In a significant development in Pakistan's upcoming elections, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have announced their joint participation in the February 8 polls.

This decision followed a meeting between a delegation from MQM-P, led by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar, and Syed Mustafa Kamal, and the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif at the party's Model Town secretariat in Lahore.

Senior PML-N figure Khawaja Saad Rafique later revealed to the media that both parties had decided to contest the February 8 elections together.

Additionally, both parties have committed to collaborating on a unified strategy to address the current challenges facing Pakistan and to steer the country towards development. They have also agreed to establish a six-member committee tasked with devising a comprehensive plan to address the issues in Sindh province, particularly in its urban areas. The committee will present its final proposals for cooperation between the two parties to the leadership within the next 10 days, as stated in a press release by the PML-N.