Brains behind the brawn: MQM forms council to give coordination committee a hand
The Central Executive Council includes MPAs, MNAs, journalists and even Sarfaraz Nawaz.
KARACHI:
The 42-member-strong Central Executive Council (CEC), a new organisational body within the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was formally introduced to the press on Sunday.
Envisaged as a think-tank of sorts, the concept of the CEC is inspired by the way political parties function in some countries. It will advise the party’s coordination committee and work on political issues.
The concept for the council was announced in March. The members, representing several provinces and areas of expertise, include Senators Babar Ghauri, Abdul Haseeb Khan, Tahir Mashhadi and Ahmed Ali, MNAs Haider Abbas Rizvi, Waseem Akhtar and Khushbakht Shujaat and MPAs and provincial ministers Faisal Subzwari and Syed Sardar Ahmed.
The diverse list also includes journalists and columnists. Ex-cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz is part of the council as are prominent social figures from Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sindh, Balochistan and Parachinar in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
At a press conference held to announce the list of names, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar explained that the CEC would assist the coordination committee in structuring the organisation of the party, policy issues, propagation of party policies. It will also help in the preparation of the party’s manifesto and the organisation party programmes.
The CEC will have no chief of its own and will be overseen by the coordination committee. MQM’s Wasay Jalil said that it will also be incorporated in the party’s internal process of selecting candidates to contest national and provincial assembly elections. The council will organise its own meetings and is to meet with the committee once every three months. The first meeting was scheduled to take place on Sunday after the press conference. Jalil also said that the party, which he claims is the most organised in Pakistan, has always adopted new ideas and strategies and the CEC’s formation was part of this constant innovation.
Sattar claimed that the council was an extension of the party’s vision to fight against feudalism, corrupt politics and the concept of “dynasty politics” as well as to include people from all sections and classes of society.
“The process of rights and justice that started from Karachi University will continue until it achieves its aims,” said Sattar in reference to the MQM’s origins and its leader Altaf Hussain.
The Central Executive Council
Ajmal Dehlvi
Sarfaraz Nawaz
Pir Farzand Ali Shah
Pir Ghulam Majaddid Sarhindi
Hakim Khan Hathi Khel
Senator Babar Khan Ghouri
Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi
Raja Azam Khan
Nighat Zehri
Barrister Habibur Rehman
Anwer Iqbal Baloch
Khushbakht Shujaat
Muhammad Tahir Khokhar
Dr Laila Perveen
Syed Shamshad Jafri
Senator Tahir Mashhadi
Senator Ahmed Ali
Senator Abdul Haseeb
Khawaja Sohail Mansoor
Waseem Akhter
Muhammad Adil Siddiqui
Abdur Rauf Siddiqui
Dr Ayub Shaikh
Ghulam Haider Rahu
Faisal Subzwari
Syed Shaheen Anwer Gillani
Syed Sardar Ahmed
Ghazi Salahuddin
Ahmed Salim Siddiqui
Nisar Ahmed Panhwar
Ponjomal Bheel Advocate
Rasheed Khan Maseeh
Heer Ismael Soho
Dr Arshad Hussain Vohra
Capt. Hadi Hussain
Zahid Awan Malik
Dr Shahzad Ali Shamshi
Bisma Asif Sukhaira
Long Khan Channa
Dr Noor Muhammad Shah
Tahira Asif
Shahid Hassan Shahsawar Toori Afghan
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2011.
The 42-member-strong Central Executive Council (CEC), a new organisational body within the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was formally introduced to the press on Sunday.
Envisaged as a think-tank of sorts, the concept of the CEC is inspired by the way political parties function in some countries. It will advise the party’s coordination committee and work on political issues.
The concept for the council was announced in March. The members, representing several provinces and areas of expertise, include Senators Babar Ghauri, Abdul Haseeb Khan, Tahir Mashhadi and Ahmed Ali, MNAs Haider Abbas Rizvi, Waseem Akhtar and Khushbakht Shujaat and MPAs and provincial ministers Faisal Subzwari and Syed Sardar Ahmed.
The diverse list also includes journalists and columnists. Ex-cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz is part of the council as are prominent social figures from Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sindh, Balochistan and Parachinar in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
At a press conference held to announce the list of names, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar explained that the CEC would assist the coordination committee in structuring the organisation of the party, policy issues, propagation of party policies. It will also help in the preparation of the party’s manifesto and the organisation party programmes.
The CEC will have no chief of its own and will be overseen by the coordination committee. MQM’s Wasay Jalil said that it will also be incorporated in the party’s internal process of selecting candidates to contest national and provincial assembly elections. The council will organise its own meetings and is to meet with the committee once every three months. The first meeting was scheduled to take place on Sunday after the press conference. Jalil also said that the party, which he claims is the most organised in Pakistan, has always adopted new ideas and strategies and the CEC’s formation was part of this constant innovation.
Sattar claimed that the council was an extension of the party’s vision to fight against feudalism, corrupt politics and the concept of “dynasty politics” as well as to include people from all sections and classes of society.
“The process of rights and justice that started from Karachi University will continue until it achieves its aims,” said Sattar in reference to the MQM’s origins and its leader Altaf Hussain.
The Central Executive Council
Ajmal Dehlvi
Sarfaraz Nawaz
Pir Farzand Ali Shah
Pir Ghulam Majaddid Sarhindi
Hakim Khan Hathi Khel
Senator Babar Khan Ghouri
Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi
Raja Azam Khan
Nighat Zehri
Barrister Habibur Rehman
Anwer Iqbal Baloch
Khushbakht Shujaat
Muhammad Tahir Khokhar
Dr Laila Perveen
Syed Shamshad Jafri
Senator Tahir Mashhadi
Senator Ahmed Ali
Senator Abdul Haseeb
Khawaja Sohail Mansoor
Waseem Akhter
Muhammad Adil Siddiqui
Abdur Rauf Siddiqui
Dr Ayub Shaikh
Ghulam Haider Rahu
Faisal Subzwari
Syed Shaheen Anwer Gillani
Syed Sardar Ahmed
Ghazi Salahuddin
Ahmed Salim Siddiqui
Nisar Ahmed Panhwar
Ponjomal Bheel Advocate
Rasheed Khan Maseeh
Heer Ismael Soho
Dr Arshad Hussain Vohra
Capt. Hadi Hussain
Zahid Awan Malik
Dr Shahzad Ali Shamshi
Bisma Asif Sukhaira
Long Khan Channa
Dr Noor Muhammad Shah
Tahira Asif
Shahid Hassan Shahsawar Toori Afghan
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2011.