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MQM suspends senior leader for being mentally incapable

Islamabad - The Rabita Committee further announced that Siddiqui will continue to perform his duties as member of the Sindh Assembly but will not attend any party meetings or rallies.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) senior leader and former provincial minister Rauf Siddiqui was suspended from the party early on Sunday.
"Siddiqui is mentally and ideologically incapable," a statement by the party said citing the reason for his suspension. The decision was taken during a meeting of the MQM's Rabita Committee in Karachi and London.
The Rabita Committee further announced that Siddiqui will continue to perform his duties as member of the Sindh Assembly but will not attend any party meetings or rallies.
Last month, Siddiqui, along with another MQM leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, had obtained protective bail before arrest in seven criminal cases lodged against them for arranging and listening to party head Altaf Hussain's speech against the military.
A division bench had approved the protective bail of Rauf Siddiqui in six cases against a surety of Rs20,000 for each of the six FIRs against him. However, MNA Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui had been granted bail for 10 days in sum of Rs50,000.
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