Summary MQM chief Altaf Hussain doesn't deserve to be a leader of 'Muhajir community' anymore, says Anees.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - In another shock to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the party’s former leader Anees Ahmed Advocate today (Monday) joined hands with former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal.
Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Anees advocate formally announced his support to the Kamal’s party. He said that he was mentally prepared to leave MQM 3 years ago but Mustafa Kamal’s brave step has given him strength.
He said that MQM chief Altaf Hussain doesn’t deserve to be a leader of ‘Muhajir community’ anymore as he has never thought about his leaders.
Advocate appreciated Mustafa Kamal’s step and stated that he has taken a brave step that shows his patriotism and love for the nation.
On the other hand, Mustafa Kamal welcomed Anees Advocate to the group.
Anees, who was associated with MQM for 32 years, was removed from the party’s decision-making body in 2012 over alleged misconduct.
Various MQM leaders, Anees Qaimkhani, Dr Sagheer, Iftikhar Alam and Waseem Aftab have already announced their support for Mustafa Kamal.
Earlier, talking to newsmen in Karachi, Raza Haroon 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.
Mustafa Kamal’s return
Former Karachi nazim Mustafa Kamal, 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.
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.
