MQM supports ANP’s call for renaming country to ‘People’s Republic of Pakistan’

[Naveed Yaseen]

LAHORE: The Awami National Party (ANP) has suggested that the government change the country’s name from ‘Islamic Republic of Pakistan’ to ‘People’s Republic of Pakistan’, a private TV channel quoted MQM leader Farooq Sattar as saying on Wednesday. According to the channel, the ANP had proposed the idea in a meeting of the constitutional reforms committee. Sattar said the MQM backed the suggestion. He also demanded that the government give Gilgit-Baltistan the same status as other provinces. ANP leaders Haji Adeel and Afrasiab Khattak denied the ANP had made any such suggestion. daily times monitor

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