MQM-Pakistan in limelight as PTI, PML-N attempt to woo support
PML-N and MQM-Pakistan will stay in contact in coming few days, says Muhammad Zubair after meeting party leaders
July 30, 2018
As political jockeying continues following the July 25 general election, the role of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-Pakistan) has become crucial with major parties wooing it for support.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former Sindh governor Mohammad Zubair met with the MQM-Pakistan at its Bahadurabad office on Monday.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Zubair remarked that the two parties will continue to stay in the touch in the coming few weeks, adding that MQM-Pakistan also has reservations regarding the way elections were conducted.
Regarding the meeting, he shared that the representatives of the two parties discussed the conditions in Sindh especially Karachi alongside the political situation which has emerged following the General Election 2018.
Moreover, MQM-Pakistan leader Faisal Sabzwari alleged that the Election Commission of Pakistan was involved in the rigging the elections for the first time. "The failure of the result transmission system shows that ECP was unsuccessful in its task."
The returning officers must recount votes as per the law, he claimed.
"People whose own party wouldn’t vote for them won. How is this possible," Sabzwari asked.
With regards to Form 45, he questioned where was it filled? "Who knows where it was filled as the polling agents weren’t present at the time votes were being counted."
Form 45 was supposed to be submitted on the day of the election rather than being uploaded on the website after a week, he said.
When asked about the Karachi operation, Zubair clarified that it was held to bring peace to the city. "Karachi operation was not against MQM," he said.
Tareen meets MQM leaders
In a bid to seal the support of MQM-P's six MNAs-elect and 16 MPAs-elect in Sindh, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen visited the party's office and met with senior MQM-P leaders.
The PTI leader seeked MQM-P's support in supporting the formation of government in the centre, where the PTI gained the maximum number of seats but fell short of a clear majority.
Moreover, several candidates who contested and won the election as independents have been holding meetings with the PTI leadership at Imran's Bani Gala residence as the party also attempts to form a government in Punjab province.
