President Anis Kaimkhani General Secretary Raza Haroon Vice Chairman Aftkhar Randhawa | Chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal Spokesperson Iftikhar Alam | |
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Pak Sarzameen Party (Urdu: پاک سر زمین پارٹی) is a Pakistani political party founded by Syed Mustafa Kamal (former mayor of Karachi) on Pakistan Day 23 March 2016.
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Background
On 3 March 2016, the party founder, Syed Mustafa Kamal conducted a press conference with Anis Kaimkhani, party president, after they flew back into Karachi from Dubai earlier that day. He criticized his ex-political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement and its leader Altaf Hussain by claiming that, in the past, he had links with Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing. He also announced his new political party without revealing the new name of the party. Later the party was joined by former MQM members Raza Haroon, Dr. Sagheer Ahmed, Waseem Aftab, Anees Khan Advocate, Aftkhar Randhawa and Iftikhar Alam.
Syed Mustafa Kamal founded the party on Pakistan Day 2016 at a press conference in Clifton, Karachi which was also attended by its other members. The party is currently led by Syed Mustafa Kamal along with other members Anees Ahmed Qaimkhani (party president), Raza Haroon (secretary-general of the party), Dr. Sagheer Ahmed (senior vice-chairperson), Aftkhar Randhawa (Vice Chairman), Waseem Aftab, Anees Khan Advocate and Iftikhar Alam (party spokesman) who all were former members of MQM.
Controversy
MQM has alleged PakSarzameen Party is financed by ISI, Pakistan Army, Sindh Rangers and Behria Town. MQM has also accused the party for working under the patronage of Sindh Rangers in order to threaten MQM workers to join PSP.
Several Pakistani newspapers have also published stories of paramilitary forces threatening MQM workers to either join PSP or face arrests.
PSP's founder Mustafa Kamal has stated that he has recovered MQM's missing persons but MQM alleges that those missing persons were arrested by paramilitary forces of Sindh Rangers.
In a video leak, Minhaj Qazi who was arrested for the murder of Shahid Hamid (KESC MD) announced joining PSP in jail
former MQM MPA Ashfaq Mangi who who alleged to have RAW connections through the news aired by ARY also joined PSP in a ceremony.
The PSP leader Anees Qaimkhani was arrested by Law enforcement in connection to Baldia Factory fire case, he was later released on bail. PSP's founder Mutafa Kamal has also publicly declared support to Hammad Saddiqui who is also wanted in the case of Baldia Fire more over, Rehman Bhola who is currently under investigation for the incident also had joined PSP before his arrest
Tahir Lamba an MQM worker, who was arrested for suspected facilitation of indian spy agency RAW is suspected to have joined PSP to get himself released from jail