Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is likely to suffer a major setback as the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) announced fielding its candidates to contest Senate elections, from Sindh. Mustafa Kamal-led PSP enjoys support of eight members of the Sindh Assembly, who quit the MQM and joined the PSP in March 2016 since Kamal returned Karachi and shook the political landscape with startling 'allegations' against his former party.
Lawmakers who have joined the PSP include seven MPAs of the MQM-P, Muhammad Dilawar, Bilquees Mukhtar, Shaikh Abdullah, Irtiza Farooqi, Nadeem Razi, Mehmood Abdul Razzaq and Shiraz Waheed. One MPA of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Syed Hafeezuddin had also joined the PSP. A PSP statement said that a meeting chaired by party president Anis Qaimkhani, finalised names of party candidates to be fielded in all categories for the March 3 Senate elections.
MQM-P's four Senators, Barrister Farogh Naseem, Nasrin Jalil, Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haq Thanvi and Colonel Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi (retd.) will retire this year, creating a void that throws the party in an uncertain situation, especially after the PSP announced fielding MQM's turncoats for these slots. The Senate elections are going to be held on 12 seats in Sindh, seven general, two each reserved for technocrats and women and one seat for minorities.
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