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Deadlock persists over Tessori?s Senate ticket
  KARACHI: The meeting of senior leaders of MQM-P on Tuesday, held to narrow differences within the party, ended on inconclusive note as no breakthrough was made over the issuance of Senate ticket to Kamran Tessori. Following the difference over the nomination of candidates for the March 3 Senate elections, MQM-P chief Farooq Sattar and the members of coordination committee, including Amir Khan. Faisal Sabzwari, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and others held a meeting at PIB Colony, which apparently ended without any breakthrough. After the second round of discussions, Sattar tried to dismiss the impression of any division within the party, saying; ?We are all brothers and we should have a positive attitude. I see no difference between Bahadurabad and PIB.? However, the MQM-P's coordination committee members who had arrived at the residence of Farooq Sattar in an effort to end a Deadlock left the venue without sharing a word with media. Undoubtedly, MQM-P chief Dr Farooq Sattar on Tuesday night seemed to be in conciliatory mood to breach the differences, asking his loyalists not to chant slogans against the visiting Rabita Committe members, adding that the coordination committee is still functional and hopefully will soon come out the prevailing circumstances. Farooq Sattar also called off the* general body meeting of party workers at PIB Colony. He further said; ?Differences of opinion can?t be interpreted as division. There is freedom of speech in our party but not for public and media. We need a mechanism to effectively resolve the differences.? Sattar, however, reiterated that he needs actual power and mandate in a real sense to make the decision in favour of party?s better tomorrow , adding that all party workers also want their leader to enjoy utmost respect. In an earlier session of discussion, three-member delegation of MQM-P Rabitta Committee has failed to woo its chief Farooq Sattar, as party chief had rejected the recommendations put forward by negotiating team, comprising Rabitta Committee members Syed Sardar, Rauf Siddiqui and Javed Hanif. On Monday, both Farooq Sattar and Amir Khan disagreed with each other on the party candidates, in a meeting held at Bahadurabad office on Monday. The session, which was attended by senior leadership of MQM-P, including Kanwar Naveed Jamil, Waseem Akhtar, Nasreen Jalil, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and others, ended in a chaos. Disagreement on Tessori While talking to media at Bahdurabad, Senior MQM-P leader Khalid Maqbool siddiqui, on behalf of the Rabita Committee (coordination committee) members who were present at the occasion, announced the decision to suspend the deputy convener Kamran Tessori for six months, adding that Farooq Sattar is still the convener of the party. In his presser flanked by Waseem Akhtar,Faisal Sazbwari and Amir Khan, Siddiqui revealed that coordination committee of MQM-P had recommended six names for the Senate elections, included Nasreen Jalil, Farogh Nasim, Aminul Haque, Shabbir Qaimkhani, Amir Khan, and Kamran Tessori. He added that Sattar wanted two senior leaders to sacrifice, ensuring Tessori's seat in the Upper House of Parliament. Though both the leaders were agreed on Farogh Naseem, Nasreen Jalil, Aminul Haque, there was a difference on the candidacy of Kamran Tessori. Siddiqui said that 90 percent members of coordination committee have shown their reservations over the name of Tessori for Senate's seat. Following disagreement, Sattar and his supporters left Bahadurabad for the MQM-P chief?s residence in PIB Colony. The supporters of Sattar also chanted slogans in his favour while the supporters of Amir Khan remained with him at the meeting?s venue. Soon after arriving at his residence in PIB Colony, Sattar openly disagreed with the decisions taken in the earlier meeting held at Bahadurabad, adding that the meeting was unconstitutional and the violation of party discipline. He announced to suspend all the participants of the meeting and said their fate will be decided in today?s workers convention. In his address, he also sought MQM-Haqiqi chief Afaq Ahmed's support to strengthen and keep united the 'Muhajir' community. He also urged PSP leaders and their workers to support MQM-P in Senate election for the sake of Karachiites, adding that PSP workers would positively respond to his request and will attend the meeting. Sources said that Farooq Sattar wants to send Tessori in the Senate, while Amir Khan and some other leaders have put their faith upon the name of Shabbir Qaimkhani. Sattar claimed that Shabir Qaimkhani had left the final decision upon him, so he decided in favour of Tessori. MQM-P chief also urged the party workers to give him mandates to take decisions as they had given to their founder leader in past, adding that Rabita Committee used to share their opinions, while the final decision was made by the founder. He further said that he would not continue without having the mandate of making decision. After Sattar's presser, Amir Khan and other senior leaders of MQM-P have also called a separate Rabita Committee meeting in Bahadurabad. Who is Kamran Tessori Kamran Tessori is a former member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), who joined MQM-P last year and quickly rose to prominence. He was also nominated to contest the PS-114 by-election for MQM-P against the Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Saeed Ghani but lost by a big margin. Rift to hurt Karachi According to some senior leaders within the party, unity in their ranks will help Karachi prosper as MQM-P split can be dangerous and would benefit to opponents, adding that Karachiites are already suffering because of the rift between Sindh administration, and the elected representatives of the local government. Senate Election It is pertinent to note that four out of eight MQM-P senators, including Col (r) Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, Dr. Mohammad Farogh Naseem, Maulana Tanveer-ul-Haq Thanvi, and Nasreen Jalil will retire next month. The MQM-P will contest for 12 Senate seats from Sindh, where it is the second-largest party, enjoying the support of 50 MPAs in the 168-member provincial assembly. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has 94 lawmakers in the provincial assembly. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Deadlock persists over Tessori?s Senate ticket || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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