Slowly but surely MQM is slowly moving to its eventual political demise due to psycho Altaf Hussain. Now the MQM will send it's target killers to kill Mustafa and he needs bodyguards. Earlier it was rumored that he was joining Musharraf.
Mustafa Kamal denies joining Musharraf's party
Mustafa Kamal denies joining Musharraf's party
23:37 May 27, 2015
Pakistan
DUBAI: Former military dictator
Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf is looking at erstwhile city nazim (mayor) Karachi
Syed Mustafa Kamal as his new lieutenant, but the latter is not ready as yet, Samaa reported.
Sources have confirmed that the ex president has formally invited former
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, to join his political party who could give his political party,
All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).
Musharraf, who telephoned Kamal Wednesday, has invited him to Dubai for a meeting in which, according to sources, the latter is likely to swear his political allegiance to the former.
On the other hand Kamal, in a statement issued, denied he has joined or is joining APML.
"I have no intentions to re-enter politics. I hold Mr Musharraf in high esteem but I have not decided to shake hands with him in this regard," Kamal told a private news channel.
Musharraf, who is facing criminal proceedings, says his party will contest local government elections.
Analyst say Kamal, who changed the face of Karachi for the better during is 2005-10 stint as city nazim, can help Musharraf's party claim some seats in the local government system, especially in the metropolis.
In 2013Kamal left Pakistan after developing differences with Altaf Hussain, the MQM's London-based supreme leader, according to media reports. However, the MQM, denying any differences with him, had said that Kamal went abroad because of his personal reasons.
Musharraf, the 71-year-old former strongman, of Pakistan returned home in March 2013 after four years of self-imposed exile to run in general elections, vowing to "save" the country from Taliban violence and economic ruin.
But Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999 and resigned in 2008, was barred from standing and put under house arrest over numerous criminal charges -- including treason.
APML were mauled -- winning only one seat -- as Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) swept to power, but Musharraf wants to launch an audacious bid to see his party re-emerge as a force.
"We will go in local body polls with the slogan of 'Pakistan first' and win," he told AMPL's central executive committee.
Elections to elect local government representatives are expected to take place in three provinces later this year.
Musharraf, the first former army chief to be charged with treason, also predicted early general elections and directed his party to prepare for a national campaign.
Musharraf is facing several major criminal cases linked to his time in power, including the 2007 assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in a gun and suicide attack but proceedings have repeatedly stalled.--SAMAA/Agencies
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