Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui announced his resignation as Federal Minister of Information Technology and Telecommunication. Flanked by fellow party leaders Amir Khan, Kunwar Jameel, Khwaja Izharul Hasan, Nasreen Jalil, Waseem Akhtar and Faisal Sabzwari, he addressed a press conference at the MQM-P headquarters in Karachi.

Siddiqui said the MQM-P helped Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) form government and emphasised that his resignation did not mean the party was withdrawing its support.

"We promised to back the Imran Khan-led government in every difficult stage," he went on to say. He, however, underlined that holding the federal ministry was raising a lot of questions as the condition of Sindh remained the same. "Lack of seriousness of PTI government has compelled me to resign." Siddiqui also lamented that while his party had fulfilled its promise it would continue to support the federal government.

He said no progress was made on PTI's part to ensure completion of Sindh development projects. He stressed that it had become difficult for him to remain in the government. "I hold a minister's position but the people in Sindh continue to face the same difficulties they did before MQM-P joined the federal government."

Siddiqui said that his party had always worked to strengthen democracy, adding that, "We presented urban Sindh's problems to the federal government and signed two agreements."