MQM leader, APMSO workers join Pak Sarzameen party

KARACHI: Two more senior leaders from Muttahida Qaumi Movement and its student wing on Monday joined Pak Sarzameen Party, accusing Altaf Hussain of turning the youths into RAW agents.

Muhammad Raza, a senior member of the MQM, and Waheeduzaman, former head of the All Pakistan Muttahida Student Organization (APMSO) announced their joining at a press conference. “I have come back to Karachi after 16 years. I am here only because of promises made by Pak Sarzameen,” said former senior MQM worker Mohammad Raza.

“What Mustafa Kamal says is the truth,” said Raza. “I went to London in the 80s and saw all of this happening in front of my eyes. But I remained silent. Now I am back in Karachi after 16 years only to be part of the ideology of Pak Sarzameen Party.”

Several APMSO workers also joined the PSP along with Waheeduzaman.

Former Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal fired fresh salvo at MQM chief Altaf Hussain and his close aide Nadeem Nusrat. Kamal accused Altaf and Nusrat of perpetrating violence and using strong arm tactics to run the affairs of the MQM. "Altaf Hussain called a meeting yesterday where he asked participants to keep their phones away. But we still got out information,” he said.

Kamal accused the MQM chief and senior MQM leader Nadeem Nusrat of ordering workers to carry out assassinations of political rivals.

Kamal called on the government to announce an amnesty scheme for the MQM workers involved in crimes. He also made an appeal to MQM workers to shun violence. 

The former Karachi mayor along with other senior politicians from MQM established Pak Sarzameen Party after his return from Dubai.