Despite announcing unwavering support to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led coalition government, hardships of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) have not ended yet as it faced \u201crefusal\u201d from the former for bargaining at least \u201cfour ministries\u201d in return for fully backing the next governing setup at the Centre. The alliance between the Khalid-led party and the Nawaz-led party has once again in the doldrums as the MQM-P, which won 17 National Assembly (NA) seats after the general elections 2024, \u201cfailed to get assurances from the PML-N for its desired numbers of four ministries in the next federal cabinet. The party\u2019s dream of easily bargaining \u201cfour ministries\u201d was shattered by the former ruling party which \u201coffered only one ministry\u201d after multiple rounds of talks between top leaderships of both sides. Sources closer to the Nawaz-led party revealed that the PML-N has also been demanded to retain the Sindh governor from the MQM-P. The Khalid-led party is ready to take part in the voting for the prime minister, and the National Assembly (NA) speaker slots, however, it signalled to abstain from voting in the upcoming elections for the president and the Senate chairman\u2019s posts, the sources revealed. In a tit-for-tat move, the MQM-P also \u201cdecided not to join the next federal cabinet until the fulfilment of its demands,\u201d it emerged. However, the PML-N leaders were hopeful for \u201cfinding a solution to convince the MQM-P as both sides have not concluded the dialogues yet\u201d. The development came to the limelight after the MQM-P\u2019s top leaders \u2014 Kamran Tessori and Mustafa Kamal \u2014 faced an untoward situation of their purported audio conversations leaked on social media platforms in which they were complaining about \u201cpaying the cost of becoming part of the Shahbaz Sharif-led coalition\u201d, and accusing the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of attempting to corner them. Both MQM-P leaders confirmed the veracity of the audios, however, they termed them to be taken \u201cout-of-context.\u201d It is pertinent to mention here that the MQM-P stood at fourth rank as per party positioning in the National Assembly after the preliminary results of the February 8 nationwide polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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