MQM didnÂ’t call for removal of Mirza: Malik

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KARACHI: Interior Minister Abdul Rehman Malik has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has not made any demand for removal of Sindh Home Minister Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza, Geo News reported Friday night.Talking to journalists outside Bilawal House here on Friday, Malik reiterated that the MQM’s reservations would be addressed, saying that the government had been moving in a positive direction, which would produce positive results. The minister said the MQM and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would work together for betterment and peace in the country, especially in Karachi. “Our friendship, our unity, the mode of actions, action plans for the security have to go together,” he added.He remarked that chiefs of the MQM and the Awami National Party (ANP) had played their role for the maintenance of peace, saying, “We would have to move forward with unity”.Replying to a question, he said that over 67 accused who had been arrested on charges of targeted killings belonged to various groups and not from a single party. He was of the view that terrorists always tried to take refuge behind some parties but when there was an investigation a ‘different game’ came to fore. He said that a number of attempts had been made to destabilise the country.“I discussed issue of Commissioner System (CS) in a meeting with Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan,” Malik said adding that government would not table the bill of CS in Sindh Assembly.