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MQM announces to place 671 candidates in elections
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has placed its 671 candidates for the seats of national and provincial assemblies in forthcoming general elections, the party chief Altaf Hussain said.
During a telephonic address from London to a public gathering in Karachi on Saturday, Altaf Hussain also apprised the participants about the details of the electoral candidates.
He said that 21 candidates of his party would contest for National Assembly seats while 45 for Provincial assembly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In Punjab, 132 candidates would take part in the electoral process for National Assembly seats and 256 for provincial assembly.
In Balochistan, 7 candidates would contest for National Assembly seats and 27 for provincial assembly.
In interior Sindh, the MQM would place 41 candidates for seats of National Assembly and 86 for provincial assembly.
Twenty candidates would contest for National Assembly seats and 42 for provincial assembly in Karachi.
MQM is a representative party of entire Pakistan, Altaf Hussain added.
Courtesy www.geo.tv