KARACHI: Addressing a convention of party workers at the KMC ground in Karachi’s PIB colony on Sunday night, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Farooq Sattar revealed that he was handing charge of the party over to the Bahadurabad faction, and would not contest the upcoming general elections. Sattar claimed that he did not wish to receive […]
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PPP can’t weaken our vote bank: Farooq Sattar
KARACHI: MQM-P Convener Farooq Sattar on Sunday said that he accepts Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)’s challenge, but PPP is mistaken if the party believes it can weaken MQM’s vote bank. While addressing a rally at Tunky Ground in Karachi, Farooq Sattar termed PPP as “Papu, Papa and Phoopho” party, while he also slammed the PPP […]
Farooq Sattar reaches out to MQM-Bahadurabad in a bid for an alliance
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) PIB chapter’s beleaguered leader, Farooq Sattar on Monday, reached out to the party’s Bahadurabad group for an alliance. Mr Sattar also claimed that he was willing to withdraw his demand to dissolve the MQM’s rabita committee on the grounds that the Bahadurabad faction choose between either him or Amir Khan. […]
Three more MQM-P lawmakers defected to PSP
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) lawmaker Mehboob Alam along with two others joined Pakistan Sar Zameen Party (PSP) on Sunday. Alam was elected as a member of the National Assembly from NA-242 on MQM-P’s ticket after getting 166746 votes in the general elections 2013. MPA Saifuddin Khalid and Muhammad Kamran also jumped the ship along with Alam. […]
MQM-P MNA Waseem Hussain jumps ship to PSP
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) MNA Syed Waseem Hussain has on Sunday announced that he will be joining Pak Sarzameen Party. The lawmaker announced his decision during a press conference along with PSP President Anis Qaimkhani at the Pakistan House. The lawmaker was elected from NA 220 constituency and after disputes between Farooq Sattar-led MQM-Pakistan […]
MQM-P to support PTI for Senate opposition leader
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Thursday announced that it would support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate in the contest for the Senate’s opposition leader. The announcement came after a PTI delegation visited MQM-P leaders in Bahadurabad earlier today. In a joint press conference along with PTI’s Imran Ismail and Senator Azam Swati, MQM-P leader Faisal Sabzwari […]
Woman accuses MQM’s Salman Baloch of sexual assault
KARACHI: A woman on Tuesday alleged that Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P’s) lawmaker Salman Mujahid Baloch sexually assaulted her at Parliament Lodges. The woman filed a complaint against the MQM-P’s leader at Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station claiming that Mujahid called her to Islamabad on the pretext of giving her a job. “Mujahid sexually assaulted me and made […]
MQM-P fails to end internal rift, fields separate candidates for Senate elections
KARACHI: The internal rift in the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) over Senate elections tickets deepens as both the fractions submitted nomination papers of their candidates to the Election Commision of Pakistan (ECP) separately. MQM-P convener Dr Farooq Sattar was in favour of awarding Senate ticket to Kamran Tessori while the Rabita Committee was opposing this decision. February 8, today, […]
Sindh Assembly condemns Imran, Sheikh Rasheed’s anti-parliament comments
KARACHI: Sindh Assembly passed a resolution on Monday condemning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed’s anti-parliamentary remarks during joint protest rally on Mall Road. The resolution, presented by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Zafar Kamali, criticised Khan and Sheikh Rasheed’s comments, while also asking the two to […]
Imran accuses PML-N, PPP, MQM of rigging in elections 2013
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday reiterated that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) rigged the previous general elections in their respective areas. He took to Twitter to say that all three parties selected their own ‘umpires’ before contesting the elections 2013. In 2013 GE, MQM, […]