KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and Farooq Sattar has decided to contest upcoming local government (LG) elections ‘under one flag’,   relaible sources told this scribe.  According to sources, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and Farooq Sattar have united and decided to contest upcoming local government (LG) elections ‘under one flag’.

   Reliable sources told this scribe that all local body candidates of Pak Sarzameen Party will withdraw in favor of MQM-P. The political parties, in principle, decided to contest polls with one flag and symbol. It is pertinent to mention here that a joint presser with big announcements is  expected in a day or two where Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui would  stand as party Convenor whereas  Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal would be the deputy convenors. Moreover, Anis Kaimkhani will be the head of the organising team. 

 Sources said that the heads of the MQM factions held an important meeting at the Sindh Governor’s House in the presence of Governor Kamran Tessori. The leaders of the MQM factions warmly welcomed each other after putting aside their differences. They said that they will get united against the injustice of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in Sindh. They added that urban areas of the province are being neglected in the LG polls.

They expressed serious reservations on the verdict of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the organisation of the local government (LG) polls in Karachi and Hyderabad, rejecting the complaints about the ‘flawed’ delimitations and voter lists. Governor Tessori assured them of contacting the federal government regarding the political parties’ concerns ahead of the LG polls.

Meanwhile, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), an ally of Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government has threatened to sit on opposition benches over delimitations issue. Muttahida Qaumi Movement factions including MQM-Pakistan, MQM Bahali Committee and PSP staged protest outside ECP office here against delimitations.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 11 2023

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