New Jersey, May 14, 2008: Last Friday it looked like all roads were going to New Jersey. Despite an untoward weather and a working day, Pakistani community in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Virginia, Maryland and Connecticut flocked to attend an evening with Nazim e Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal in New Jersey, an event hosted by MQM New Jersey Unit in collaboration with MQM New York in a local hotel in New Jersey which also marked the biggest ever event held by MQM New Jersey. While the evening, “Eik Shaam – Shehr e Quaid Ke Naam”, was attended by more than 450 people from all walks of life including successful professional, businessmen, intellectuals, poets, general Haq Parast community in North East, it was also attended by, workers and office bearers of MQM New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Virginia, and Connecticut, members of MQM USA’s literary, cultural, social, and recreational wings, members of Central Organizing Committee MQM USA, The Central Organizer MQM USA, and Nigraan e Aala MQM North America.

Many people spoke at the event including Unit In- Charges of MQM New Jersey and MQM New York and members Central Organizing Committee, however, the detailed deliberations on current Pakistani political situation, and the development and progress of Karachi, were delivered by the Nigraan e Aala MQM North America Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, and the Mayor of Karachi (Nazim e Karachi) Syed Mustafa Kamal respectively.

In his state-of-the-politics address Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui held the feudal system, backed by all religious and pseudo-political parties of Pakistan, responsible for all the oppression and deprivation for the common men of Pakistan. Nonetheless, he said, one political party still exists in Pakistan which is striving at its best for the rights of 98% deprived and that is MQM. He said that this is the vision and honesty of the leader of MQM Quaid e Tehreek Altaf Hussain That a youth, then born in the slumps of Karachi is now Nazim e Karachi, and an official guest of the State Department of United States of America. He insisted on the adoption of the prescription of “Realism and Practicalism” prescribed by Quaid e Tehreek Altaf Hussain and said that this is the only remedy for the problems of common men in Pakistan.

Nazim e Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal depicted, in his address, the progress and development of Karachi during the tenure of current city government of Karachi. However, he also apprised the community of the problems which his government is facing due to ineffectiveness of previous city governments in Karachi. He said that it is very unfortunate that he still has to concentrate on the basic problems like provision of drinking water and sewerage system while he is planning to cope with the challenges of 21^st century. He said that these basic problems should have been solved may be 50 years ago. He said, due to the shear absence of infra-structure in Karachi, a large sum of budget is consumed for building the infra-structure and that is only because no body planned for any master plan for such a huge and mega dwelling. He said that the present city government of Karachi has served all the inhabitants of Karachi equally without any prejudice of nationality and political affiliation and they have done so on the wishes and instructions of Quaid e Tehreek Altaf Hussain who wanted even those to be served equally who never voted for Muttahida Quami Movement.

The evening assimilated in the night and practically came to an end after the change of the date.

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