KARACHI: MQM-P Bahadurabad faction’s Faisal Subzwari on Monday said hehoped Dr Farooq Sattar would not challenge the ECP’s decision to remove himas the party’s convener.
Addressing a press conference here in Karachi, Subzwari said that the partyhad wanted to resolve internal conflicts before the Election Commission ofPakistan’s (ECP) decision today, however, Sattar had insisted to wait forthe regulatory body’s verdict on the party convenership case.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had ruled, earlier today, thatSattar would no longer serve as the convener of Muttahida QaumiMovement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
A five-member bench of ECP had also dismissed Sattar’s petition challengingthe jurisdiction of ECP in the case and nullified the intra-party electionsof MQM, in which Farooq Sattar was elected as the party chief.
Subzwari, during his press conference, said the ECP’s verdict had madeit very clear where the party’s name, flag, electoral symbol and officebelonged.
However, the politician also stressed that he and other leaders of theparty were part of the same organisation.
“We don’t want to accept any divide in MQM-P,” he said. “We are invitingFarooq Sattar, and will extend this invitation in person too, to join handsto take the party forward.”
He further said that the leaders of the party will hold a consultativemeeting following Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui’s return to the city.