MQM-P chief seeks Karachi Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra’s disqualification from ECP

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar on Friday demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to disqualify Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra from holding public office.

In a letter to the ECP chief, the MQM-P leader said that Vohra's joining of Pak Sarzameen Party is a violation of the Constitution hence he should be immediately disqualified, and a by-election should be called on his local council seat.

Sattar demanded the immediate issuance of a notification to de-seat Vohra.

The MQM-P leader, in his letter to the ECP, has mentioned the party's consultative meeting held on November 3 in which the party gave him the authority to pursue legal action against Vohra.

Karachi deputy mayor Arshad Vohra joins PSP

Vohra reached Pakistan house and addressed media regarding his decision

On October 29, Vohra announced to join the Mustafa Kamal-led PSP in a press conference. 

The deputy mayor said: "I will resign from the post of deputy mayor after completing all the legal formalities.”

However, later the PSP Chairman Mustafa Kamal said in a public gathering that in light of the ECP's judgment on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Ayesha Gulalai's case, the party would not ask Vohra to leave  public office.  

At present, a friend-foe tussle is under way between MQM-P and PSP, with Sattar and Kamal agreeing on Wednesday night to unite their parties only to later see the 'alliance' crumble.