[DAWN] 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) chief Altaf Hussain
...think of the head of the Barzini clan, only in Urdu...
has suspended the party's 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...
Rabita Committee (Coordination Committee) for what he called its members inability to fulfill their responsibilities despite continual assurances, a blurb on the MQM's website said. Hussain is hoping to constitute a new coordination committee in Karachi, the positions for which he has invited senior party members to apply.
In the statement that was published on the website on Saturday, Hussain said a decision would be made on the future of the coordination committee in London either today or tomorrow.
The MQM chief has moreover invited senior party officials from different zones and sectors to apply for positions for a new coordination committee that he is hoping to constitute.
He said senior party officials who believe themselves to be capable of taking on the responsibility should submit their information at the party's Nine-Zero headquarters in Azizabad.