KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan leader Dr Farooq Sattar and party's coordination committee on Thursday annonced names of candidates for Senate election separately as differences between the two sides remain far from resolved.
Speaking to media, Sattar said he has received congratulions from all after finalizing names of his candidates.
He said name of Kamran Tessori,the man at the center of the crisis in the MQM, was included in the list of candidates for general category of seats in the Senate .
Others name included in the list candidates by Farooq Sattar are: Ahmed Chenoi , Hassan Feroz, Khawaja Sohail Mansoor, Qamar MAnsoor, Ali RAza Abidi, Shahid Pasha, Amir Chisti, Nighat Shafiq and Mangla Sharma.
On the other hand, Nasreen Jalil, a senior leader of the party, said a list issued from Bahadurabad contains names of Farogh Naseem and her.
She said instead of following personalities "we have to keep the party intact". "We want all the affairs to resolve in an appropriate manner".
She said there were a lot of things in the background of Kamran Tessori, without elaborating.
Today is the last day for submitting nomination papers for Senate election to be held next month.
Kamran Tessori shower praise on Farooq Sattar
Later on, after submitting his nomination papers, Tessori expressed the hope that Sattar would manage to resolve the crisis, playing down the differences in the MQM.
He said there could be differences between brothers too but they are resolved instead of abandoning the brothers.
"Even enemies could not accused Farooq Sattar of corruption," said he.
"He is my leader, i would contest the election if he orders me to contest, and will withdraw from the election if he asks me to do so"
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