MQM dissolves Rabita Committee after audio leaks

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Wednesday dissolved its Rabita Committee — the party’s top decision-making body — after two audio leaks surfaced of the body’s meetings.

In a statement, an MQM-P spokesperson said that the party’s convenor, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, made the decision to dissolve the incumbent Rabita Committee.

“The Rabita Committee stands dissolved. It will be formed anew. In the second phase, all departments, provincial committees, zones, towns, and UCs will be reorganised,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that Siddiqui has formed an ad-hoc committee, which he will lead. It will also comprise Mustafa Kamal, Farooq Sattar, Nasreen Jalil, Anis Kaimkhani, Kaif-ul-Wara, and Rizwan Babar.

Two audio leaks — one of Kamal and another of Sindh Governor and MQM-P leader Kamran Tessori — of the Rabita Committee’s meetings went viral on social media last month.

Both leaders admitted that their audio leaks were genuine, but Kamal had gone ahead and alleged that it was released by a member of the MQM-London who was also a member of the Rabita Committee.