KARACHI : Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan is heading towards collapse, the intra-party election is need of the hour, said MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Friday. <\/p>\n
Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Sattar said, \u201cI had submitted my resignation from the party\u2019s Rabita Committee on September 13 citing personal reasons and today I want to share those reasons in detail.<\/p>\n
Sattar regretted, \u201cDuring the July 25 polls, MQM-P\u2019s seats went from 17 to four and the upcoming by-polls will be the party\u2019s next test.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stating that the MQM-P is in a \u201cweak position right now\u201d, Sattar demanded, <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to save the party from division and destruction, reinstate all members of the party as per the positions held by them on February 5.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe party is headed towards collapse and to save it from complete destruction, intra-party elections should be held as early as possible,\u201d he further demanded. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo steer the party out of the current turmoil, a fresh mandate needs to be sought from workers,\u201d Sattar added. \u201cI will accept whatever the result of the intra-party election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sattar stepped back from party matters after he was not issued a ticket for the by-election.<\/p>\n
He had also resigned from the party\u2019s top decision-making body, Rabita Committee last month. The resignation had come in the backdrop of Sattar\u2019s confirmation that he was consulting with his close friends over an offer he had received from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to join the party. Moreover, differences between Sattar and another leader of the party, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, had intensified prior to the General Elections 2018 held on July 25, following which MQM-P was split into two groups \u2013 Sattar\u2019s PIB and Siddiqui\u2019s Bahadurabad faction.<\/p>\n
Sattar lost the NA-247 seat to PTI candidate Dr Arif Alvi during the elections. The seat is now up for the grab following the presidential election which saw Alvi being elected as the country\u2019s 13th president. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI : Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan is heading towards collapse, the intra-party election is need of the hour, said MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Friday. Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, Sattar said, \u201cI had submitted my resignation from the party\u2019s Rabita Committee on September 13 citing personal reasons and today I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n