KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Mustafa Kamal on Saturday deplored an impression that his party has backing of the ‘establishment’ and MQM-P chief Dr Farooq Sattar was pressed for forming an alliance with the PSP, ARY News reported.
Addressing a press conference at Pakistan House, Kamal rejected an intervention of any third party bringing the two parties on the negotiations table.
“Let me tell you the actual story behind the joint-presser; it was Sattar who has been making efforts to merge PSP into MQM-P for last eight months,” Kamal underlined.
He said the establishment called upon PSP to form an alliance with the MQM-P on Sattar’s request, denying the impression, as what he claimed, was being ingrained into the public minds that PSP solicited the establishment support for the alliance.
The joint-presser was not consequent of any effort made last few days, it was a deliberate plan instead, Kamal said.
He said the Rangers arrested Sattar after Altaf Hussain’s inciting speech and next day a new party emerged with a name of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
“I am not an agent of the establishment since I was the one resigning from Senate back in 2013,” he asserted.
After Sattar took up the reins of MQM on Aug 22, 2016, he has been making an all-out effort to convince the PSP leadership for a merger, he claimed.
He said the top brass of MQM-P has never spoke a single word against Altaf Hussain throughout this entire drama.
Earlier on Nov 9, MQM-P chief Dr Farooq Sattar stated that Kamal was dragging his feet on the issues being faced by the Mohajir community.
Taking a jibe at Kamal, Sattar asked him to win a single seat from Peshawar, Larkana or Lahore with his brand of ‘inclusive politics’ if he wants to shun ethnic-based politicking.
Sattar claimed that Mohajirs were still facing discrimination while trying to get government jobs but Mustafa Kamal was not ready to voice his concern over this injustice with Mohajirs.
