*KARACHI – The Pir Pagara-led Grand Democratic Alliance and Muttahida QaumiMovement have decided to form electoral alliance in an attempt to give atough time to rival Pakistan People’s Party in Sindh.*
The development came after a meeting between GDA and MQM leaders inKarachi. The meeting was attended by GDA’s Sadaruddin Shah Rashidi, SardarRahim and MQM’s Amir Khan, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Faisal Sabzwari.
The two sides are developing consensus on the seat adjustment formula, adramatic twist in the political scenario before July 25 general elections.
Talks are underway for a finalise the alliance on different NationalAssembly and Sindh Assembly seats in Karachi, Sanghar, Nawabshah, TandoAllahyar, Mirpurkhas and other cities where PPP candidates have strongpositions.
The anti-PPP coalition comprises Pir Pagara’s Pakistan Muslim League –Functional, Ayaz Latif Palijo’s Qaumi Awami Tehreek, National PeoplesParty, Sindh National Front, Peoples Party (Workers).
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pak Sarzameen Partyare also in talks with GDA to challenge PPP’s 10-year rule in the province.
Some other like-minded politicians including former National AssemblySpeaker Dr Fehmida Mirza, her spouse Zulfikar Mirza, former Sindh chiefministers Ghulam Arbab Rahim and Syed Ghaus Ali Shah are also part of GDA.