{"id":2098,"date":"2016-08-25T04:10:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2016-08-25T04:10:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T18:10:15","slug":"mqm-chief-hands-over-powers-to-rabita-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/mqm-chief-hands-over-powers-to-rabita-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"MQM chief hands over powers to Rabita Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI : A day after senior MQM leaders\u2019 decision to run the party \u2018only from Pakistan,\u2019 Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Wednesday handed over party affairs to the Rabita (Coordination) Committee.INP reports.<br \/>\n&#8220;I honour the statements made by MQM leader Farooq Sattar and other MQM members and as a party chief I hand over powers of re-organisation, decision making and policy making to the Rabita Committee,&#8221; Altaf said in a press release shared by 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