President Zardari starts meeting with MQM delegation

A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is currently meeting President Asif Ali Zardari at the Governor House, a private TV said. Deputy Convener Dr. Farooq Sattar is heading the eight-member delegation and table MQMs demands in todays meeting. Babar Ghauri, Wasim Aftab, Dr Sagheer, Mustafa Kamal and Syed Sardar Ahmed are in the delegation. The MQM sources said the future relations of the party with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) depended on todays meeting. The sources said that six-point agenda is being discussed in the meeting including Talabanisation, the arrival of Malakand affectees and the stumbling blocks between the federal and the provincial governments. It is pertinent to mention here that MQM demands to end the ban on appointments in departments of education and health. During the meeting, MQM delegation will also demand the issuance of funds to the city governments of Karachi and Hyderabad. MQM also demands to restrict the movement of Swat emigrants to camps.

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