PTI, MQM disagree over Sindh governor’s slot

Islamabad, May 9 (UNI) After the federal government announced the appointment of Muttahida Qaumi Move­ment-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) senior leader Nasreen Jalil as the governor of Sindh, disagreements have erupted between the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the MQM-P, Dawn reported.
Former federal info­r­mation minister Fawad Chaudhry accused Nasreen Jalil of having had written a letter to the Indian high commissioner on June 18, 2015, seeking ‘help’ against Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies. “It is sad that the ‘mess’ in Karachi which was cleared by the security institutions was being raked up again.”
Former Sindh governor Imran Ismail also criticised this reported decision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on identical grounds, saying that it appears that in order to become part of the present government it has become ‘imperative’ that one should be on bail or an “expert of vicious attacks” on security institutions.
Responding to the criticism, MQM-P’s senior leader and federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Senator Faisal Subzwari said that the letter was written to all diplomats, adding that it was the party office’s mistake that the name of Indian diplomat was not excluded from the list of diplomats. However, this letter had surfaced in 2015 and its contents were before everyone.