The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have reached a tacit understanding that is why the former party is not performing any political activity in Karachi and Hyderabad.
Some observers said absence of any political activities showed that the PTI could not get any seat from Karachi but emotional campaign of Khan can affect MQM’s votes in the area.
Sources said the PTI had fielded national and provincial assembly candidates from those areas in the port city where the MQM was expecting tough competition.
Moreover, the sources added that the PTI was not in a position to get any seat from Karachi, and the MQM would get benefit from the absence of PTI’s political activities.
Sources in the PTI revealed that the party had allotted party ticket to Subhan Ali Sahil from NA-239 and 240 constituencies, and Naz Baloch from NA-240.
Arif Alvi will contest elections on PTI ticket from NA-250 and Rana Azhar from NA-251 while Ali Zaidi was the PTI candidate from NA-252, the sources added.
Ashraf Qureshi will contest elections from NA-253 and Zubair Khan from NA-256. The PTI has awarded ticket for NA-257 to Dr Farooq Bangash and Qurban Baror was contesting general elections from NA-258 on PTI ticket, they further said.
