Bahadurabad Faction

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Bahadurabad faction has finalized a list of candidates who will be contesting in the upcoming general elections, said the Rabita committee. The MQM-P has fielded its prominent candidates in key constituencies against rivals, however, the party has not yet unveiled the name of the candidate against Shehbaz Sharif. According to reports; Usama Qadri will compete with Mustafa Kamal in NA-253. Ali Raza Abidi will be facing off Imran Khan in the NA-243,…

KARACHI: Following the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's public meeting in Liaquatabad, leaders of two factions of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P), Farooq Sattar and Khalid Maqbool, are letting bygones be bygones and uniting to contest the upcoming general elections as one. Farooq Sattar, who is leading the PIB faction of the party had Thursday met with the leaders of the Bahadurabad faction to discuss upcoming elections and to try to iron out differences between the two groups. MQM-P in…

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Bahadurabad faction is to hold its general workers’ convention at 13-C Ground in Gulshan-e-Iqbal here today ahead of intra-party elections announced by the PIB faction. The party meeting was earlier announced to be held at Nazimabad ground. However, the venue of the convention was shifted to Gulshan-e-Iqbal after the city administration denied permission to Amir Khan-led Bahadurabad faction. According to party sources, the splinter group is expected to make key…