CHICAGO: Highly disappointed with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), the London based MQM has formally decided to form a new organisational setup of MQM Pakistan.
The announcement of the new setup is expected to be made in the next a few days, credible sources within the MQM told The News.
"There is no place for those who ditched the party and its founding chief Altaf Hussain," the source said.
According to a key MQM-London leader, those who showed allegiance to the MQM chief, who believes in the party's philosophy and ideologies of Altaf Hussain would be given important positions and portfolios in the revamped party.
The decision of revamping the party was taken following the resolution adopted in the Sindh Assembly against MQM supremo Altaft Hussain. The MQM-London has strongly taken notice of the MQM-Pakistan endorsing the resolution moved by the lawmakers of the provincial assembly and said that "enough is enough".
The source said when the party members united for their own vested interests against the founding chief, nothing remained in it and it was high time to part ways with them. Under the given circumstances, the party chief himself distanced himself and endorsed the MQM-P's decision and announced his full support to Dr Farooq Sattar. But now the MQM London has reached the conclusion that over two dozen leaders within the MQM are not struggling for the survival of the organisation but have become part of a conspiracy to eliminate the party once and for all. So it was immediately decided to establish a new organisational setup of the party, the sources said.
Political pundits in the country, especially those who think about MQM, opined that a large number of MQM leaders and parliamentarians of 1992 were confused over the situation and waiting for the dust to settle. They have adopted a wait and see policy so that final shape of the MQM could become clear.
According to them, despite all actions and assurances, the MQM has failed to win the heart of the establishment and remained unsuccessful in its attempt to secure its workers, followers and get them released and recover them. Even its Mayor Waseem Akhter is under detention.
In the prevailing circumstances, they believe that MQM's future is bleak. The source in London said that Altaf Hussain had no connections with these 'so-called MQM Pakistan' leaders but was in constant touch with those who proved their loyalties to the chief.
The party leaders in London are having discussions with those in Pakistan who were either inactive or were sidelined. The source claimed that soon after the announcement of a new organisational setup, a large number of people would disassociate themselves with the MQM-P led by Dr Farooq Sattar. It must be mentioned here that Sathi Ishaque, who quit the Pakistan People's Party and joined the MQM, had already resigned from the Central Executive Committee of the MQM citing reason that he had joined the party under the Quaid's leadership and not those who are running the party now.
An MQM-London based leader, Wasay Jalil, on phone said that all these lawmakers who reached Parliament were due to Altaf Hussain.
If they had the courtesy, they would have resigned and would have got fresh mandate. He said, "We have resignations of all the lawmakers and could have submitted them to the house. Just wait and see," he remarked.