KARACHI: MQM-P Bahadurabad faction?s Faisal Subzwari on Monday said the party would invite Farooq Sattar to lead the party.

Addressing a press conference here in Karachi, Subzwari said that the party had wanted to resolve internal conflicts before the Election Commission of Pakistan's decision today, however, Sattar had insisted to go to the regulatory body.  

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had ruled, earlier today, that Sattar would no longer serve as the convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).

Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's Bahadurabad faction Faisal Subzwari pictured while addressing a press conference in Karachi on March 26, 2018. Photo: Geo News 

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A five-member bench of ECP had also dismissed Sattar's petition challenging the jurisdiction of ECP in the case and nullified the intra-party elections of MQM, in which Farooq Sattar was elected as the party chief.

Subzwari, during his press conference, stressed that he and leaders of the party were all part of the same organisation.

"We don't want to accept any divide in MQM-P," he said. "We are inviting Farooq Sattar, and will extend this invitation in person too, to join hands to take the party forward."