No election in Karachi if MQM-P does not participate, warns Khalid Maqbool.

In a joint protest against the delimitation of constituencies outside the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) office, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said on Wednesday there would be no election in the city if the MQM-P did not participate in the election.

Along with the MQM-P, Pak Sar Zameen Party's (PSP) Mustafa Kamal, and Farooq Sattar also participated in the protest.

Mr Siddiqui said the delimitation was akin to pre-poll rigging and if no action was taken, the protesters would not guarantee peace in the city. 'We have taken the right step at the right time,' he added. They were, he said, warning and not threatening Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

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