In a major development, both PIB and Bahadurabad factions of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), led by Dr Farooq Sattar and Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, respectively, agreed on Friday for five nominees of the party for Senate elections. Addressing a joint press conference here, Sattar said that they have reached a consensus over nominees for the Senate election. He said that this is the first step in resolving the differences and expressed hope that the issue of convener-ship between both the groups will also be resolved in the next phase.
Sattar also announced five nominees of party for the Senate having backing of Siddiqui group too. They are Farogh Naseem, Kamran Khan Tessori, Abdul Qadir Khanzada, Dr Nighat Shakeel and Sanjay Parwani. He said that they are also in contact with other likeminded parties in the Sindh Assembly, adding that they would win all five Senate seats.
Sattar said that even though differences were evident in the statements of both factions, the leaders from both sides are still mediating to resolve the issue through direct contacts and mediators, adding that a breakthrough was made when both the sides agreed to the names for the Senate elections.
"At least one matter brought unity among us, which is regarding the nomination of candidates for Senate election," Sattar added. He said that the party's leaders are embarrassed and apologize to their voters and workers who have been mentally stressed by the conflict between the PIB and Bahadurabad groups.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that despite the differences in their positions, the things didn't escalate as the MQM-P is like one family and it moves ahead like a family. He, however, clarified that Kamran Tessori is nominated by Dr Farooq Sattar for the Senate seat and his group's candidate for general seat of Senate is Farogh Naseem. Sattar said, "All is well that ends well. Well begun is half done."
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