ANP and MQM-Pakistan could be cosying up..

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After years of mutual hostility, the ANP and the MQM-Pakistan are inching closer to forge an electoral alliance on some of the city’s hotly contested constituencies.

While the two parties have shied away from acknowledging reports that they had been discussing a seat-adjustment agreement, ANP provincial president Shahi Syed, who is contesting elections from two NA constituencies, has hinted at having an alliance with the MQM-P.

During his door-to-door campaign in NA-238, a Malir district constituency, on Friday, he was reported to have told his supporters that “our fight was with terrorists and it has ended”, according to an ANP spokesperson.

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