Defected members can be brought back, claims Sattar
'Those who have quit are already in trouble; we don't want to add to their problems by bringing them back'
October 29, 2017
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar claimed on Sunday that members of his party who defected to rival political groups could be brought back.
He was referring to Deputy Mayor Karachi Arshad Vohra's recent move to join the Mustafa Kamal-led Pakistan Sarzameen Party (PSP).
Sattar said that those who had left the party could be brought back but MQM-P did not want to "pile on" to their troubles.
"Those who have quit are already in trouble, and we don't want to add to their problems by bringing them back," the MQM-P leader claimed.
He further said that Vohra was worried due to the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) recent case against him, which was one of the reasons that he had defected to the PSP.
"Anis QaimKhani will help Vohra with the FIA case," he said, requesting the PSP leader to "take care" of his former political affiliate.
Vohra's decision to switch loyalties to PSP comes as a blow to MQM-P, which remains at loggerheads with the former.
Sattar also announced a protest rally in Karachi over the recently announced census results.
"We will protest, against the census results and political restrictions (on MQM-P), at the Quaid's mausoleum on November 5," he said.
He claimed the MQM-P is capable of gathering a large crowd of supporters if the politics of "pressurising and power-struggle" ends.
"The MQM-P has proved that its political agenda is based on principles," Sattar remarked, adding that the struggle for the rights of Sindh's residents will bear fruit in 2018.
