After considerable thought, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) ultimately decided to join the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led coalition government at the Centre in an effort to take the “country out of the quagmire,” the party’s deputy convener Mustafa Kamal said on Sunday.
Since the February 8 general election, no political party won enough seats to establish a majority government at the Centre, important political groups have been negotiating a power-sharing formula for the new coalition administration.
The PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) declared last week that they had reached an agreement to create a coalition government.
Under the deal, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif will be elected as the country’s prime minister, while PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari,
Speaking on Geo News’ Naya Pakistan today, Kamal stated that the ideal condition is not to be a part of the coalition government led by PML-N’s Shehbaz.
However, the former Karachi mayor stated that the choice to join the administration was made to help the country get out of its current situation. “The negotiations with the PML-N are moving in the right direction,” he added, adding that the MQM-P intended to take responsibility for serving their constituency.
He also denied rumors of an impasse with the PML-N amid negotiations on a power-sharing arrangement at the centre.
Kamal also stated that freshly elected parliamentarians would take their oaths in the first phase, with ministry decisions made in the second.
