ISLAMABAD: The Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) led by Mustafa Kamal has been dissolved, the Election Commission of Pakistan has been informed.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner heard the case on the dissolution of the party. The representative of the Pak Sarzameen Party appeared before the election commission. He informed that Pak Sarzameen Party has merged with MQM-Pakistan.
He said the the party was dissolved after following the due process and a resolution was presented by the past. DG Law Election Commission said the law regarding the dissolution of the party is silent. The election commission reserved its decision on the dissolution of the Pak Sarzameen Party.
Earlier, the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) and MQM Bahali Committee of Farooq Sattar had formally announced the merger with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) ahead of local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
The development was announced at a press conference held at the MQM-P headquarters in Bahadurabad area of Karachi which was attended by Mustafa Kamal, Farooq Sattar, Amir Khan, Waseem Akhtar, Anis Qaimkhani, and Nasreen Jalil.
MQM-P Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said the “graveness” of the situation in Sindh’s urban areas requires all people to join hands. Mustafa Kamal announced that the PSP would “merge with the MQM-P” and would work under Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. Kamal admitted that they had differences and expressed them openly, adding that the people of Karachi would have to “leave their comfort zones”.
Pak Sarzameen Party commonly was founded by Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani on 23 March 2016. Ashfaq Mangi, Hassan Sabir, Iftikhar Alam, and Shabbir Qaimkhani were senior members of the party.
On 3 March 2016, Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani returned to Karachi to conduct a press conference and distanced themselves from MQM founder Altaf Hussain. He announced to formation of a new political party. On 23 March 2016, Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani announced to formation the Pak Sarzameen Party
PSP participated in the 2018 Pakistan general elections. However, they failed to achieve a seat in the National Assembly as well as in the provincial assemblies. On January 12. 2023, Mustafa Kamal announced that his party would merge with the MQM-P.
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