KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided the withdrawal of its candidate in the favour of Pakistan People s Party s (PPP) candidate Waqar Mehdi for Senate s seat, ARY News reported on Friday.
In a major development, MQM-P decided to support PPP s candidate Waqar Mehdi in the upcoming Senate polls on Sindh s seat.
Waseem Akhtar confirmed the development and said Senate elections for the Sindh seat will be held on December 8. He said that a Pakistan People s Party (PPP) delegation led by Nasir Hussain Shah arrived at MQM-P s headquarters today
Akhtar said that MQM-P will withdraw its candidate at the request of PPP. The MQM-P Rabita Committee decided to withdraw the nomination papers of its candidate tomorrow.
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He expressed hope that Waqar Mehdi will address the issues to Sindh people after being elected as a senator.
Nasir Hussain said that Mehdi will be elected unopposed tomorrow after the withdrawal of MQM-P s candidate.
Earlier, a PPP delegation represented by Nasir Hussain Shah, Waqar Mehdi and others visited the MQM-P Bahadurabad headquarters to seek the support of the coalition partner in the upcoming Senate polls.
The MQM-P leaders including Waseem Akhtar, Javaid Hanif and others held talks with the PPP delegation. The MQM-P s candidate for the Senate seat was Ahmed Salim Siddiqui.
The seat fell vacant due to the resignation of PPP’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar.
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