KARACHI – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has responded over therequest of the opposition parties to join the All Parties Conference.
MQM has turned down an invitation to attend an all-party conference beinghosted by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Islamabad on Thursday.
“We will not be going to the APC,” MQM-P leader Faisal Sabzwari told Geo TVon Thursday.
The decision came shortly after former Sindh governor and PML-N leaderMohammad Zubair spoke to Faisal Sabzwari and invited his party to attendthe APC.
The APC is expected to chalk out a strategy to hold protests againstalleged election rigging.
PML-N, PPP, ANP and MMA have already agreed to set up a joint oppositionfront to give tough time to the incoming PTI government.
Opposition parties are keen to field their own candidates on prime ministerand speaker posts, Syed Khursheed Shah, the former opposition leader, said.