KARACHI: Within a span of a few hours, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar withdrew his earlier decision to resign from the party and practical politics, on Thursday.

“My mother ordered me to continue serving the party, country and its people. To fulfil her wishes, I take my decision back,” Sattar told party workers and supporters outside his residence during the second presser in three hours.

Sattar also assured his party workers and leaders that he and his fellow leaders will contest elections from MQM-Pakistan’s name and the electoral symbol of Kite to clear the ambiguity after his November 8 announcement of an alliance with rival PSP.

Sources say that Sattar’s mother and senior party leader Amir Khan persuaded him to take back his resignation as party workers and leaders protested outside his residence.

Sattar, in his first presser, was clarifying that his November 8 announcement of an alliance with rival Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) wasn’t a merger as claimed by PSP chief Mustafa Kamal, soon announced his resignation from the party and practical politics.

MQM-P chief narrated his whole journey into politics and his sacrifices for the party before announcing his resignation. The announcement shocked all and MQM leaders attending the press conference stopped him from addressing media and started persuading him to take back his resignation.