MQM initial setup before RC The initial set up of the party - TopicsExpress



          

MQM initial setup before RC The initial set up of the party which was devised in 1984 – soon after the formation of the MQM, then the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, was simple. They wanted the party chief’s message to reach the people quickly. The founding members, including Altaf Hussain, Azeem Tariq and Dr Imran Farooq, sat together and thought in great detail how this could be done. “At the time, the Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamaat-e-Islami were active parties in the city,” said a leader. “The founding members studied their party structures and then decided on how they wanted to organise the MQM.” It was decided that units would be set up at a council level with a sector and a sub-division would oversee them. Initially there were about 12 to 15 sectors, which reported directly to the zonal committees. The city was divided in five zones – A, B, C, D and E – each zone had its own committee and a man incharge. Their prime responsibility was to collect donations, induct new members, organise rallies and help campaign during the elections. One zone had different sectors they had to look after and report daily to a central committee. Some of the prominent zonal incharges include – Afaq Ahmed who headed Zone A which covered areas like Landhi, Malir and Shah Faisal; and Amir Khan who looked after Zone C which includes Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, New Karachi and North Nazimabad. This setup lasted till 1992. After the army operation against the MQM started the committees were disbanded, sector and unit offices were shut down and several workers went into hiding. The current setup At the moment, there are more than 200 units and 26 sectors that report to the KTC, which was formed in 2002 by the RC and is headed by an incharge. The KTC was dissolved last May after the general elections as Altaf Hussain was displeased over the party’s failure to gain votes and complaints over the leaders inefficiency. While this is not the first time the KTC was dissolved, party workers believe that this time it might wrap up for good.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 03:35:44 +0000

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