{"id":22427,"date":"2024-01-09T21:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=22427"},"modified":"2024-01-09T21:19:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:19:22","slug":"mqm-p-withdraws-candidate-in-favour-of-shehbaz-sharif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/mqm-p-withdraws-candidate-in-favour-of-shehbaz-sharif\/","title":{"rendered":"MQM-P withdraws candidate in favour of Shehbaz Sharif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant political development, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided to withdraw its candidate in favor of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif for the upcoming general elections. This strategic move is part of a broader seat adjustment between the two political parties.<\/p>\n<p>The seat adjustment includes three National Assembly (NA) constituencies, with Shehbaz Sharif contesting from Karachi&#8217;s NA-242. The former prime minister was recently cleared by the election tribunal to participate in the elections. The MQM-P, once a stronghold in the district Keamari of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karachi\">Karachi<\/a>, is now supporting Shehbaz Sharif&#8217;s candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to NA-242, PML-N will field its candidates in five other NA constituencies, including NA-229, 230, and 239, along with 11 provincial assembly seats within these constituencies. The MQM-P, in return, will contest elections for the national and provincial assembly seats from Malir&#8217;s NA-231 constituency.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/shehbaz-sharif-skips-inquiry-commission-hearing-in-faizabad-sit-in-probe.html\">Shehbaz Sharif skips inquiry commission hearing in Faizabad sit-in probe<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The seat adjustment also involves the PML-N contesting for NA seats in Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, and Sukkur. The parties are expected to issue a joint statement to announce the final decision regarding the seat adjustment for NA-242 after further consultations.<\/p>\n<p>This strategic alliance marks a noteworthy collaboration between MQM-P and PML-N in key constituencies, setting the stage for an interesting political landscape in the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/nab-closes-inquiries-including-the-sharif-trust-case-against-nawaz-and-family.html\">NAB closes inquiries, including the Sharif Trust Case against Nawaz and family<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant political development, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided to withdraw its candidate in favor of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif for the upcoming general elections. This strategic move is part of a broader seat adjustment between the two political parties. The seat adjustment includes three National Assembly (NA) constituencies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[3472,306,253,367],"class_list":["post-22427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-mqm","tag-karachi","tag-pmln","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}