Karachi was made part of Sindh against wishes of people, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui

Till 70s administrative structure of Karachi was different, it was not part of Sindh, Chairman MQM Pakistan

Karachi: Chairman MQM Pakistan Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that Karachi was made part of Sindh without asking people here, he said that new provinces are need of time.

According to private TV, while addressing participants of North Nazimabad Residents Committee, Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that at time of creation of Pakistan Karachi was capital of Pakistan, this was Quaid-e-Azam's Pakistan and our ancestors had migrated with same concept.

He said that from Quaid-e-Azam's Pakistan we were pushed into Bhutto's Pakistan and Karachi was made part of Sindh without asking Karachi.

Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that till 70s administrative structure of Karachi was different from current situation, it was not part of Sindh. He emphasized that when provinces were restored, neither any referendum was held nor public opinion was taken, but Karachi was made part of Sindh by doing administrative changes on its own.

He said that demand for new provinces is even older than formation of MQM, because their ancestors had given immense sacrifices for this region. Addressing those who refer to 5 thousand year history of Sindh, he said that this history has no relation with current division of country.