Senior Deputy Convenor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), Mustafa Kamal, who oversees the party’s digital media wing, met with bloggers and social media influencers from Karachi at the Pakistan House.
The meeting was attended by 10 brilliant and successful bloggers/social media influencers including Adnan Memon, Atban Hanif, Hamadullah Sohu, Mubashir Mahmood, Hafiz Raahat Asama, Sahar Hassan, Sunaina, and Tayyab Memon.
During the meeting, bloggers and social media influencers asked critical questions regarding MQM-P’s inclusion, past, and future. Mustafa Kamal responded by saying that despite facing criticism, the party’s step towards inclusion was taken in the best interest of the nation and its better future, and its results will soon be visible.
Mustafa Kamal also criticized Imran Khan’s policies and demanded relevant authorities to take notice of his recent statements.
The senior deputy convenor of MQM-P urged bloggers and social media influencers to make the world aware of Karachi’s issues and to raise awareness on social media. He also asked them to play their role in awakening public consciousness and to participate in increasing the number of voters to ensure their rights.
Social media influencer and blogger Tayyab Memon expressed his satisfaction with the meeting and said that it was a positive step towards creating dialogue and understanding between the political parties and the youth of the nation.
According to Kainat Farooq, Mustafa Kamal answered a question by saying, “We took a very big step for the nation, which perhaps made some people unhappy and they began to see us as their enemies. But in reality, this step was in their broader interest, and they knew that talking about integration was having a negative impact on them at the public level. However, they did not pay attention to these issues for the sake of Karachi’s interests and made a decision without any concern for the nation.”
Mustafa Kamal told bloggers that “MQM’s merger did not happen under pressure, but rather it was for the broader interests of the nation. If a decision had been made under pressure, then perhaps PSP and PTI would have joined because they too had faced pressure in the past, but it was not possible because PTI is not a political party.”
During this meeting, several questions were also discussed, including street crime in Karachi, agreements with the Pakistan Peoples Party, the government coalition, and MQM’s past. Some bloggers asked Mustafa Kamal tough and fearless questions about MQM’s past, to which he answered with great tolerance. (Some answers cannot be included in the news due to off-the-record conversations.)
