Bulletins 1200 8th February 2018

KARACHI: The internal rifts within Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have further deepened over issuance of Senate tickets as none of the party candidates could file the nomination paper, ARY News reported on Thursday.

The party leadership has apparently been divided into two factions over the issuance of tickets to the favourite candidates ahead of Senate elections on March 3.

Two separate party meetings were held on Wednesday to contemplate final names of the candidates for upcoming Senate elections, despite the efforts to convince MQM-P chief Dr Farooq Sattar and breach the deadlock over the names of candidates for Senate elections.

According to sources, both camps of MQM-P, under leadership of Dr Farooq Sattar and Amir Khan respectively, will submit the nomination papers of their candidates today (Thursday) as it’s the last day for filing of the nomination forms.

On the other hand, a total of 23 candidates from three political parties in Sindh have filed their nomination forms in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against 12 Senate seats- 7 general, two each reserved for technocrats/ulema and women and one for minorities.

As many as 20 candidates out of total 23 belonged to the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), who submitted their nomination papers. Two candidates belonged to Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and one is from Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F).