MQM stages token walkout from assembly

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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has staged token walkout from the Sindh Assembly session against the alleged targeted killings of its workers.

According to the report, the Sindh Assembly session was held with Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani in the chair on Thursday. The members of the assembly condemned the attack on Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat, suicide blast at funeral prayer in Mardan and killings of polio workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

During the session, Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that Karachi had been facing law and order situation for the last 25 to 30 years, however, the impression was made that the situation of the city got worse during the tenure of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). At the same time, MQM MPA Muhammad Khalid declared the imposition of tax on marriage halls as burden on the owners.