KARACHI: Veteran politician Farooq Sattar on Monday announced to contest elections on Karachi’s NA-245 as an independent candidate with the symbol of ‘lock’.
Karachi’s NA-245 had been vacated after the demise of PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain on June 9, 2022.
Farooq Sattar has announced his final decision implying failure in the talks between his own faction of MQM Bahali Committee and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) led by Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.
Dr. Farooq Sattar criticized MQM-P in a press conference today, saying they did not remember him during the past four years after he was defeated in the 2018 general elections.
“I did not leave the MQM but I was forced to part ways with it. Our voters want to see all of us together. I was trying to rejoin MQM to restore its reputation. However, those people cannot do politics when they are being controlled by some hidden hands.”
Sattar said that he made efforts with good intentions for mending ties with Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. “I have held three meetings with him which remained inconclusive.”
Farooq Sattar said that he has adopted the same narrative as Imran Khan a long time ago. He added that he always tried to give opportunities to new faces and young leaders to start their political careers.
Earlier, MQM-P leadership had offered the senior politician to rejoin the party and contest the NA-245 by-elections under the symbol of Kite.
