Khaleej Times

MQM’s ex-senator joins Kamal

- Afzal Khan news@khaleejtim­es.com

islamabad — Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement ( MQM) Senator Mohammed Ali Brohi has joined former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal’s Pak Sarzamin Party (PSP) amid continuing revolve in the MQM.

“Sindhis, Balochis, Pushto-speaking, Urdu-speaking ... it is in the interest of Pakistanis that we join as one,” said Brohi, who has been a member of the MQM’s Zonal committee.

Brohi said that his fellows had decided to join the party because they could no longer see “brother being turned against brother”.

“We saw that our brothers were handed guns and they were tainted with the tag of being ‘ RAW agent’,” said Brohi.

Kamal said that several fellows of Brohi had decided to join the party, but that they did not have enough seats to accommodat­e them at the Press conference at Kamal House.

“I want to announce today that very soon, we will be opening new offices in Karachi and Sindh,” he said.

Kamal said that the scheduled Pak Sarzameen Party rally in Karachi on April 24 would be “a turning point for Pakistan”.

“April 25 will be a new chapter in the history of Pakistan, where nobody will be forced to turn into agents of (Indian spy agency) RAW,” he said.

Meanwhile, police on Tuesday arrested five people during a raid in connection with a violent clash during an election rally.

Police said the raid was conducted in Lines Area during which five suspects were taken into custody.

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