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.