Farooq Sattar takes final decision regarding NA-245 by-polls.

KARACHI -- Disgruntled Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar has announced to contest NA-245 by-polls as an independent candidate with the symbol of 'lock', meida reported on Monday.

Farooq Sattar has announced his final decision regarding his participation in the NA-245 by-polls. Sattar's announcement hinted at the failure of talks between Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) led by Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and his own faction MQM Bahali Committee.

The disgruntled leader of MQM announced to contest NA-245 by-elections on July 27 as an independent candidate.

In a press conference today, he criticised that the MQM-P leaders did not remember him during the last four years and he was defeated in the 2018 general elections.

Sattar said that he made efforts with good intentions for mending ties with Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. 'I have held three meetings with him which remained inconclusive.'

'I did not leave the MQM but I was forced to part ways with it. Our voters want to see all of us together. I was trying to rejoin MQM to restore its reputation. However, those people cannot do politics when they...