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Mustaqbil Pakistan (Urdu: مستقبل پاکستان, MP) is a political party founded in 2010 by a group of professionals looking to bring about a change in politics in Pakistan. The main emphasis of the party is to bring people of competence, integrity, and honesty into Pakistani politics. The founders of the party allege that all of Pakistan's travails - poverty, corruption, terrorism, sectarian violence and lawlessness - are due to a single root cause: that the people who are now in Pakistan's politics do not have the necessary competence, integrity, honesty and even desire to run the country.
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Chairman, National Executive Committee, & Presidents
The party's first Chairman is Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi, an engineer by training and a fluent Arabic speaker. He is also one of the founding members of the party as well as one of 6 members of the party's national executive committee. The other members of the committee include Moeen Qureshi, Waqar Haider Bokhari, Unsia Bano, Dawoodi Morkas, and Sheheryar Ali.
Activity
MP's presence has 12 offices in 3 provinces of the country. The party has over 10,000 registered members and over 170,000 supporters and well-wishers on social media. The party has seen large expansion and hopes to participate in the 2018 general elections. Special attention is being given to remote areas of the country such as the mountainous north of the country where the party recently opened an office in Swat.
Women
MP includes a female lawyers wing which advocates for women's rights.
Flag
The party's flag measures 3.5 ft x 2 ft. Three stripes of respectively blue, white and green run along the extreme left margin. The main body of the flag is dark blue with a large white star in the center.
National Party Song and 2013 Elections
The national song of the party, titled Waqt ki Azaan, Mustaqbil Pakistan, was written by Naveed Ansari, in time for the 2013 elections in which Mustaqbil Pakistan participated. The 2013 elections included 22 candidates from MP, 18 for the Provincial Assembly and 5 for the National Assembly.