ISLAMABAD: Former convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Farooq Sattar lashed out at the Election Commission of Pakistan’s verdict which led to his disqualification as the party convener.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had ruled on Monday that Farooq Sattar will no longer serve as the convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). A five-member bench of ECP had also dismissed Sattar’s petition challenging the jurisdiction of ECP in the case and nullified the intra-party elections of MQM, in which Farooq Sattar was elected as the party chief.
“The ECP’s verdict against me is a dark verdict,” he said, adding that the decision was “unjust and unconstitutional”. “The decision is a black stain on Pakistan’s electoral and judicial history,” he remarked while addressing the media in the federal capital. “I have been punished for standing up to MQM founder and support state’s constitution and institutions.” Sattar also deemed the verdict to be part of a “conspiracy” to target the MQM.
Published in Daily Times, March 27th 2018.
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