Former MQM MPA Bilquis Mukhtar joins Kamal’s PSP Party

Former MQM MPA Bilquis Mukhtar on Wednesday announced her decision to join Mustafa Kamal’s Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP).

She announced the decision at a press conference along with PSP leader Mustafa Kamal.

“I have for a month been listening to Kamal’s speeches for over a month. After thinking hard I have made my decision and today I have joined the Pak Sarzameen Party,” she said.

“We welcome Bilquis Mukhtar in our caravan,” Kamal said.

She was a member of the Standing Committee on Minorities Affairs, Standing Committee on Women Development and Standing Committee on Social Welfare.

“Thousands of people have joined our party,” Kamal said while addressing a press conference in Karachi.

Announcing her joining of Kamal’s party, Mukhtar said she has taken the decision after much deliberation.

Kamal had launched a blistering attack on MQM chief Altaf Hussain and challenged the ‘iron grip’ of the MQM on the city by forming a new party.

Kamal — who won wide support as mayor of Karachi from 2005 to 2010 for his efforts to ease traffic and improve public services — accused Altaf of working for India’s premier spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), destroying two generations of Mohajirs (Urdu-speaking people) and issuing threats under the influence of alcohol.