MQM-P lawmaker Syed Waseem Hussain jumps ship, joins PSP

MPAs Naheed Begum and Naila Muneer jumped the ship on March 28

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) received back-to-back setback as two of its MNAs Syed Waseem Hussain and Dr Fauzia Hameed joined Mustafa Kamal's Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), Express News reported.

The announcement of Hussain joining the party was made by PSP President Anis Qaimkhani on Sunday during a press conference held at the Pakistan House in Karachi, a mere four days after two women provincial ministers and MNA Hameed parted ways with the MQM-P.



Hussain won the National Assembly seat from NA-220 on MQM's ticket. During the recent rifts between MQM-P PIB faction chief Dr Farooq Sattar and Dr Maqbool Siddiqui-led Bahadurabad group, Hussain stood on Sattar's side.

Two MQM-P MPAs also joined PSP earlier this week. Naheed Begum and Naila Muneer announced the decision  while talking to reporters at Pakistan House in Karachi. PSP chief Kamal was also present on the occasion.



Many MQM-P leaders, including national and provincial assembly members, have parted ways with MQM-P and joined Kamal’s PSP since its launch. Sagheer Ahmed, Bilqees Mukhtar, Shaikh Abdullah, Irtiza Farooqui, Abdul Razzaq, Sheeraz Waheed, Nadeem Razi and Dilawar Qureshi are among those who have joined PSP.