MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that the country needs “radical surgery”.

Speaking in the National Assembly, he said, “Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary steps. Nothing will come out of conservative treatment; the country needs radical surgery.”

After Siddiqui completed his speech, NA Deputy Speaker Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah urged the lawmakers to work towards making the assembly’s atmosphere better.

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