Pakistan: Names of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) candidates and their constituencies in the February 1997 National and Provincial Assembly elections
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK30385.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Names of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) candidates and their constituencies in the February 1997 National and Provincial Assembly elections, 1 November 1998, PAK30385.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab1a30.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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The names of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) candidates and their constituencies in the February 1997 National and Provincial Assembly elections could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Please note that the Karachi-based English-monthly publication The Herald made no mention of MQM (Haqiqi) but only MQM and Haq Parast Group (HPG) (the political wing of the MQM (Altaf)) candidates in its articles on the February 1997 National and Provincial Assembly elections (The Herald Feb. 1997a, 87-89; ibid. Feb. 1997b, 96-97; ibid. Feb. 1997c, 144-156; ibid. Mar. 1997a, 41-43; ibid. Mar. 1997b, 48b-49; ibid. Mar. 1997c, 54-56).
Please also note that none of the election results consulted by the Research Directorate provide the names of MQM (Haqiqi) candidates, but only MQM or Haq Parast Group candidates: please consult PAK26432.E of 28 February 1997 for a breakdown of the 3 February 1997 election results by province and party. PAK26468.E of 28 February 1997 provides a list of the successful candidates in the 3 February 1997 National Assembly elections and PAK26467.E of 28 February 1997 provides a list of the successful candidates in the 3 February 1997 Provincial Assembly elections. For information on the seats won by the Haq Parast Group, please consult PAK29136.E of 3 April 1998.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
The Herald [Karachi]. March 1997a. Vol. 28, No. 3. Idrees Bakhtiar. "Estranged Bedfellows?"
_____. March 1997b. Vol. 28, No. 3. Aamer Ahmed Khan. "The Anatomy of a Landslide."
_____. March 1997c. Vol. 28, No. 3. Ali Hassan. "Split Mandate."
_____. February 1997a. Vol. 28, No. 2. "Election '97: The Herald 207."
_____. February 1997b. Vol. 28, No. 2. Ali Hassan. "Election '97: Operation Sindh."
_____. February 1997c. Vol. 28, No. 2. "Election '97: The Storming of Sindh?"
Additional Sources Consulted
MQM Internet Website.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases.
