Kamal accuses Altaf of killing MQM’s potential successors

Former Karachi mayor claims MQM chief does not want the party to exist once he is gone

Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Syed Mustafa Kamal once again came out all guns blazing against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) supremo Altaf Hussain on Monday, accusing him for having his potential successors killed in fear of losing his own grip on the group.

“Even a local shopkeeper creates capacity of leadership for his son so that he may replace his father but I ask MQM activists why did Altaf not groom anyone for leadership?" Kamal said while addressing the media outside his party’s office in Karachi. "Instead he [Altaf] killed all those who had leadership qualities, and publicly humiliated the remaining ones."



“I ask you who will lead the party after Altaf? No one will, because he does not want to see MQM once he is gone. He only wants to use the party to shun cases against him,” Kamal added.

He further blamed the MQM chief for deliberately issuing statements against state institutions, including military and civilian intelligence agencies, in hopes to invoke a strong reaction of the military establishment against his own party workers who are under custody.

“He [Altaf] does not mistakenly utter such things. He deliberately issues statements against DG Rangers, DG ISI and the military establishment so that innocent people are targeted in retaliation.”

The former Karachi mayor claimed that his party made people aware of the MQM supremo's ‘nefarious’ designs and "they listened to PSP", which was followed by a "low voter turnout for the MQM in recent elections".

Kamal censures MQM chief for inciting violence

Kamal, himself a former MQM leader, reiterated his requested to the federal government for announcing a ‘Balochistan and Fata-like amnesty package’ for MQM workers who, he said, have been exploited by the party leadership.

“If militants and suicide bombers in Balochistan and Fata can be given such packages, why not the people of Karachi can be given such a package?”

Kamal claimed that the MQM chief had sold his workers’ loyalties to save himself from several ongoing investigations against him. “Altaf wants dead bodies and is pushing his people towards terrorism.”

260 workers of MQM join #PSP TODAY IN PSP PRESSCON PAKISTAN ZINDABAAD @KamalPSP @mrazaharoon #MustafaKamal pic.twitter.com/vu2EsWz9S9

— MQM Pakistan Digital (@MQMPUpdates) July 11, 2016

Clarifying that his party handed over a list of missing MQM workers to intelligence agencies, Kamal said that MQM supremo used Farooq Sattar to carry out a false propaganda to malign the PSP.

“We have come here to guide misguided people to the right path otherwise someone like Altaf Hussain will exploit them for his own benefit,” he said.

Later, PSP president Anis Kaimkhani said although MQM keeps blaming state institutions, including the military establishment, of forcing people to join PSP, as many as 260 Karachi-based MQM workers have already switched their allegiance.

“I want to let all people know that today we have 260 Karachi-based leaders of MQM in our party and the party has just begun.”

Kaimkhani also invited media persons to quiz every single activist over who forced them to join his party.