Waseem Akhtar says MQM-P regrets joining PPP, PML-N

KARACHI: Muttahida Qoumi Movement (MQM-P) leader Waseem Akhtar has said that they are regretting joining hands with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), ARY News reported.

Exiting the government is easier said than done, said Waseem Akhtar.

Talking exclusively to ARY News the MQM-P leader said that winning with 50,000 votes in a constituency with 600,000 voters is not a big deal. MQM-P’s vote bank is being dismantled through unfair delimitations, he added.

He added that all political parties lost the by-polls as only 8% of people voted in Karachi. Has Murataz Wahab delivered in Karachi if MQM-P failed? he questioned.

He added that cases against all other political parties, including the PPP and PML-N, were quashed but their ‘clapping’ cases were not.

He added it is not a big deal if Imran Khan got 50,000 out of the 600,000 votes in Karachi. They have not performed up to the mark, but they were practically powerless, he admitted.

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Talking about the appointment of Kamran Tesori as Governor of Sindh he said, it has nothing to do with them losing the elections and that the Governor’s position is a ceremonial one.

Meanwhile, differences are reported to have arisen from MQM-P as Amir Khan was not invited to the party’s ‘important meeting’ at Sindh Governor House, ARY News reported on Monday.

According to details, Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori and MQM-P Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui summoned an emergency consultative meeting to discuss the agreement signed with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).