Sattar requested the ECP that Vohra violated the law and constitution by switching political parties and asked the Commission to issue a notification for disqualifying him. The MQM-P chief also demanded that by-elections be held for the union council seat that will be vacated by Vohra. Vohra's counsel submitted that his client was never a member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and was elected on Muttahida Qaumi Movement's ticket.
The lawyer said that the MQM and MQM-P are different parties. He further alleged that the members of MQM-P are all puppets of the MQM founder. The counsel told the Commission that Vohra had asked the MQM-P to provide party manifesto but his request was not obliged.
Farooq Sattar's lawyer said that Arshad Vohra had no reason to ask for the details, and maintained that these are just delaying tactics. Sardar Raza directed the MQM-P to provide party manifesto to Vohra and asked the authorities to give a copy of details from the ECP's record as well.
On October 29 last, the deputy mayor joined Mustafa Kamal's PSP, saying that he will not resign from the Deputy Mayorship of Karachi, as he was elected on the ticket of MQM in the local elections Unlike the national and provincial assemblies, there is no legal provision for the local bodies which allows for action against elected representatives who change their political affiliations. In the Parliament and provincial assemblies, the political parties can approach the ECP, seeking disqualification of the absconding member, but there is no word pertaining to floor-crossing in the Sindh Local Government Act, 2013.