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MQM-P Groups Announce To Field Candidates Separately

Karachi (February 08, 2018):Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan Farooq Sattar and Aamir Khan Groups have announced to field senate candidates separately.

According to the details, deadlock between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan convener Dr Farooq Sattar and members of the party’s highest-decisionmaking body further intensified as both sides refused to budge in favour of the other.

Negotiations between both the camps have yielded no breakthrough on the inclusion of Kamran Tessori as MQM-P’s Senate candidate as party leaders opted for expressing their grievances openly through respective press conferences in the early hours of Thursday.Later in the day, both factions of the party announced their candidates in a media talk while maintaining that a number of nominated candidates will be withdrawn after reaching a breakthrough on the issue.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan leader Dr Farooq Sattar and party’s coordination committee on Thursday announced names of candidates for Senate election separately as differences between the two sides remain far from resolved.

Speaking to media, Sattar said he has received congratulations from all after finalizing names of his candidates.

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He said name of Kamran Tessori,the man at the center of the crisis in the MQM, was included in the list of candidates for general category of seats in the Senate.

Others name included in the list candidates by Farooq Sattar are: Ahmed Chenoi , Hassan Feroz on technocrats seat; Khawaja Sohail Mansoor, Qamar Mansoor, Ali Raza Abidi, Shahid Pasha and Amir Chishti on general seats; Nighat Shafiq and Mangla Sharma on women seats; and Sanjay Pervani on minority seat.

While the disgruntled Rabita Committee has recommended the names of Nasreen Jalil, Barrister Farrogh Naseem, Aminul Haq, Abdul Qadir Khanzada, Kishwar Zehra, Amir Chishti and Matiur Rehman.She said instead of following personalities “we have to keep the party intact”. “We want all the affairs to resolve in an appropriate manner”.

She said there were a lot of things in the background of Kamran Tessori, without elaborating further.

Later on, after submitting his nomination papers, Tessori expressed the hope that Sattar would manage to resolve the crisis, playing down the differences in the MQM-P.

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He said there could be differences between brothers too but they are resolved instead of abandoning the brothers.

“Even enemies could not accused Farooq Sattar of corruption,” said he.

“He is my leader, I would contest the election if he orders me to contest, and will withdraw from the election if he asks me to do so.”

Earlier, the party’s convener expressed his reservations on Subzwari’s press conference, in which the Rabita Committee questioned the policies of Sattar.Sattar Expresses Heartache Over Subzwari’s Press Conference“I promised the negotiators that I was coming so what was the hurry in doing the press conference. When I came to know about it, I immediately called Khawaja Izhar and Kanwar Naveed to stop them, we are coming,” he said. “Subzwari was bitter in his presser. Tessori told me that in view of stopping the party from the division, he can sign on a blank paper for withdrawal of his candidacy.”

Sattar said that the Bahadurabad faction of the party is constantly showing him the party’s constitution for point scoring.

“The party meeting is unconstitutional because I didn’t permit it. Had I wanted further division I would have gone to the KMC stadium before the arrival of Rabita Committee delegation at my place. After taking a mandate from the workers would have suspended the Rabita Committee.”

Separately, senior MQM-P leader Amir Khan said that the names recommended by the Rabita Committee was the result of necessity than choice.

“The process of finalization of names is still open. MQM-P’s office is your (Sattar) office. The names are still open. Please come and discuss it with us,” he said.

Subzari, taking a jibe at Tessori said that the party has refused to take decisions while taking on board Tessori.

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“We have refused to abide by the desire of Tessori, which in fact comes through Sattar that all party decisions should be taken in his presence,” he said. “There were attempts to pressurize us by shouting slogans. What was the pressure about why Rabita Committee’s deputy convenor was not given Senate ticket.”

The provincial lawmaker questioned the merit of Tessori for being MQM-P’s Senate nominee.

“What is merit. MQM is not for sale. If MQM doesn’t send its nomination papers, Peoples Party will be the beneficiary.”

Rumours of a split in the party were rife after Sattar abruptly left a party meeting on February 5 over a disagreement on nominations of Senate candidates with senior party leader and deputy convener Amir Khan.

Today is the last day for submitting nomination papers for Senate election to be held early next month.

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Names of the nominated candidates will be published tomorrow (Friday).

Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be done on Monday while the candidates can file appeals against acceptance or rejection of nominations on 15th of this month.

The revised list of the candidates will be published on 18th of this month while candidature can be withdrawn on 19th of this month.

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