KARACHI: Former health minister and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) prominent leader Dr Sagheer Ahmed on Monday announced to part ways with the party and decided to join Mustafa Kamal.
On the occasion, he asked the workers to play their positive role and should not consider themselves powerless. He said that MQM have been using Muhajir card in Sindh. Sagheer urged the MQM leadership to respect the workers.
He said that no one could listen speeches of a drunken person along with his family. Sagheer said that anti state activities and strikes were not service of the nation or community.
“I am here because I am going to stand alongside Anees Kaimkhani and Mustafa Kamal and play a positive role in helping Pakistan grow,” said Ahmed, who also kicked off the press conference in Kamal and Kaimkhani’s presence.
Sagheer on the occasion also announced his resignation from the provincial assembly seat, which he was elected to.”I announce that I quit my provincial assembly seat and apologies to my voters and supporters who gave me their trust. I have been unable to serve them.”
He said,”It was not possible for me to subdue my conscience and I salute Kamal and Kaimkhani for speaking the truth.”
Sagheer clarified that he was present on his own volition and he has not been in contact with either Kamal or Kaimkhani. Ahmed expressing confidence said, “I am sure that those with conscience will come and join us and those who are afraid, I ask them: What are you afraid of?”
“Those who question us, saying look at what Altaf Hussain and the MQM have given you, we ask them, who made MQM and Altaf what they are today?”
Sagheer said that he had to break relationship with his family members as he kept on defending Altaf. “Karachi has been exploited in front of everyone. I sacrificed everything for the tehreek (political party),” said Sagheer. He urged the authorities to bring back the Mohajir community into the national fold.
“My biggest difference with the party (MQM) was that it used workers like tissue papers.”Lamenting on the current state of the political party, Ahmed stated that, “Today we don’t have educated workers in MQM because education has never been a focus of the party leadership.”
Referring to past incidents, the former health minister said, “I still cannot forget the situation of the city (Karachi) when sliced-up bodies were discovered in gunny bags every hour.”
