around 18 points, out of which not even one was implemented.

— Farooq SattarAsserting the complete lack of implementation of the 2022 pact.

MQM-P is now calling on the federal government, and specifically Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whom they term the "guarantor" of the agreement, to intervene. Sattar warned that failure to act could lead to a protest movement that would be difficult to contain, urging the premier to address the issues in Karachi before public frustration escalates further.

You will have to get involved somewhere, or else the MQM-P will begin such a protest movement that no one will be able to bring back the MQM-P, the people of Karachi and those residing in other cities of Sindh.

— Farooq SattarIssuing a final warning about the potential consequences of inaction.
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Originally published by Dawn. Summarized and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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