Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Farooq says MQM suggested govt not to table NRO

KARACHI: Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Parliamentary leader of the MQM Dr Farooq Sattar Tuesday welcomed the government’s decision not to table the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in the Parliament.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the legal experts of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) hold meetings for several days to mull over the legal aspects of NRO, adding the party proposed to National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law that tabling the NRO in the National Assembly would be a futile practice, which should be avoided and if the NRO was presented before the House, the MQM would be forced to oppose it.

Farooq Sattar said the government decided not to bring NRO in the House in the light of proposal put up by the MQM, and the party welcomes this step and deems it a well-meaning step for the democracy.

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