Another MQM heavyweight joins Kamal's ranks

Islamabad - "We are focused on the work we intend to do. Name, planning and branding come later," Haroon said.

Former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal managed to rope Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) heavyweight Raza Haroon into his yet-unnamed party on Monday.
"We are focused on the work we intend to do. Name, planning and branding come later," Haroon said, referring to the party Kamal and Anis Qaimkhani announced earlier this month. Kamal said the party would be named on March 23.
Following up on earlier MQM accusations that their workers' loyalties are being 'forcibly changed', the former IT minister slammed Altaf Hussain, saying the MQM chief was reason enough for party members to jump ship.
Haroon pointed out that whenever a dissident left the party, "they [the MQM] claim it is a conspiracy against them. No conspiracy is needed. You [Altaf] are more than enough."
The former minister lamented the condition of the MQM, saying what used to be a party of literate people had now become a source of embarrassment.
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