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| Sindh governor tenders resignation |
| 2013-09-15 |
| [Dawn] Governor Sindh Ishratul Ibad Khan has reportedly faxed his resignation to the President House, according to various TV news channels. Ishrat, belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM), was seen at the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... airport to be leaving for Dubai late on Friday amid protests by the party against the ongoing operation in the thriving provincial capital. The operation which the MQM has dubbed as one-sided action against its office bearers is being conducted by the Sindh government. The most significant arrest during the action has been that of former MQM politician Nadeem Hashmi, following which urban areas of Sindh, including Hyderabad and Karachi, observed a shutdown earlier on Wednesday. Hashmi was later sent on week-long physical remand by an ATC in Karachi. Ibad, who was appointed to the post on Dec 27, 2002, is also the longest-serving governor of the province. In his more than a decade long time at the governor house, this is not the first instance when the MQM leader has tendered his resignation. He has previously resigned from the position and then withdrawn his resignation on insistence of his party's chief Altaf Hussain. Upon persuasion by former president Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) -- the former coalition partners of MQM -- Hussain, on more than one occasion, advised Ibad to take back his resignation. In June 2011 and again in February this year, he tendered his resignation hours after the MQM pulled out of the ruling coalition in the province and at the centre in protest that its 'reservations' were not being addressed by the PPP. On both counts, Hussain asked the governor to reconsider his decision in the light of requests made by the business community, industrialists, religious scholars and people belonging to different spheres of life. Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan, who was appointed on Dec 27, 2002, is the longest-serving governor of the province. |
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