Karachi: (Staff Reporter) Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQMP) has announced boycott of today’s local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. Addressing a press conference late Saturday in Karachi MQMP Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that they were going to boycott the local body polls because of their reservations that were not paid heed to. He said that MQM was boycotting elections due to injustice and behavior of the Election Commission. He said that they had contacted every forum including courts on the issue.
According to the source, the MQM convener held Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) accountable for monitoring the delimitation. He said that for delimitation they waited until the very last minute, adding that delimitation was the responsibility of ECP. He said that they were contacted by the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well. Khalid Maqbool showed resolve to keep standing with federal government for the sake of democracy despite their reservations. MQMP Convener also said that even before the local body elections there was rigging and the elections were not acceptable for them.
Furthermore he said that they had struggled during the last six months at every level but the efforts of giving respect to vote could not be completed. He was addressing press conference after a meeting with MQMP’s senior leadership including Farooq Sattar, Mustafa Kamal, Faisal Sabzwari and others.
Meanwhile Mustafa Kamal speaking at the moment said that the provincial government admitted the mistake of delimitation in 53 union councils and had written to the ECP. He said that in the past Jamat-e-Islami’s mayor only put up their names to projects but only MQM has served the people of the city.
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