Summary The press meeting would be held at Mustafa Kamal’s residence in the evening.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Former Karachi mayor and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Mustafa Kamal all set to hold an important press conference along with senior leader and former Coordination Committee deputy convener Anees Qaimkhani in Karachi today (Monday).
The press meeting would be held at Mustafa Kamal’s residence whereas there are chances of unveiling further names of the politicians joining Kamal’s party.
Various MQM leaders, Anees Qaimkhani, Dr Sagheer, Iftikhar Alam and Waseem Aftab have already announced their support for Mustafa Kamal.
The former Karachi nazim, who got elected to the upper house of parliament in 2011, left Pakistan in mid-August in 2013 but came back after three years and launched a new political party to challenge the iron grip of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on the city.
Earlier, addressing a press conference in Karachi, Raza Haroon said that Kamal took a brave step on March 3. It was a proof of his patriotism.
He said that Kamal stood against the oppressors and started a battle for justice. The MQM did not fulfill its promises, he said, adding that the party was not created to ‘worship’ a single person. The patriotic Mohajir community has ended up being labelled "RAW agents", he said.
Haroon said: "It’s been one year since the BBC issued RAW-funding allegations against the party and its leadership but the party has yet to approach courts over these allegations".
Further, Mustafa Kamal accused Altaf Hussain of being an Indian agent and a ‘dictatorial drunkard’ who has mismanaged the affairs of Pakistan’s biggest city from his base in north London.
In a blistering attack, Mustafa Kamal also accused Hussain of overseeing an organisation that has turned some activists into “international terrorists”.
Rumours have persistently swirled around Hussain, but senior members of his party have always scrupulously avoided even veiled criticism of their leader. Their code of silence has allowed Hussain to maintain firm control over the MQM’s army of activists, despite living in self-imposed exile in the UK for more than 20 years.
The MQM is also under pressure from the paramilitary Rangers force, which launched an armed operation in the southern port city late in 2013 to tackle soaring crime rates. Since then, hundreds of MQM workers have been arrested and a court has issued an arrest warrant for party boss Altaf Husain for threatening the army in a television address.
