Farooq Sattar likely to join PTI: Sources

KARACHI Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar islikely to join the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf after getting offer from theruling party.

He on Thursday said he is consulting his close friends on PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf’s offer to join the party.

A day earlier, Sattar had claimed that the PTI had offered him to join theparty and contest the by-election on a National Assembly seat — NA-247,Karachi — that fell vacant after the resignation of president-elect Dr ArifAlvi.

Earlier today, the senior MQM-P leader filed a petition in the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding election expenses.linklink

Speaking to the media outside the ECP, Sattar once again said that some PTIleaders have offered him to join the Prime Minister Imran Khan led party.

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“I am consulting my close friends over the offer,” he added.

“PTI wants me to contest the by-election on NA-247 from Alvi’s seat,” theMQM-P leader further said.