KARACHI – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) intra-party are set to be held today in Karachi, days after conflict widens between factions – Farooq Sattar-led PIB and Amir Khan-led Bahudarabad – of the party.
Preparations for the elections, which had been announced by Farooq Sattar, are completed. It will start at 1pm and continue until 6pm under the supervision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A three-member team of ECP will monitor the process in which party’s convener, deputy convener, Rabita Committee, and Central Executive Committee.
Today, Sattar released a video message, urging everyone to take part in elections to elect the new Rabita Committee.
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In the intra-party polls, the Amir-led group has been excluded with no mention of Amir Khan, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Nasreen Jalil or Waseem Akhtar on the ballot papers for Raabita Committee, Express News reported.
However, members supporting Sattar, including Kamran Tessori, Khawaja Sohail Manzoor, Qamar Manzoor, Muzzammil Qureshi, Syed Ali Raza Abidi, Shahid Pasha, Sajid Ahmed and Salahuddin Sheikh, have been nominated in both RC and CEC.
A fight between MQM-P’s two factions erupted over the issue of distribution of party tickets for upcoming Senate elections. The Amir-led group had strongly opposed nomination Kamran Tessori, a relative of Sattar, by sidelining seasoned party leaders.
