MQM announces electoral application forms for the 'poor and middle-class'

Forms available at election cell of MQM headquarters, zonal and district offices and MQM's official website.

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday announced that the party has issued application forms for the middle-class and poor people of Pakistan, who want to contest in the upcoming elections from national or provincial assembly seats.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi, MQM leader Farooq Sattar said, “Political and religious parties of the country sell their election tickets for millions to selfish candidates, who don’t even show their faces in their constituencies after they get elected.”

He said that poor and middle-class people, who want to serve their people, never get a chance to contest in the elections because they don’t have enough money to buy tickets.

“However, MQM has always supported poor and middle-class people, who are literate and talented. Therefore, the MQM has issued nomination forms for such people, who want to represent the people of Pakistan, for free, irrespective of their religion, caste and ethnicity.”

He further added that the forms would be available at the election cell of MQM headquarters, Nine Zero (90) and other zonal and district offices. The form, he said, will also be available on their website www.mqm.org.