Ex-Karachi City Mayor and Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Mustafa Kamal has announced the launch of his own political party. While addressing a press conference after landing in Karachi from Dubai, Kamal revealed the Pakistan national flag as his party’s flag.

Before the announcement to launch a political organisation, Kamal told the media that his press conference would be divided into three parts. He went on to discuss the conditions that forced him to leave MQM and Pakistan, revealed the reasons why he had returned, eventually announcing the yet-to-be-named party’s launch.

Most of the presser was dedicated to lambasting MQM chief Altaf Hussain. “Altaf Hussain does not care for any Muhajir or any other community of Karachi,” Kamal said. “After the Imran Farooq Murder Case, he and the top leadership, including M. Anwar and Tariq Mir were investigated by Scotland Yard and they all accepted their links with Indian Intelligence Agency RAW”.

Kamal said that Altaf Hussain accepted in front of Scotland Yard that he has been taking funding from RAW for the past 20 years. “I only request the MQM head to tell the truth to the common worker of his party,” he demanded. “Altaf Hussain has destroyed two generations of Muhajir community in the last 20 years.”

The former Karachi mayor accused Altaf of exploiting Muhajir emotions. “The generation that buried their fathers in 1992 is now being buried by their offspring.”

Kamal accused Altaf Hussain of lying to his party workers. “Altaf Hussain tells his workers that he and his party is being targeted by establishment, because he stood against them. On this slogan he has wasted thousands of lives of young Muhajirs.

“Because of him, the Muhajir community is being dubbed traitors and RAW agents. The community which was considered to be highly educated, cultured and mannered is now being called ignorant."

Kamal further stated that MQM had been a part of PPP government from 2008 to 2013 and did nothing but resign from the provincial assembly and then come back. “We did this four times, without getting any of our demands fulfilled,” he said.  “Altaf Hussain has a habit of taking back his words. At night he abuses and in the morning he apologizes.”

The former MQM leader accused Altaf Hussain of dictatorial control over MQM. “He humiliated the Rabta Committee workers on May 19, 2013,” he pointed out.

Kamal said that it was due to MQM’s bad performance from 2008 to 2013, that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) got almost 0.85 million votes from Karachi in the 2013 elections. “Even so, it was because of our organizational structure we won the 2013 General Elections and even bagged two seats more than the previous elections. This was despite having done nothing to serve the people,” he told the media.

Kamal said the MQM chief was not happy about the PTI votes and asked party workers to attack PTI’s peaceful protest and target children and women of Karachi. “The Rabta Committee refused to act upon this proposal, which infuriated him even more. As he remained drunk for weeks, he asked the workers to beat us,” Kamal claimed.

“We had joined the party to serve the people but all we did was collect fitrana and animal hides to add to Altaf Hussain’s property in London and Dubai and for his wine,” he exclaimed. “During the PPP tenure, the Interior Minister Rehman Malik used to write MQM press releases from London after meeting Altaf Hussain,” he claimed. “We tried to make things right and pleaded Altaf Hussain to think about the next generations of Muhajirs, but he did not listen. There is a limit to everything.”

Kamal said that he served as Karachi Nazim and spent Rs 300 billion on the city, but never made his own property or wealth. “During the last couple of months of my tenure I was looking for a rented house to live in. I have no property in Karachi – a city where I was the mayor.”

“I knew if I left MQM I will be killed. Hence, I secretly left Karachi and shifted abroad,” he said. “I came back due to fear of Allah. I have responsibility of my people and I request MQM Rabta Committee and Altaf Hussain to tell the truth to the people of Karachi. People like Saulat Mirza and Ajmal Pahari were not killers by birth. It was Altaf Hussain who made them.”

During the last part of the press conference the former Karachi mayor announced the establishment of his new political party. “Our party does not have any name and its flag is our national flag. Whoever accepts the integrity of Pakistani flag can become our member,” he said. “We want local bodies elections in the country so that authority can be shifted to common people. We want the divisions of provinces totally on administrative bases.

“I want to revive the true identity of Muhajir Community and people of Karachi which is being destroyed by MQM.”