Sattar tasks key MQM-P leaders to bring Vohra back

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar has tasked two key members of his party to pacify Karachi Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra and bring him back into the party fold, sources told Geo News Friday.

Vohra switched his loyalties and joined the Mustafa Kamal-led Pakistan Sarzameen Party on October 29. 

“Unfortunately, I was not able to deliver to the people of Karachi,” he lamented, at a press conference as he announced joining the PSP. “We have been quite unjust to the people of Pakistan.”

Vohra's decision to switch loyalties to PSP came as a blow to the MQM-P, which remains at loggerheads with the former.

Karachi deputy mayor Arshad Vohra joins PSP

Vohra reached Pakistan house and addressed media regarding his decision

However, Sattar is still hopeful of Vohra's return to the MQM-P. The party still has sympathy for the defected leader and it has not yet revoked his party membership.

Sources said the MQM-P has not yet decided whether to bring a new deputy mayor in place of Vohra.

Following Vohra's announcement of joining the PSP, Sattar had claimed that members of his party who have defected to rival political groups could be brought back.

He had claimed 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," the MQM-P chief had said, requesting the PSP leader to "take care" of his former political affiliate.