Pak Sarzameen Party

{{Infobox political party

| name = Pak Sarzameen Party

| native_name = پاک سر زمین پارٹی

| logo = Pak Sarzameen Party Logo.svg

| logo_size = 180px

| colorcode = {{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}

| founders = Syed Mustafa Kamal
Anis Kaimkhani

| founded = {{start date|2016|03

|23|df=yes}}

| merged into =

| president = Anis Kaimkhani

| spokesperson = Syed Waseem Hussain

| headquarters = Pakistan House, PECHS, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi

| website = {{URL|http://psp.org.pk/}}

| country = Pakistan

| leader1_title = Vice Chairman

| leader1_name = Ashfaq Mangi

| general_secretary = Hassan Sabir

| colors = {{colour box|#008000}}{{colour box|#0000FF}}{{colour box|#FF0000}} Green, Blue, Red

| student_wing = Pak Sarzameen Students Federation (PSSF)

| slogan = Izzat – Insaf – Ikhtiyar ({{literal translation|Respect – Justice – Authority|i=yes}})

| symbol = File:Pak Sarzameen Party Dolphin.png

| flag = Pak Sarzameen Party PSP Flag.png

| Chairman = Syed Mustafa Kamal

| ideology = Pakistani nationalism
(Left-wing nationalism)
Socialism

| seats1_title = Senate of Pakistan

| seats1 = {{composition bar|24|100|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats2_title = National Assembly of Pakistan

| seats2 = {{composition bar|25|336|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats3_title = Provincial Assembly of Punjab

| seats3 = {{composition bar|11|371|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats6_title = Provincial Assembly of Balochistan

| seats6 = {{composition bar|0|65|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats5_title = Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

| seats5 = {{composition bar|14|145|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats4_title = Provincial Assembly of Sindh

| seats4 = {{composition bar|19|168|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats7_title = Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly

| seats7 = {{composition bar|5|33|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| seats8_title = Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly

| seats8 = {{composition bar|13|53|{{party color|Pak Sarzameen Party}}}}

| split = MQM-L

| merged = MQM-P

| abbreviation = PSP

| position = Left-wing

}}

Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP; {{langx|ur|{{URDU|پاک سر زمین پارٹی}}}}) was a Pakistani political party founded by Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani on 23 March 2016.{{cite news|url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1403603|title=Pak Sarzameen Party|date=19 July 2018|access-date=5 December 2021|work=Dawn (newspaper)}} Ashfaq Mangi, Hassan Sabir, Iftikhar Alam and Shabbir Qaimkhani were senior members of the party. It merged into Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan on 12 January 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1731273/mustafa-kamal-says-psp-to-join-mqm-p|title=MQM factions reunite ahead of local govt elections in Karachi, Hyderabad|date=12 January 2023|access-date=12 January 2023|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}

The party headquarters were Pakistan House which is in Karachi.

History

= Return of Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani =

File:Syed Mustafa Kamal at the tomb of Quaid-e-Azam.jpg, former chairman of PSP]]

On 3 March 2016, Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani returned to Karachi to conduct a press conference. He announced his new political party without revealing the new name of the party.{{cite web|last1=Ali|first1=Rabia|title=Mustafa Kamal launches political party after no-holds-barred tirade against Altaf Hussain|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1058617/mqm-leaders-mustafa-kamal-anees-qaimkhani-arrive-in-karachi/|website=The Express Tribune|access-date=23 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}} Then on 23 March 2016, Syed Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani conducted a press conference in Clifton, Karachi. Three names were suggested, "Pak Sarzameen Party", "Pakistan Qaumi Party" and "Pakistan Qaumi Movement" and Pak Sarzameen Party was chosen.{{cite web|title=Mustafa Kamal's 'Pak Sarzameen Party' launched|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/03/23/national/mustafa-kamals-pak-sarzameen-party-launched/|website=Pakistan Today|access-date=23 March 2016}}

Later on the party was joined by former MQM members and many other MNA's and MPA's.{{Cite web|title=Another MQM-P member joins Kamal's PSP {{!}} Pakistan Today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/29/another-mqm-p-member-joins-kamals-psp/|access-date=2020-12-25|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}{{Cite web|date=2017-12-08|title=Former MQM-Pakistan member joins PSP|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1579446/1-former-mqm-pakistan-member-joins-psp|access-date=2020-12-25|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} MQM accused the party for working under the patronage of Sindh Rangers in order to threaten MQM workers to join PSP or face arrest.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1253955|title=MQM protest over 'threats' to change workers' loyalties|date=2016-04-24|newspaper=DAWN.COM|access-date=2017-01-02}}{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/karachi/2017-01-20/crackdown-on-mqm-l-workers-continues#.WIFxBEFcqX0.twitter|title='Crackdown' on MQM-L workers continues|newspaper=The Nation|access-date=2017-01-20|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/karachi/22-Oct-2016/mqm-factions-causing-uncertainty|title=MQM factions causing uncertainty|newspaper=The Nation|access-date=2017-01-02|language=en-US}}

PSP's founder and chairman Mustafa Kamal has stated that he has recovered MQM's missing persons but MQM alleges that those missing persons were arrested by paramilitary forces of Sindh Rangers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/08/over-125-missing-mqm-workers-recovered-join-psp/|title=Over 125 missing MQM workers recovered; join PSP {{!}} SAMAA TV|newspaper=Samaa TV|access-date=2017-01-02}}

The PSP president Anis Kaimkhani was arrested by Law enforcement in connection to Baldia Factory fire case.{{Cite news|url=https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/03/non-bailable-arrest-warrant-issued-for-anees-qaimkhani/|title=Non-bailable arrest warrant issued for Anees Qaimkhani {{!}} SAMAA TV|newspaper=Samaa TV|access-date=2017-01-02}} He was later on released on bail.

Constitution

The Party had a published constitution. Their slogan was Izzat – Insaf – Ikhtiyar (Respect – Justice – Authority).

Electoral history

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!Election

!Votes

!Seats

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!Source

2018

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= 2018 Elections =

PSP participated in the 2018 Pakistan general elections. However, they failed to achieve a seat in the National Assembly as well as in the Provincial Assembly's of Pakistan.

In an interview, Mustafa Kamal told that the elections were not fair and told the whole process of the elections.

PSP Office attack

The PSP Office was attacked on 24 December 2018. Two PSP workers were killed and many people got injured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1453176|title=2 PSP workers shot dead in attack on party office in Karachi's Nazimabad|last=Ali|first=Imtiaz|date=2018-12-24|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} The Rescue teams came to the PSP Office and took them to the hospital. The injured were said to be in negative and critical condition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/409963-two-psp-workers-killed-in-rizvia-society-attack|title=Two PSP workers killed in Rizvia Society attack|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=2019-01-22}} After the attack Syed Ali Raza Abidi died and Syed Mustafa Kamal said that PSP Office attack and Ali Raza Abidi attack were linked together. The biggest suspect was Altaf Hussain, who has been accused of terrorism many times.{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/337435/mustafa-kamal-accuses-mqm-london-of-killing-two-workers-in-psp-office-attack/|title=Mustafa Kamal accuses MQM-London of killing two workers in PSP office attack|date=2018-12-25|website=Daily Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-25}}

Merger with MQM

On 12 January 2023, Syed Mustafa Kamal (the founder of PSP) announced that his party would merge with MQM-P ahead of the 2023 local government elections of Sindh.{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2023-01-12 |title=MQM factions reunite ahead of local govt elections in Karachi, Hyderabad |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1731273 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=Farooq Sattar, Mustafa Kamal join ranks of MQM-P in bid to reinvigorate party |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/12-Jan-2023/farooq-sattar-mustafa-kamal-join-ranks-of-mqm-p-in-bid-to-reinvigorate-party |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=The Nation |language=en}}