Heer Soho quits MQM-P to join PPP

KARACHI - A woman lawmaker from Sindh has announced to join Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), dealing a major blow to her former party – the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) – days after it suffered a setback in Senate elections.

MPA Heer Soho claims there is no respect for women in the MQM-P – a major faction of MQM, which was previously run by London-based supremo Altaf Hussain.

In the past, Soho had been all praise for MQM-P for providing “unprecedented respect to women members”.

ایم کیو ایم میں خواتین کو جو وقار، عزت اور کردار دیا گیا ہے اسکی مثال کسی سیاسی جماعت میں نہیں ملتی، رکن رابطہ کمیٹی و ایم پی اے ہیر سوہو@HeerSoho @MQMPKOfficial#MQMPakistan pic.twitter.com/wNeUdQBLvN

— جعفری (@sTjafri) January 6, 2018

Soho told the media on Tuesday that she would reveal the party's treatment of women in a press conference later.

The provincial legislator says she joined the PPP when she attended a dinner reception hosted by CM Murad Ali Shah at Chief Minister House a day before Senate elections.



During Saturday's polls, the MQM-P suffered a setback by gaining only one seat despite being the second largest party in the Sindh Assembly. MQM-P chief Farooq Sattar had blamed the result on party MPAs selling their votes to the PPP.

Meanwhile, there were also reports another MQM-P MPA Naila Muneer has also joined PPP, however, she has not formally announced joining the party.

Naila Muneer had also attended the dinner reception at CM House with Heer Soho.