Seat adjustment between MQM, PML (Q), PML (F), NPP

Seat adjustment on all seats of national and provincial assembly in the province of Sindh including Karachi has been made between the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), the Muttehadda Qaumi Movement, the Pakistan Muslim League Functional and the National People’s Party.

This was announced in Karachi on Tuesday by former chief minister Sindh and president PML (Q) Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim, deputy convener MQM Farooq Sattar and senator Babar Khan Ghouri.

As per the adjustment, the MQM candidates will be supported by the PML (Q), the PML (F) and the NPP on 22 of the 61 national assembly seats while the MQM will support PML (Q), PML (F) and the NPP on 34 seats.

The remaining five NA seats have been declared open where the candidates of all parties will contest with each other. These seats include NA-204 Larkana, NA-207 Qambar Shahdadkot, NA-218 Mattiari, NA-231-Jamshoro and NA-239 Karachi.

In 130 constituencies of the Sindh Assembly, the PML (Q), the PML (F) and the NPP will support the MQM on 44 seats whereas the MQM will support the PML (Q), the PML (F) and the NPP on 71 seats.

In the remaining 15 constituencies of the Sindh Assembly, contest will be held among the candidates of all the four parties and the candidates of the Pakistan People’s Party, the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the Muttehadda Majlis-e-Amal.

Dr Farooq Sattar said that the MQM candidates from Karachi will contest for all the NA and PA seats.

He said that the PML (Q), the PML (F) and the NPP will withdraw their candidates in favour of the MQM from the two NA and four PA seats in Hyderabad, one each in Mirpurkhas, PS-24 in Nawabshah and PS-1 in Sukkur while the MQM will withdraw its candidates in favour of the candidates of the PML (Q) and the PML (F) from all those constituencies where the vote bank of these parties is bigger than the MQM vote bank.

Arbab Rahim said that the candidates of the PML (Q) and the MQM will also contest on one NA and five PA seats in Karachi.

He said that this seat adjustment has been made for defeating the Pakistan People’s Party.