Overview
- MQM‑P leaders warned on Saturday that they will launch street protests and that the party’s 22 National Assembly members could move to the opposition benches if the 18‑point March 30, 2022 accord is not implemented.
- The party issued four immediate demands: enforce the Supreme Court’s Article 140A via a notified committee, approve a larger Karachi development package, make progress on missing‑persons cases, and return the Sindh governorship to MQM‑P. MQM‑P says Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was a witness and guarantor of the 2022 pact and is urging him to intervene to ensure the federal government forces implementation.
- Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon responded by accusing MQM‑P of shortcut politics and political blackmail and rejected calls for federal takeover of provincial responsibilities.
- The row revives a Supreme Court mandate to devolve political, administrative and financial powers to local governments, a shift MQM‑P says would unlock jobs and projects for Karachi and that could threaten the ruling coalition if the party withdraws support.