{"id":23103,"date":"2023-11-10T06:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/mqm-ps-khalid-maqbool-says-consensus-not-alliance-developed-in-meeting-with-pml-n\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T06:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T06:43:06","slug":"mqm-ps-khalid-maqbool-says-consensus-not-alliance-developed-in-meeting-with-pml-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/mqm-ps-khalid-maqbool-says-consensus-not-alliance-developed-in-meeting-with-pml-n\/","title":{"rendered":"MQM-P\u2019s Khalid Maqbool says \u2018consensus, not alliance\u2019 developed in meeting with PML-N"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said the party had developed a \u201cconsensus\u201d on issues facing the country in a recent meeting with the PML-N and not an electoral alliance.<\/p>\n

His remarks come in an appearance on Dawn News<\/em> show \u2018Live with Adil Shahzeb\u2019 on Thursday, after an \u201celectoral alliance\u201d announced by the PML-N and MQM-P on Tuesday appeared to have been downgraded<\/a> to \u201cseat adjustments\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a three-member MQM-P delegation comprising Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar, and Mustafa Kamal called on the Sharif brothers \u2014 Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif \u2014 in Model Town Lahore.<\/p>\n

After the meeting, the PML-N declared that both parties had decided to form an electoral alliance in light of an understanding reached in April last year when the MQM had joined the Shehbaz-led coalition government.<\/p>\n

Late in the night, however, senior MQM-P leader and former federal minister Aminul Haque clarified that it was not an electoral alliance as both parties would contest the election on their respective election symbol.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will definitely have seat adjustments, where required, and form a post-election alliance with the PML-N,\u201d he had told Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the interview last night, Siddiqui was asked about the MQM\u2019s motivations for entering into a supposed electoral alliance with the PML-N.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, the joint statement issued did not mention an electoral alliance,\u201d the MQM leader said. He said that Nawaz had returned to the country after a long time, adding that MQM had a past with the PML-N which had seen ups and downs.<\/p>\n

He conceded that the two sides did talk about general elections \u2014 which are scheduled<\/a> for February 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of an electoral alliance what you can say is that a consensus was developed that we not only support each other in the efforts for a free and fair election but also for Pakistan\u2019s economy [\u2026].\u201d<\/p>\n

Siddiqui also said that there was no stage of talking about ministries or the future premier, adding: \u201cAnd perhaps this time, the MQM does not keep such matters in agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the party wanted the Constitution to be strengthened so that it could not only protect itself, but also the people.<\/p>\n

Siddiqui said that the MQM met with the PML-N, terming it a \u201cvery good\u201d meeting. He reiterated that the two talked about a joint strategy for the myriad of crises facing the country.<\/p>\n

He said that neither the MQM-P nor the PML-N had stated that the two parties would contest the elections together.<\/p>\n

\u201cNor has there been any talk of how much share will we have in the government or who the chief minister will be. These matters are for the future. Besides, MQM does not form electoral alliances. Yes, seat adjustment has happened and can happen but that has also not been decided this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siddiqui said that PML-N representatives would meet with the MQM in a day or two where there would be further talks.<\/p>\n

Responding to a question, Siddique said, \u201cSeat adjustment has happened before. There are chances of it [\u2026] this has happened with all political parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said the party had developed a \u201cconsensus\u201d on issues facing the country in a recent meeting with the PML-N and not an electoral alliance. His remarks come in an appearance on Dawn News show \u2018Live with Adil Shahzeb\u2019 on Thursday, after an \u201celectoral alliance\u201d announced by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/11\/09232933059aca7.png?r=003701","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}