KARACHI: Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Farooq Sattarhas announced that he would not participate in the general elections andalso decided to hand over his charge to the party’s Bahadurabad group.

This he said while addressing to the party workers in PIB Colony on Sundaynight. He said that he did not want the convenership as charity and addingthat I know that after the general elections all the responsibility will beput on me if anything goes wrong.

He added that if a leader does not hold any powers then what is the meaningof leadership.

On the other hand, Bahadurabad faction of MQM showed disappointment overSattar’s statement and termed it the statement as division of the party.They added that they would not respond to the Sattar’s statement.

The terms between MQM-P’s Bahadurabad and PIB factions have beenfluctuation since the past few months.

MQM-P split into two groups after differences in the party came to the forein February over the matter of tickets for Senate elelections that tookplace on March 3. On group was led by Sattar while the other by anothersenior leader of the party, Amir Khan.