Syed Mustafa Kamal

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Syed Mustafa Kamal
سید مصطفىٰ کمال
Mustafa Kamal Karachi.jpg
Kamal in 2018
Chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party
In office
23 March 2016 – present
PresidentAnis Kaimkhani
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
12 March 2012 – August 2013
28th Mayor of Karachi
In office
7 October 2005 – 6 October 2010
Preceded byNaimatullah Khan
Succeeded byWaseem Akhtar
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Information Technology
In office
2003–2005
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
November 2002 – 2007
ConstituencyPS-117 (Karachi-XXIX)
Personal details
Born (1971-12-27) 27 December 1971 (age 50)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pak Sarzameen Party
Other political
affiliations		Muttahida Qaumi Movement (until 2013)
Parent(s)Jamila Khatoon (mother)
Anis Ahmed (father)
Residence(s)Karachi, Pakistan
OccupationPolitician

Syed Mustafa Kamal (Urdu: سید مصطفىٰ کمال; born 27 December 1971) is a Pakistani politician who is the founder and the current chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party. Previously, he served as the 28th Mayor of Karachi.

Born and raised in Karachi, Kamal studied at the Sunway College in Malaysia, before earning his master's degree in business at the University of Wales in the United Kingdom. After entering politics, Kamal returned to Pakistan, and joined the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and served as it's Information Technology Minister for Sindh in 2003. After two years, in 2005, Kamal was elected in the 2005 Karachi local elections as the 28th Mayor of Karachi. In 2013, Kamal was elected to the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh. He resigned from the post few months after, left Muttahida Qaumi Movement and shifted to Tanzania.

On March 3, 2016, Kamal returned to Pakistan and conducted a press conference, revealing his reasons behind his controversial exit from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.[1] On the same date, he announced his new political party.[1] On 23 March 2016, Kamal announced the name of party as Pak Sarzameen Party.[2][3] He became the inaugural chairman of the party.

Early life[]

Syed Mustafa Kamal was born on 27 December 1971 in Karachi, Sindh. His parents were Anis Ahmed and Jamila Khatoon who migrated to Pakistan. In 1996, Kamal studied at the Sunway College in Malaysia, from where, he received as Associate Diploma in Business Executive Studies.[4] He studied from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom from where he received his master's degree in business.

Syed Mustafa Kamal is married and has 3 children.

Political career[]

Muttahida Qaumi Movement[]

Early career[]

Kamal used to be a telephone operator at the Nine Zero, which were the Muttahida Qaumi Movement's headquarters.[5] In the 2002 Sindh provincial elections, Kamal contested for the Provincial Assembly of Sindh seat PS-117. Kamal received 37,671 votes and won his seat in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. In 2003, Kamal was chosen by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to be the IT Minister for the Sindh Province.[6] Kamal served as the IT Minister from 2003 to 2005.[6]

Mayor of Karachi[]

Kamal taking oath as the 28th Mayor of Karachi

Kamal was nominated for the mayor of Karachi. In the 2005 Karachi local elections, Kamal was elected as the 28th Mayor of Karachi. He launched the 'I own Karachi' initiative.[7][8] Kamal envisaged the city becoming an Asian super-hub borrowing from examples of dominant regional economy.[9] At times, Kamal had been quoted as targeting development efforts on par with those of Dubai.[9]

Under Kamal's tenure as mayor, the city administration received acclaims and accolades, both internally and externally, as Kamal was feted by diplomats and internal urban policy-makers as a young and confident city leader.[9] He was locally and internationally praised for his work in Karachi.[10][11][12] He was also shortlisted for the World Mayor Prize in 2010.[10][11] Kamal was also praised by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for his efforts to make Karachi a megacity and to carry out relief operations.[13] Kamal was awarded an honorary PHD degree in Politics by the Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, at its convocation held on the 14th of April 2010 at a ceremony held at the PAF Museum in Karachi.[14] Working in harmony with his party’s policy to attract a younger, more educated and more prosperous Karachi voter than the traditional Altaf supporter, Kamal became popular as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement's 'soft' face.[6]

In 2010, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan asked for the abolition of post of mayors in all cities across Pakistan and Kamal left to resume his duties as the member of the MQM Coordination Committee. Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman became the caretaker administrator, replacing Kamal.

Departure from Pakistan[]

In 2013, Kamal was elected to the Senate of Pakistan from Sindh.[15][16] In August 2013, he resigned from his seat. He also left the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and shifted to Tanzania.[5] Later on, he left Tanzania and lived in Dubai.[5] In Dubai, Kamal join Malik Riaz's Bahria Town and started managing Bahria Town's construction business from Dubai.[17][18] Kamal left Pakistan after developing differences with Altaf Hussain.[18] The Muttahida Qaumi Movement stated that Syed Mustafa Kamal submitted his resignation from Senate seat and left Pakistan due to personal and family reasons.[17]

Pak Sarzameen Party[]

Foundation[]

On March 3, 2016, Kamal returned to Karachi from Dubai, along with Anis Kaimkhani, and held a press conference in DHA Karachi, which lasted near two hours.[19] In the press conference, Kamal opened up about his lifelong personal experiences as a prominent member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the reasons he left country. He discussed several controversies surrounding the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, its the leader Altaf Hussain and his behavior towards the party members. He openly accused Altaf Hussain of being intoxicated, saying that he did care about the Muhajirs, ruining the generation of the Urdu-speaking people.[19] Kamal told that when he was leaving the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, he knew that his life was in danger.[19] He criticized the Establishment for not backing him up.[19] In the press conference, Kamal and Kaimkhani announced their political party.[19]

On 23 March 2016, Kamal and Kaimkhani held another press conference. In the press conference, Kamal announced the name of the party as Pak Sarzameen Party.[2][3] In his support, several individuals contacted, supported and, from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, joined Pak Sarzameen Party.[20] Kamal also disclosed that they will organize their first powershow at the Bagh-e-Jinnah.[21][22][23][24]

Million March[]

In April 2017, Kamal announced an 18-day-long protest sit-in Karachi, titled as the Million March.[25] The protest was for towards Sindh Chief Minister House for the fulfillment of its demands.[26] They appealed to the citizens to reach the FTC Bridge at the Shahrah-e-Faisal to join the protest over the issues being faced by the citizens of Karachi.[26] On 14 May, Kamal and Pak Sarzameen Party's supporters started the protest.[27] When Kamal and his supporters were heading towards the Sindh Chief Minister House, the Sindh Police water-cannoned and shelled tear gas to resist the supporters.[28][27] They also uprooted the party's camp at the FTC Bridge.[28] Few moments later, Kamal and many of his supporters were arrested.[29] The police claimed that they arrested Kamal and his supporters for entering the 'Red Zone' whereas Kamal denied this allegation.[28] The next day, after a brief detention, the police released Kamal.[28]

2018 general elections[]

Kamal contested the 2018 Pakistan general elections for the National Assembly and two Provincial Assemblies but he failed to make it despite his claim to win the seat.[30] People thought that PSP had ended but Kamal didn't give up hope and he still made a speech after elections saying PSP hasn't ended.[31]

Project Director Garbage[]

In August 2019, Kamal criticized his long-time rival Waseem Akhtar for not cleaning Karachi.[32] Kamal demanded that Akhtar’s name be placed on the Exit Control List.[32] In response, Akhtar said that Karachi rejected Kamal and said he has done nothing except China-Cutting.[32] Akhtar challenged Kamal to serve as the 'Project Director Garbage' and help clean the city.[32] Kamal accepted the challenge as the Project Director Garbage and later on, a notification was issued from Akhtar's office that designated Kamal as the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation's Project Director Garbage, offering him to help clean the city in 90 days.[33] Kamal thanked Akhtar for giving the authority to clean the garbage in Karachi.[34] He said that he would taking over charge of his new responsibilities.[34] Kamal arrived in midnight and accepted Akhtar as his 'boss'.[35][34] However, in less than 24 hours, Akhtar suspended Kamal, claiming that Kamal was playing politics.[36]

Baldia elections[]

After Faisal Vawda resigned from NA-249 National Assembly seat from Baldia, Kamal submitted nomination papers to contest the by-elections.[37] On March 15, 2021, Kamal received nomination papers to contest and, he started his electoral campaign.[38] During his first visits, he addressed public gatherings at Baldia Town's union councils.[38] While addressing a speech at the Ittehad Town, Kamal vowed to make NA-249, a 'model' constituency.[39] During the campaigns, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf propaganda campaign displayed banners against Kamal.[40]

On 29 April, the by-elections took place in which Kamal received 9,227 votes and finished on the fourth position while the Peoples Party's candidate Qadir Mandokhail won the elections.[41] However, the elections were boycotted by a number of candidates, including Kamal who asked for recount of 'non-provision of Form 46'.[42] There were allegations that the Establishment supported the Peoples Party's candidate Mandokhail.[43] On 4 May, Kamal officially announced that NA-249 would be his permanent constituency.[44]

Controversies and cases[]

China-Cutting Case[]

The Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) registered an FIR against Kamal and 24 other PSP workers. ACE said that Kamal and 24 others were involved in illegal allotment of 82 acres of amenity land in Mehmoodabad in 2009.[45] The inquiry of ACE was revealed in November 2017 which told that Kamal allotted state land by embezzling his powers. The ACE then questioned Kamal and then Kamal stated that he had allotted in good intentions around 49 acres to the affectees of Lines Area project and the present government could cancel the allotment. Kamal made it clear he had no links with the China-Cutting Case and he was not responsible for what happened in the case.[46][47]

Illegal Allotment Case[]

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a reference against Mustafa Kamal pertaining to the alleged illegal allotment of state-owned lands in Clifton, Block 3, near Sea View. According to the NAB’s references, The land was allotted to hawkers and shopkeepers in 1980 which was later got by DG Builders on lease in 2005.[48][49][50][51][52]

Notes[]

References[]

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External links[]

Media related to Mustafa Kamal at Wikimedia Commons

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2005—2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Position established
 Chairman of Pak Sarzameen Party Incumbent
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