A sitting MPA of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Bilqis Mukhtar on Wednesday joined Mustafa Kamal-led Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP). "I congratulate Bilqis Mukhtar on joining the party," said Mustafa Kamal while addressing a press conference at his DHA residence along with Ms Mukhtar and other party leaders.
"Thousands are joining us. We are getting calls from all over the world where Pakistanis reside," said Kamal "We gave our services to MQM for 35 years. I mustered the courage (to take this step) despite being a woman," said Mukhtar, telling people not to be afraid and join PSP for the sake of Pakistan's future.
"I felt the need to join these leaders after hearing them. I am telling my brothers and sisters to join Mustafa Kamal as he is here for your future," she said. "For the last 35 years, we have been chanting the slogan 'Hum nah hon, hamare baad Altaf! Altaf!'. The slogan we chant now will be 'Hum nah on, humare baad Pak Sarzameen shad baad," she said.
She announced that she was quitting the MQM and will also resign as MPA. Mukhtar has been a member of the Sindh Assembly since 2002, and is currently a provincial lawmaker on a reserved seat for women. She has been a member of the Standing Committee on Minorities Affairs, Standing Committee on Women Development and the Standing Committee on Social Welfare.