PTI ‘concerned’ over Pervaiz Elahi’s contact with MQM-P for dialogue

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi chapter has expressed its concern over party president Pervaiz Elahi’s move to contact Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) for dialogue, ARY News reported on Sunday, citing sources.

According to details, PTI Karachi president Aftab Siddiqui chaired a meeting of members of national and provincial assemblies at Insaf House, wherein party’s senior vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi was also present.

Sources told ARY News that the majority of party members opined against contacting MQM-P, apprising Shah Mehmood Qureshi of their concerns.

The participants said that Pervaiz Elahi should have taken Karachi leadership into confidence before contacting the Khalid Maqbool-led party. “We cannot join hands with MQM-P as it is an ally of PDM [Pakistan Democratic Movement],” sources said, quoting the participants.

A day earlier, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Pervaiz Elahi has contacted his MQM-P for dialogue.

Addressing a ceremony in Karachi, the MQM-P convener said that PTI’s Pervaiz Elahi has contacted his party, with former Punjab chief minister saying that doors were always open for dialogue.

“We had left the previous government due to its non-seriousness,” Khalid Maqbool said.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan – while talking to a delegation of journalists – denied any role being played by President Arif Alvi between the establishment and his party.

The former premier stated that PTI leaders Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pervaiz Elahi have been tasked to reestablish contacts with other political parties.