Talks underway with PPP, Siddiqui says; JI calls for holding local polls immediately in Karachi and Hyderabad
\n KARACHI
\nMuttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Wednesday raised concerns about the upcoming Karachi local government elections saying that pre-poll rigging done ahead of the elections.
\nAddressing a press flanked by Jamaat-i-Islami city chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman in Karachi, Khalid said that there is ambiguity in the voter list that has been made, adding that they were not satisfied over the delimitation issue. The vagueness in stats proved that pre-poll rigging has already taken place, alleged Mr Khalid.
\nWhile the JI city chief said that his party\u2019s wanted to see Karachiities as mayor and councilors of their own city because the city of lights was being neglected for decades by the rulers.
\nHe added that the people of Pakistan do not have a level playing field, adding that the Local Government Act was introduced in 2013 but we are unable to hold elections yet. Earlier on January 2, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on Monday urged Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to fulfill its promise about delimitations for the sake of Karachi\u2019s future.
\nSpeaking to media persons, MQM-P\u2019s Kamran Tessori said the issue of missing persons was the biggest problem for the party and only solution to this issue was that they joined the previous government. He hoped that the incumbent government would not disappoint them.
\nThe governor said the city of lights was becoming a city of criminals and pledged to not let that happen. \u201cNo one is Karachi\u2019s friend but the port city has always been friendly towards others,\u201d he added. He said the city was collapsing and its education, sewage, gas, electricity and water systems were in tatters.
\n The MQM-P leader warned that if right decisions were not taken, the responsibility of economic instability would be on the people in power. The governor also revealed that he spoke to Bilawal Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari over the issue of delimitations and warned that maintaining the current delimitations would be an injustice to the people of the city.
\nA day earlier, Mr Tessori, while stressing the need for consensus, said consensus instead of hypocrisy was the most important requirement of the time and that all political parties should work together for the betterment of the country.
\nSaying that the MQM-P had informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif about its concerns, he added that the premier assured that talks would be held with Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari over the MQM-P\u2019s concerns.
\nMr Tessori said, \u201cThe meetings were held with Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman and Chief Minister Parvez Elahi. I have prayed for Karachi and also for Lahore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Talks underway with PPP, Siddiqui says; JI calls for holding local polls immediately in Karachi and Hyderabad KARACHI Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Wednesday raised concerns about the upcoming Karachi local government elections saying that pre-poll rigging done ahead of the elections. Addressing a press flanked by Jamaat-i-Islami city chief Hafiz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-305563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n