Sunni Tehreek (ST) Leader, Khalid Hassan Attari. PHOTO: PPI/FILE
HYDERABAD:
Cracks appeared in the 10-party alliance, formed to jointly contest elections against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), when the Sunni Tehreek (ST) parted ways with it.
Khalid Hassan Attari, ST’s provincial leader, accused the allied parties of promoting their personal interests at a press conference on Wednesday. Attari said that his party, however, was open to seat adjustments on individual basis. He also complained about threats to their election campaign while citing the recent armed attack on one of their candidates in Hyderabad.
The alliance included the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional, Jamiat-i-Islami, Jamiat-i-Ulma-i-Islam-Fazlur Rehman, Jamiat-i-Ulma-i-Pakistan, Sindh United Party, Sindh Taraqi Pasand party and Qaumi Awami Tehreek.
According to PML-N’s provincial chief, Ghaus Ali Shah, the alliance had consensus candidates on over 80 per cent of the seats, while each party has been allowed to field their own candidates on the remaining ones.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 25th, 2013.
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