Syed Mustafa Kamal (

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Pakistani politician who was the founder and chairman of

Pak Sarzameen Party Pak Sarzameen Party commonly known as PSP ( ur, ) is a Pakistani political party founded by Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani on 23 March 2016. Ashfaq Mangi, Hassan Sabir, Iftikhar Alam and Shabbir Qaimkhani are senior members of the ...

. He was previously a senator in the Senate of Pakistan and served as the mayor of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.

Early life

Syed Mustafa Kamal was born on 27 December 1971 in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

, Pakistan. His parents were Anis Ahmed and Jamila Khatoon who migrated to Pakistan. He studied from University of Wales in the United Kingdom. In 1996, Kamal studied at the Sunway College. Syed Mustafa Kamal is married and has 3 children.

Political career

Ministry of Information Technology

In 2003, Kamal was chosen by MQM Founder & Leader Altaf Hussain, to be the IT Minister for the Sindh Province. Syed Mustafa Kamal served as the IT Minister for the Sindh province from 2003 to 2005, Afterward Mustufa Kamal was nominated Mayor of Karachi By Altaf Hussain, A landslide win which turned Mustufa kamal from an unknown telephone operator at Ninezero to Mayor of a Metropolitan city Karachi with 25 Million people.

Mayor of Karachi

On 7 October 2005, Kamal was chosen as the mayor of Karachi by MQM the support MQM Founder & Leader Altaf Hussain for his work in the party as a telephone operator. Kamal was one of the most successful mayor of Karachi due to unchallenged Independence, resources & massive political backing of MQM Altaf Hussain who provided him with thousands of workers to make Karachi Mayor-ship successful for MQM . He won the World Mayor Prize in 2010.

Senator

In 2012, he was elected to the Pakistani Senate from Sindh. In 2013, he resigned from his seat and cited personal obligations behind his resignation.

Corruption Charges, Inquiry & Differences with MQM and departure

Kamal left Pakistan after developing differences with Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui due to corruption allegation, Many Documents from PPP Government were handed out to MQM Supremo Altaf Hussain, Which resulted in an inquiry by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. The

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbreviated MQM) is a name currently claimed by two competing Pakistani political factions: * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London, a political faction managed from the UK * Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan Muttah ...

announced that Syed Mustafa Kamal submitted his resignation from

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

seat and left Pakistan due to personal and family reasons. Later in Dubai Mustafa Kamal join Malik Riaz's Behria Town and started managing

Bahria Town Bahria Town (Private) Limited ( ur, ) is an Islamabad-based privately owned real-estate development company which owns, develops and manages properties across Pakistan. It established its first gated community exclusively developed for the ...

's construction business from Dubai. In Dubai due to his difference with the party of corruption inquiry he formed PSP with Anis Qaimkhani. He after leaving the political party, joined

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’s company Bahria Town.

Comeback and formation of Pak Sarzameen Party

After leaving Pakistan in August 2013, he returned from Dubai to Karachi, Pakistan on March 3, 2016, accompanying

Anis Kaimkhani Anis Ahmad Kaimkhani (Urdu: انیس قائمخانی born: 5 October) is a Pakistani politician who was the co-founder and president of Pak Sarzameen Party, until its merger into Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan. Family and personal life ...

and holding a press conference in a rented house in Karachi's posh area at Khayaban e Sahar in Defence Phase 6 Karachi on the same day at 3:00 PM. In his famous press conference, Mustafa Kamal opened up about his lifelong personal experiences as a prominent member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement and what made him leave the country even when he was serving as a senator at the time. He discussed several controversies surrounding MQM, the leader Altaf Hussain and his behaviour towards the party members. On 23 March 2016, In the conference, Kamal also disclosed the vision of a new party he is laying foundations of, the name of which is not decided yet. According to him, ''"Today we are laying the foundation of an organisation, you may call it a party. We are just two individuals, myself and Anees Kaimkhani."'' Kamal announced the name of party as

. He also revealed the flag of his party which turned out to be the Flag of Pakistan. He told that the PSP has a flag is not for public. In his support several individual have contacted and showed support and also few more members from MQM joined Mustafa Kamal's team. According to Anees Kaimkhani they will continue to welcome people. Mustafa Kamal disclosed that they will organize a public speech at Bagh-e-Jinnah near

Mazar-e-Quaid Mazar-e-Quaid ( ur, , lit=Mausoleum of the Leader) is the resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah situated in Karachi, Sindh. The marble monument comprises a surface area of . It is surrounded by formal gardens and designed in an Islamic modernist ...

Karachi. Many people of MQM left it and joined PSP.

Azeem Ahmed Tariq Murder & Mustufa Kamal

According to sources Mustafa Kamal former Mayor of Karachi was involved in the murder of MQM Chairman Azeem Ahmad Tariq. He opened the doors for the MQM killers.

Controversies and cases

China-Cutting Case

The Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) registered an FIR against Kamal and 24 other PSP workers. ACE said that Kamal and 24 others were involved in illegal allotment of 82 acres of amenity land in Mehmoodabad in 2009. The inquiry of ACE was revealed in November 2017 which told that Kamal allotted state land by embezzling his powers. The ACE then questioned Kamal and then Kamal stated that he had allotted in good intentions around 49 acres to the affectees of Lines Area project and the present government could cancel the allotment. Kamal made it clear he had no links with the China-Cutting Case and he was not responsible for what happened in the case.

Illegal Allotment Case

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference against Mustafa Kamal pertaining to the alleged illegal allotment of state-owned lands in Clifton, Block 3, near Sea View. According to the NAB's references, The land was allotted to hawkers and shopkeepers in 1980 which was later got by DG Builders on lease in 2005.

Electoral history

General elections 2002

Syed Mustafa Kamal contested for the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

seat PS-117. Kamal got 37,671 votes and won his seat in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

General elections 2018

Kamal contested the 2018 Pakistan General Election for National Assembly and two Provincial Assemblies however; he failed to make it despite his claim to win the seat. People thought that PSP had ended but Kamal didn't give up hope and he still made a speech after elections saying PSP hasn't ended. Later on in an interview Kamal told the process of the elections and how they were not fair.

References

External links

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