Naimat Khan
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan on Thursday announced to support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s candidate for the leader of house in Senate.
Addressing joint news conference Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Imran Ismail and MQM-P Faisal Subzwari said that the MQM-P has decided to support PTI candidate on the request from Imran Khan’s party.
“MQM will not vote for Pakistan Peoples Party in Senate elections because it has destroyed Sindh over the last ten years. This is why we have decided to support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s candidate,” Subzwari told media.
Speaking on the occasion, Imran Ismail said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan will soon announce leader of the house. “We came here to get MQM-P into confidence” he said.
Speaking on behalf of MQM’s coordination committee, Subzwari said it has been decided that all MQM senators will support the PTI candidate in the race for the post of Senate opposition leader.
Thanking the PTI delegation for their visit, Subzwari said his party had supported Sadiq Sanjrani, an independent senator from Balochistan, for the post of Senate chairman but decided not to support PPP’s nominee for the deputy chairman’s office because the PPP has “ruined” the Sindh province with its alleged corruption and incompetence in the last decade.
He said although the MQM does not question the credentials of PPP nominee Sherry Rehman to be elected the Senate opposition leader, his party cannot vote for her because of her association with the PPP.
“The people of this province, especially urban Sindh, are resentful of the PPP,” Subzwari said.
The Senate elects the chairman, deputy chairman; leader of the house and leader of the opposition every three years after elections for half of its members are held. While the chairman and deputy chairman were elected on Monday, elections for the leader of the house and opposition are yet to take place.
The leader of the opposition is chosen by a majority vote of members of the opposition.
