KARACHI: Provincial lawmakers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a walk-out from an in-camera session of the Sindh Assembly on Thursday after media reports of withdrawal of criminal cases against members of the banned People's Amn Committee, DawnNews reported.

Sindh Inspector General Fayyaz Leghari and Additional IG Sindh gave an in-camera briefing over Karachi's law and order situation.

MQM members staged a walkout midway through the session. The MQM lawmakers shouted slogans saying that annulment of cases against terrorists was not acceptable in any case.

The MQM convened an emergency meeting of it's joint Rabita (coordination) committee to discuss the party's further course of action.

Earlier, TV news channels had reported that the Sindh law ministry had issued instructions ordering the withdrawal of  34 cases against the members of the proscribed People's Amn Committee, including Uzair Baloch, Zafar Baloch and Habib Jan, which were registered after the Lyari operation in Karachi.

No cases withdrawn

Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon talking to media persons after the in-camera session of the Sindh Assembly said that no cases had been withdrawn. He said that another session of the Sindh Assembly would take place tomorrow (on Friday) during which the issue would be clarified.