MQM-Pakistan expels MNA Salman Mujahid Baloch

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan expelled MNA Salman Mujahid Baloch from the party, it emerged late on Friday.

According to the MQM spokesman, an important session of the party was held in Bahadurabad. The spokesman said that the party membership was cancelled because of violation of party ethics.

The party said that it has demanded Baloch to resign from the party. The MQM-P spokesman said that no party members should contact Salman Mujahid after his expulsion from the party.

Salman alleged that he was being punished for raising voice against the expulsion of another ex-party member, Irum Azeem Farooque.

“They cannot expel me, the party isn’t the property of anyone and it belongs to every common man,” said Baloch, while speaking on Geo News programme Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath.

“I am asking the same question as Nawaz Sharif, Mujhe kyun nikala [why was I expelled]?” the leader remarked.

“No one got MQM in their father’s will,” he claimed. “We accepted him [Farooq Sattar] as our leader even though he has no leadership qualities."

He also shared that there is an evident divide in MQM-Pakistan. One faction is headed by Farooq Sattar, Kamran Tessori, Qamar Naveed, Khawaja Sohail Mansoor while other one includes Aamir Khan, Faisal Sabzwari and Khawaja Izharul Hassan.

He also levelled serious allegations against MQM-Pakistan convener Farooq Sattar and claimed that Sattar is indirectly in contact with MQM founder Altaf Hussain, adding that Sattar even approached Pak Sarzameen Party Head Mustafa Kamal and asked for his help.

He remarked that Sattar met with Kamal at Seher Commercial in DHA.

The ex-MQM-Pakistan leader also shared that there is a threat to his life. 

Earlier, another former MQM Pakistan Leader Irum Azeem Farooqui, while speaking to media, had remarked that MQM is under the control of mafia and shared that she is leaving the country.

"Yes, I have been threatened," she remarked, adding "they told me they will see me."

*An earlier version of the story had named another ex-party member as Erum Naseem. The error is regretted.