THE 2024 elections will be a difficult test in Hyderabad for a born-again Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) — an amalgamation of three groups, sans its founder Altaf Hussain’s — as its key rival, the PPP, which has also been a chief beneficiary of MQM’s political losses, is heavily capitalising on technical advantages from new delimitations, supportive government machinery and adjustments with religious parties in the Sindh’s second largest city.

Despite passing one year to the merger, the party cadre is still going through the process of integration, which often leads to disagreements among local representatives. It was quite evident from the announcement of party tickets.

People like former MNA Salahuddin and joint zonal in charge Naveed Abbasi are still missing from the party’s election campaign apparently due to a disagreement over the award of tickets. But the party is already said to have fully activated its election-related organisational structure, leaving no chance of facing any embarrassment on Feb 8.

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Paretabad is adorned with flags of different political parties as part of their election campaign, on Tuesday.—Umair Ali
Paretabad is adorned with flags of different political parties as part of their election campaign, on Tuesday.—Umair Ali

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