MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar. Photo: Geo News

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Farooq Sattar on Friday demanded Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to disqualify Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra from holding the public office.

In a letter to the ECP chief, the MQM-P leader said that Vohra's joining of Pak Sarzameen Party is a violation of the constitution hence he should be immediately disqualified, and a by-election should be called on his seat.

Sattar demanded immediate issuance of notification to de-seat Vohra.

The MQM-P leader, in his letter to the ECP, has mentioned the party's consultative meeting held on November 3 in which the party gave him the authority to pursue legal action against Vohra.

Karachi deputy mayor Arshad Vohra joins PSP

Vohra reached Pakistan house and addressed media regarding his decision

On October 29, Vohra announced to join the Mustafa Kamal-led Pakistan Sarzameen Party in a press conference. The deputy mayor said: "I will resign from the post of deputy mayor after completing all the legal formalities.?

However, later the PSP Chairman Mustafa Kamal said in a public gathering that in light of the ECP's judgment on Ayesha Gulalai's case, the party would not ask Vohra to leave the public office.