ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will reach Karachi on a day-long visit on Wednesday (today). This would be Shehbaz Sharif first to Karachi after being elected a prime minister.
Soon after his arrival in the city, Shehbaz Sharif along with along with the leaders of allied parties would visit the Mazar-e-Quaid. He will then reach Sindh Chief Minister House where he will preside over a meeting to review development projects for Karachi.
PM Shehbaz Sharif will also visit Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan’s (MQM-P) headquarters in Karachi’s Bahadurabad where he is scheduled to hold a meeting with MQM-P Rabita Committee members.
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The MQM-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided not to join the federal cabinet and extend support to the broad-based Shehbaz government from the outside.
The decision has been conveyed to the prime minister. Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, chief of the MQM-P said his party had detailed discussion with the fellow leaders of the coalition government about the formation of the government. He said the MQM-P is more interested and keen in the implementation of the commitments made by the leaders of the coalition for the well-being of Karachi and other areas of the province with the MQM-P.
The commitments made are significant and to be fulfilled, he added. He did not comment on the observations made by former Karachi mayor Wasim Akhtar, where he took exception to the maiden speech of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the National Assembly Monday over not mentioning commitments with the MQM-P in the speech.
