KARACHI, Dec 7: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement launched its election campaign on Friday by announcing its candidates who would contest the January 8 general elections from various national and provincial assembly seats in Sindh.

In Karachi, the party fielded candidates on all the 20 national assembly and 42 provincial assembly seats.

The names of the party’s candidates from all over Sindh were announced by MQM chief Altaf Hussain in his telephonic address from London to a general workers’ meeting held here at the Jinnah Ground and relayed to other cities and towns of the province.

A large number of party workers, including women activists, attended the programme.

Also, in Karachi, the MQM did not give tickets to former federal ministers and MNAs Shamim Siddiqui, Safwanullah and Aamir Liaquat Hussain, Nawab Mirza advocate, Kanwar Khalid Younus, Abid Ali Umang, Akhlaq Hussain Abidi, Israrul Ibad, former provincial ministers and MPAs Qamar Mansoor, Mohammad Hussain, ex-MPAs Shakir Ali, Abdul Quddus, Idrees Siddiqui, Hameeduz Zafar and some others.

The names of candidates announced by Mr Hussain for the NA and PA seats in Karachi are as follows:

K.S. Mujahid Baloch from NA-239, Khwaja Sohail from NA-240, Iqbal Qadri advocate from NA-241, Dr Abdul Qadir Khanzada from NA-242, Abdul Waseem from NA-243, Shaikh Salahuddin from NA-244, Farhat Khan from NA-245, Sufyan Yusuf from NA-246, Dr Nadim Ahsan from NA-247, Waseemullah Lakho from NA-248, Dr Farooq Sattar from NA-249, Khushbakht Shujaat from NA-250, Waseem Akhtar from NA-251, Abdul Rashid Godel from NA-252, Haider Abbas Rizvi from NA-253, Dr Ayub Shaikh from NA-254, Asif Hasnain from NA-255, Iqbal Mohammad Ali from NA-256, Sajid Ahmed from NA-257 and Nisar Ahmed Shar from NA-258.

The names of candidates from provincial assembly seats in Karachi are: Shaikh Mohammad Feroz from PS-89, Ashfaq Mangi from PS-90, Hanif Shaikh from PS-91, Abdul Haseeb from PS-92, Salahuddin from PS-93, Raza Hyder from PS-94, Syed Manzar Imam from PS-95, Mazahir Ameer from PS-96, Mohammad Adil Khan from PS-97, Mohammad Moin Khan from PS-98, Khwaja Izharul Hasan from PS-99, Mohammad Adil Siddiqui from PS-100, Abdul Moeed Farooqi from PS-101, Imamuddin Shahzad from PS-102, Dr Mohammad Ali Shah from PS-103, Rehan Zafar from PS-104, Khalid bin Wilayat from PS-105, Anwar Alam from PS-106, Shoaib Bukhari from PS-107, Hanif Chattari from PS-108, Nadia Gabol from PS-109, Shoaib Ibrahim from PS-110, Mohammad Tahir from PS-111, Muqim Alam advocate from PS-112, Askari Taqvi from PS-113, Rauf Siddiqui from PS-114, Raza Haroon from PS-115, Syed Sardar Ahmed from PS-116, Dr Sagheer Ahmed from PS-117, Muzammil Qureshi from PS-118, Nadim Maqbool from PS-119, Nishat Ahmed Zia from PS-120, Waseem Ahmed from PS-121, Khalid Iftikhar from PS-122, Shaikh Mohammad Akbar from PS-123, Aleemur Rehman from PS-124, Amir Moin Pirzada from PS-125: Faisal Subzwari from PS-126, Nisar Panwhar from PS-127, Sardar Khan from PS-128, Abdul Haq Mengal from PS-129 and Yusuf Muneer Shaikh from PS-130.