Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan leader Farooq Sattar on Thursday said that the party's commitment should not be taken with a pinch of salt, adding that the leadership should be given a chance.

The MQM leader was addressing a press conference here on Thursday, saying that the party was being operated within Pakistan.

He said that MQM's platform would not be allowed to be used for anti-Pakistan slogans.

"The clause seeking MQM founder’s guidance over the matters has been removed", Sattar said.

The MQM leader said that they are in consultation with the assembly members on different matters, adding that the party's seriousness should not be viewed with suspicion.

“We are not sitting idle, we are having consultations and making decisions,” he added.

Sattar said that the party is staying true to the decisions taken since August 23.

During the press conference, MQM Pakistan announced amendments in the party’s constitution.

Farooq Sattar said that even before the amendments, the leadership had announced that their decisions were free from any influence from London.  

MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan received a phone call during the conference, after which he started taking notes.

The Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly then passed on the notes to Farooq Sattar, who stopped his address to read the notes.

Izharul Hassan tore the paper as soon as the notes were read by Sattar.