To become the next prime minister of Pakistan and form government the Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has approached to MQM-P for support. His pointman Jahangir Tareen invited former rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan to join with their party.
For decades the MQM-P has ruled the commercial hub Karachi and only grabbed six National Assembly seats (including two in Hyderabad) in the recent general elections. In 2013 polls the party had 24 NA seats.
With 116 seats PTI is unable to form government. Talks between the two political parties were held behind closed doors.
Sources said the MQM-P is not interested in any ministry, but to grab the posts of speaker, deputy speaker and leader of the house in the NA.
Addressing to media Tareen said PTI has invited MQM-P to join for the sake of the country.
Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a telephonic conversation to former cricketer-turned politician that he hopes democracy will take deeper roots in the country.
Ministry of External Affairs released an official statement saying that Modi has expressed hope democracy will take deeper roots in the neighboring country.
The general elections in Pakistan were held on July 26 and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party emerged victorious winning 116 of the 270 seats. He then stressed both India and Pakistan need to end the blame game over issues related to Kashmir and Balochistan. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif won just 64 seats while 43 seats were grabbed by former president Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
