KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Farooq Sattar announced that MQM has made the "required" amendments in its constitution to formally dissociate from Altaf Hussain and removed his name as the party’s supreme leader and the decision making authority in party affairs.

While addressing a press conference in the metropolis on Thursday, Sattar said the amendments have been made in accordance with the assurances given in earlier announcement, and added that “MQM will not let anyone use the party platform to chant anti-Pakistan slogans”.

"Since we had to prove we are running party affairs from Pakistan, and not from elsewhere, we have substituted Article 7(b) in our constitution," said Sattar.

“It was necessary that our party members and advisory board approves and endorses our decisions of August 23, which they did, following which the amendments in party constitutions were made.”

"Missing persons should be returned to their families and this demand is as important as us changing our party's constitution," said the MQM leader while referring to the party's earlier demands in reference to its missing workers.

Sattar also demanded that the party's female workers arrested following the August 22 incident should be set free.

The MQM leader also requested the authorities to unseal Khursheed Memorial Hall and the party's headquarters at Nine zero.

"It is against the country's Constitution to seal the offices of any political party," maintained Sattar.

He announced the name of four leaders who have been included in the central coordination committee, in addition to Khawaja Izhar ul Hassan, these leaders are Syed Sardar Ahmad, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Sohail Mansoor and Rauf Saddiqui.

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