MQM forms Supreme Council for "people's guidance"

Sources told that the Council also aims to function in case of non-availability of party chief Altaf Hussain.

According to a late-night MQM statement, the decision to this effect was taken by MQM supremo Altaf Hussain during a meeting.

The meeting appointed Nadim Nusrat Convener of the Coordination Committee on permanent basis.

Supreme Council would consist of Kanwar Navid, Rauf Siddiqui, Babar Ghori, Kishwar Zehra, , Nadim Nusrat, Nasrin Jalil, Farooq Sattar, Farogh Nasim and Iftikhar Hussain.

The meeting also reviewed party’s organizational affairs and status of cases being faced by the leadership in London.