F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s verdict of removing Farooq Sattar as the convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
Earlier on Monday, a five-member bench of the ECP, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, had announced the decision in the case pertaining to the intra-party dispute on the position of party convener.
Later on Wednesday (yesterday), Sattar had challenged the ECP verdict in the IHC, where his counsel Babar Sattar gave arguments today. The IHC then set aside the ECP order and issued notices to the respondents for their response.
The dispute between party members over nominations for the upcoming Senate elections had earlier resulted in the emergence of splinter groups: Sattar-led PIB Colony faction and the Bahadurabad group consisting of MQM-P Rabita Committee member Amir Khan, Nasreen Jalil, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Faisal Subzwari, among others.
