KARACHI – Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Mustafa Kamal unveiled on Wednesday the name of his newly-launched movement, the ‘Pak Sarzameen Party’.
“I announce the name of our party with a prayer that may God guide us and me he bless us. The name of our party and the party of people will be Pak Sarzameen Party,” said while addressing the gathering in Karachi’s Clifton area.
“We have not come to snatch away someone’s power,” said the former Karachi mayor. “We all already had power and positions, but we threw away these privileges for the sake of the people.”
He said he did not come to gain privileges but to serve the people. Critcising existing parties of having party flags, Kamal said his party will not have any, and would rather hand over the flag of Pakistan to his workers.
“We know the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will ask for a separate party flag and we will give them that. But we will not use it, will not hoist it on our houses. Instead, we will use the flag of our country.”
Speaking against the making of new provinces, Kamal said it would be of no use without devolution of power to the local bodies. “If we make new provinces, there would be 20 feudal lords instead of four. It is pointless,” he said.
Former MQM leaders Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Waseem Aftab, Iftikhar Alam, Anees Advocate and Raza Haroon joined Kamal following his announcement to launch a new party on March 3. He simultaneously alleged MQM chief Altaf Hussain of fomenting terrorism in Karachi, calling him an agent of the Indian spy agency RAW.
