Dr Sagheer Ahmed, parting way with MQM after 28 years

E-Paper | April 24, 2026

Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) senior lawmaker and coordination committee member, Dr Sagheer Ahmed, announced on Monday his decision to part ways with MQM, ending his 28-year long affiliation with the political party.

Ahmed's name is included in the ranks of senior MQM lawmakers and notable politicians from Karachi. He is the first senior politician to have joined the former mayor of Karachi, Mustafa Kamal, after his return to the country.

Born on 23 November, 1972, in Karachi, Ahmed did his MBBS from Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), and did his post-graduate studies in bio-chemistry.

As a student, Ahmed was active in student politics and was part of All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO).

Ahmed has been a member of the provincial assembly thrice, with his first stint starting in 2005. He won the by-elections on a vacated seat, and became the provincial environment minister, a post he held till 2007.

He returned to the provincial assembly in 2008, with his second tenure lasting till 2013. During the general elections held in 2013, he again returned to the provincial legislature by winning the PS-117 constituency and received 43,000 votes.

Ahmed was made the provincial health minister in 2008, a portfolio he held till 2014.

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N_Saq

Mar 07, 2016 09:27pm

Deir aahay duroost aahay! Who's next?

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Saulat Haider

Mar 07, 2016 09:37pm

Dr. Sageer is a man of conscious. I salute him.

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malick

Mar 07, 2016 10:02pm

Dr Sagheer is a dedicated to Pakistan a patriotic personality.

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Khan USA

Mar 07, 2016 11:02pm

@Saulat Haider Conscious ? After enjoying the helms of power in the capacity of being the Health Minister and then left the party to get a good price for becoming a Lota !

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Muhammad

Mar 07, 2016 11:34pm

Fear factor is still there, but going away slowly. There will certainly be more defections in coming months. Time has come to leave the ego aside and work for the betterment of Karachi

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Aftab Shah

Mar 08, 2016 02:12am

People must be waiting for the next episode, Probably everyone is getting entertained.....

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Mar 08, 2016 04:05am

Leaving MQM by Dr Sagheer Ahmed, Mustafa Kamal, Nabi Gobal (?) on account of MQM's governance to London residents than Karachi is not a joke! They are not LULLU PUNJU people but have had long die hard affiliation with MQM than anyone of us claim here. Unfortunately, MQM never wanted to change, and do not want to change now either. It's like Pakistan cricket team playing T20 matches with style of 1980s. We know where they stand now. So, is the case of MQM-keep denying what's needed for its change from top to bottom.

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AXH

Mar 08, 2016 06:37am

Please become part of a better party and work for Karachi. Karachi desperately needs your services to get out of this state that it has been in since MQM took a hold of it in the 80s. The Karachi that I remember from the 70s, there is no city in Pakistan that can compete with it and I have lived in both Karachi and Lahore for a long time.

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Arabian Sea

Mar 08, 2016 12:38pm

@ah You are right. Mqm does need a change and a refocusing back to Sindh urban issues. However, these turncoats have come about doing it in a completely wrong manner.

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