Summary MQM-P holds Rabita Committee meeting as several leaders mull leaving the party over PSP alliance
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – As several leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) mull leaving the party over the alliance with Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), the party has set out on a mission to hold them from doing so and an emergency Rabita Committee meeting has been convened, reported Dunya News.
The party leaders claim that both the parties will remain intact and there didn’t seem to be a merger approaching while MQM-P’s electoral symbol ‘kite’ is also going to remain with the party. It has also been learnt that the meeting was presided over by Kunwar Naveed Jameel since Dr Farooq Sattar declined from presiding over it.
The dissenting leaders have pushed MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar and those close to him in a tight corner. Not even 24 hours have passed since the announcements made yesterday and contradicting statements have started to come out of the MQM ranks.
Faisal Sabzwari says that MQM-P will neither be dissolved nor merged into another party. He added that MQM’s name, flag and symbol were still intact and will remain so. He warned against giving the political and electoral alliance any other interpretation.
Meanwhile, Rauf Siddiqui also says that MQM-P has only made a political alliance with PSP but both parties would continue to exist. He said that MQM will contest election with full force and chief minister will be from the party getting the maximum votes.
Khawaja Izharul Hassan said that MQM-P had a renewal on November 5. Amin Hafeez claims that a discussion on seat-to-seat basis will be held for the alliance.
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On Wednesday, Dr Sattar said that the key purpose of the dissolution is to check the division of vote bank of both the parties in Sindh for the best interest of the people. Policies that aim to curb violence and restore peace are to be stressed in the province, he said.
MQMP chief said that talks were underway between the two parties for quite some time to solve the issues faced by the people through a political merger. Dr Sattar said that Karachi cannot endure another situation like the one that arose in the 1990s.
He said that neither of the two merging parties want their workers to enter any clashes or tensions owing to the development today.
Dr Sattar thanked the people of Karachi and Sindh for making the rally on Sunday earlier this week a huge success. It is the responsibility of a statesman to avenge partial attitude towards Mohajirs.
MQMP chief said that the approach to dissolve the political party is not temporary.
