Dr. Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal have been chosen as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) candidates for two by-elections in Karachi.
Sources claim that Farraq Sattar and Mustafa Kamall, who recently assumed new positions within the unified MQM-P, will run in by-elections for NA seats from Karachi.
The party’s general workers meeting will decide in the end which National Assembly districts Dr. Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal will run in the by-election.
While Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar, Syed Mustafa Kamal, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, and others will take part in the public relations campaign, Unmute Wasim Akhtar and Anis Kaimkhani will oversee the election campaign.
It is pertinent to mention here that by-elections will be held in nine constituencies of Karachi on March 16. The MQM-P will finalize candidates for other seven constituencies today.
The nine constituencies where by-polls are scheduled include: NA-241 Korangi Karachi-III; NA-242 Karachi East-I; NA-243 Karachi East-II; NA-244 Karachi East-III; NA-247 Karachi South-II; NA-250 Karachi West-III; NA-252 Karachi West-V; NA-254 Karachi Central-II; and NA-256 Karachi Central-IV.
Earlier, Pakistan People’s Party also decided to contest by-polls on the National Assembly seats and invited applications from the party’s candidates.
