Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has suspended the party's Karachi Rabita Committee (Coordination Committee) for what he called its members' inability to fulfil their responsibilities despite repeated assurances. In a statement published on the website on Saturday, Hussain said: "a decision will be made on the future of the coordination committee in London either today or tomorrow."
Moreover, the MQM chief has invited senior party officials from different zones and sectors to apply for positions for a new coordination committee. He said senior party officials, who believe that they are capable of taking on the responsibility, should submit their information at the party's Nine Zero headquarters in Azizabad. Hussain said Kaiful Warah, Abdul Haseeb and Advocate Abdul Arif Khan would continue to be part of the Karachi coordination committee. According to Altaf Hussain's statement, Farooq Sattar, Khalid Maqbool, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Shabbir Qaimkhani and Nusrat Shaukat have been directed not to visit party's headquarters. Late Wednesday night, the MQM leader had directed the closure of all party offices, only to withdraw his decision a few hours later.