MQM, Mustafa Kamal and the mainstream parties

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A complicated mess

 

Mustafa Kamal has managed to enlist the support of another MQM old timer, adding a sixth member to his team. He has also announced a public meeting in the second week of April where the new party would be christened. Kamal has deftly suggested some sort of indemnification for activists involved in serious crimes. This would gain him the support of the families of hundreds of MQM activists languishing in jails.

Farooq Sattar who fights a rearguard action has accused Rangers of torturing MQM workers in judicial custody. Sindh Home Minister has however rejected the allegation as a canard meant to cover up MQM’s own weaknesses. Despite the PPP distancing itself from the MQM, there seems to be no let up in the process of its accountability in Sindh. While initially hoping to tweak the accountability laws in the name of preserving provincial autonomy, a defensive PPP now only demands its extension to Punjab. Bilawal has meanwhile given a call for an alliance between PPP, PML-N and PTI. There is little hope of PTI agreeing as it hopes to capture the other two parties’ turf in the next elections.

The Interior Minister has declined to set up a JIT to investigate Kamal’s charge of RAW funding Altaf Hussain on the ground that the MQM dissident had failed to give any proof. Nisar has however asked the FIA to interview Sarfraz Merchant who claimed he possessed documentary evidence. In the case of the MQM, the PML-N is acting cautiously for fear of any misstep causing harm to the system. The establishment has given no indication so far of being desirous to sit in the driving seat though it would like to continue to dictate things from the sidelines through ISI, Rangers, NAB and FIA. Political parties will have to display sufficient maturity to be in a position where they are seen to be both de facto and de jure rulers. Among other things they need to clear their names of widespread charges of corruption and lack of intra-party democracy.

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