Monitoring Desk Prime Minister Imran Khan was here in the city on Monday. He had an one-to-one interaction with Sindh Chief Minister Murad Shah and also met Grand Democratic Alliance leaders and members of the business community but did not have a meeting with his party allies— the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan. Speaking on a show at private TV channel on Tuesday MQM-P leader Amir Khan was asked the similar question and also that was it a message from the federal government that it could function without the MQM-P? Amir Khan said the prime minister wanted to visit their Bahadurabad office during the visit. But the MQM-P first wanted some progress on the issues, he added. “Asad Umar told us that the prime minister wanted to visit the Bahadurabad office,” Khan said. “We told him that we respected the prime minister… but we requested them to show some progress on the MoUs we presented.” He said Umar also agreed that it was better to hold a meeting after some progress towards issues in urban areas of Sindh. Asked how he viewed Sindh CM’s meeting with the prime minister. The MQM-P leader termed it a “positive development,” clarifying that it would not impact the PTI-MQM-P alliance. To a question about rejoining the federal cabinet, he said his party didn’t enter into an alliance with the PTI for the sake of ministries. “Issues should be resolved… we are not interested in ministries,” Khan said. The anchorperson also questioned Khan why his party doesn’t approach the PPP to have the Sindh local body system amended. Haider noted how the PTI couldn’t help the MQM-P get this longstanding demand met. “As far as the provincial government is concerned, our MPAs are there and they keep having discussions in this regard,” Khan replied. He also spoke about the PPP’s offer to the MQM-P to join the Sindh government. “There appeared to be some malafide intentions in the statement to join them by toppling the federal government,” the MQM-P leader said. “We told them to resolve the city’s issues, empower local bodies across Sindh. You act upon that and we will support you.” Khan was also questioned about the conflict of interest between the PTI and MQM-P in Sindh’s urban areas.