Sindh PA becomes a fish market after Qaim’s emotional speech

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday walked out of the Sindh Assembly in protest against the Sindh chief minister’s emotional speech criticising the party’s protest outside the CM House earlier in the month.
Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah spoke about the MQM’s 10-hour sit-in outside the CM House on the night of January 10 and the morning of January 11 with the bodies of slain workers.Party activists, supporters and leaders of the MQM had staged a sit-in outside the CM House with the bodies of their slain colleagues, including that of Syed Faraz Alam who died while in custody of the Khokhrapar police.
In his speech, CM Qaim Ali Shah said MQM workers had not come to protest outside the CM House but to attack it. “Holding a knife to one’s throat is no way to ask for a meeting,” remarked the chief minister.
His remarks were followed by an uproar in the House by MQM lawmakers and the assembly soon started giving the look of a fish market. They gathered near the rostrum of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani while loudly protesting against the chief minister’s remarks as PPP lawmakers rushed to meet them halfway and responded to their comments.