Informed sources told Dawn that the meeting of the MQM’s coordination committee discussed on Sunday at length the rejoining issue and most committee members were in favour of returning to the treasury benches in the national assembly, the Senate and the Sindh Assembly. – File Photo

KARACHI: The decision-making body of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement held an ‘emergency meeting’ in Karachi and London on Sunday to deliberate upon re-joining the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government, which they had quit in the last week of June, at the Centre and in Sindh.

Informed sources told Dawn that the meeting of the MQM’s coordination committee discussed at length the rejoining issue and most committee members were in favour of returning to the treasury benches in the national assembly, the Senate and the Sindh Assembly.

“If all goes well we will rejoin the government very soon,” said an MQM leader, requesting anonymity.

But no final decision in this regard was made till late in the night as the coordination committee meeting was still under way.

The prospects of the MQM’s return to the coalition were also reflected from the party statement that the coordination committee at its emergency meeting resolved to work for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan, elimination of terrorism, promotion of the politics of reconciliation, and solving problems being faced by people through talks and by rising above political considerations.

The participants of the meeting decided that the MQM would continue to play its role for the continuation of the democratic process and for bringing about peace and stability to the country at every level.

They also took into account the overall economic and political situation in the country and discussed a “future line of action” for the progress and welfare of the public.

The participants observed that all political parties must play their role to strengthen democratic institutions and highlighted the need to continue the democratic process.

The MQM urged all parties to identify black sheep and opportunist elements within their ranks and file and called for constituting monitoring committees to check the activities that “cause disagreements among political parties”. Such elements should be identified and it should also be established if they were working for the interests of their parties or playing in the hands of someone else.

“The long meeting of the coordination committee is going on,” the party statement concluded.