Anis Kaimkhani

Anis Ahmad Kaimkhani (Urdu: انیس قائمخانی born: 5 October) is a Pakistani politician who was the co-founder and president of Pak Sarzameen Party,[1] until its merger into Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan.

Anis Kaimkhani
President of Pak Sarzameen Party
In office
23 March 2016 – 12 January 2023
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born5 October
Hyderabad, Pakistan
Political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (present-2023)
Other political
affiliations
ParentHidayat Ali Khan (father)
ResidenceKarachi, Pakistan
CommitteesRabita Committee (2011-2013)

Family and personal life

Early life and education

Anis Kaimkhani was born on 5 October in Hyderabad, Pakistan where he also received his early education.

His father was Hidayat Ali Khan who died in December 2012.[2]

Political career

Working with MQM

Kaimkhani joined MQM in 1985 and rose to the position of unit in charge within two years. Then in 1987 he became the Unit-Incharge. In 1992 he was promoted to the rank of Zonal Incharge Hyderabad. Afterwards he was inducted into party's central co-ordination, Rabita Committee.

Rabita Committee

In 2011 Altaf Hussain, the chief of the MQM, selected Kaimkhani to be Rabita Committee's deputy convener. The party gave him many responsibilities in 2013 after which he was deducted. He was the former deputy convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).[3] Then he left the party and stayed with Mustafa Kamal out of Pakistan.[4] They stayed there for three years

Comeback and formation of Pak Sarzameen Party

Anis Kaimkhani, along with Syed Mustafa Kamal, returned to Karachi on 3 March 2016 holding a press conference in a rented house at Khayaban e Sahar in Defence phase 6 Karachi on the same day at 3:00 PM. They both founded a party which was called Pak Sarzameen Party. Kamal became the chairman while Kaimkhani became the president.

Later on in January 2018, before the 2018 Pakistan general elections, Farooq Sattar invited Kamal and Kaimkhani to rejoin the party but they rejected.[5] Kaimkhani did not contested in the 2018 Pakistan general elections.

References
  1. "Anis Kaimkhani". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. "Death of father of Anis Qaimkhani: Altaf Hussain offers condolences – Business Recorder". Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. "Anis Kaimkhani". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. "Anees Qaimkhani | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. Tribune.com.pk (29 January 2018). "Mustafa Kamal, Anis Kaimkhani invited to rejoin MQM". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

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