KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQMP) is likely to withdraw Syed Mustafa Kamal from the National Assembly constituency NA-242 (District Keamari) in favour of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), sources said. The PMLN President and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif is also a candidate for the same constituency. He had contested the 2018 general elections from the same constituency of Karachi.
The top leadership of the two parties is likely to make the formal announcement of seat adjustment formula for the February 8 polls soon.
On Monday delegations of the two parties negotiated the seat adjustment at the PMLN House in Karsaz. Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan of the PMLN and Syed Aminul Haq of MQMP led the discussion.
Talking to the media afterwards, PMLN and MQMP leaders said Sharif and MQMP Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui would make the final decision on seat adjustment for the NA-242 constituency. Haq said MQM-P is the largest political party in urban Sindh, and it wantsto work with all the other parties.
On Tuesday PMLN leader Rana Mashhood also held a discussion with the local leadership of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl on a possible seat adjustment for jointly contesting the polls in Sindh.
The PMLN leader said that like-minded political parties should form a broader political alliance to serve the interests of people of the province in the best possible manner.
