PPP, MQM leaders meet, discuss concerns

KARACHI: Promising crackdown against loan write-off beneficiaries, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said all politicians should voluntarily declare their loan status. He was addressing the media along with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar after a meeting between MQM and PPP leaders at Bilawal House in Karachi.
Farooq Sattar said the MQM delegation shared its concerns with President Zardari over target killings of MQM workers. He said 11 party workers were killed in this month so far, while a total of 69 workers were killed in 2009.
He also said both sides showed resolve to strengthen the country’s democratic institutions.
The issue of local bodies’ election will be decided in future meetings, Sattar further said.
Meanwhile, the Interior Minister said politicians should voluntarily declare that they have never had their loans written off.
He also said Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar's name ended up on the Exit Control List (ECL) due to a technical problem