Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui is focusing on Karachi’s development in the run-up to the February 8 polls, bent on ending the PPP’s 15-year-long rule in urban Sindh, one which he has termed a “nightmare”.

A former deputy convener of the united MQM, a former chief of the All Pakistan Muttahida Student Organisation (APMSO), and a former leader of overseas wings, Siddiqui has risen through the ranks and has ample experience when it comes to leadership.

Following the decision to move away from Altaf Hussain after August 22, 2016 — which was taken by Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar, and Amir Khan following Hussain’s vitriolic “anti-Pakistan” speech and the attack on media houses by MQM activists — Siddiqui was elected as the deputy convener of the party.

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