KARACHI: Provincial lawmaker for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan, Irtiza Khalil Farooqui, announced to join the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) on Friday, Aaj News reported. 

PSP chief Mustafa Kamal spoke to reporters at the Karachi Press Club,  "I welcome Irtiza to the party. I wish him all the best. I hope his addition proves beneficial for us and and all others who are just standing on the line waiting for a chance to join PSP", he said.

Farooqui was elected from PS-119, Karachi from an MQM ticket in the 2013 general elections.

The announcement came barely two weeks after MQM’s Sheikh Abdullah, another elected MPA from PS-97 joined the PSP.