The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) referendum on Quaid’s or Taliban’s Pakistan has once again been postponed. The party has this time said that the postponement comes as a sign of respect for the month of Muharram.
According to a press release of the MQM, the decision was taken during a meeting of MQM’s Pakistan and London Coordination Committees on Friday.
During the meeting, the coordination committees decided to postpone the referendum, keeping in view the fact that leaders and elected representatives of MQM meet several Ulema before the start of Muharram to promote unity among different sects.
The new date for the referendum will be announced later.
The referendum, initially scheduled for November 8, had earlier been postponed and rescheduled to November 14 as the date clashed the country’s most prominent arms fair — IDEAS 2012.
The MQM had announced to hold a referendum across the country to ask people whether they would like to live in a Pakistan run by the Taliban or the one envisioned by the Quaid-e-Azam.