Mayor Akhtar 'suspends' Mustafa Kamal as Project Director Garbage in less than 24 hours.

KARACHI -- A day after 'appointing' Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal as 'Project Director Garbage on a voluntary basis' to clean the provincial metropolis, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Tuesday 'suspended' the former city mayor from the post.

'I had appointed him thinking that he sincerely wanted to solve the city's problems. However, after the press conference he held last night, it is clear that Kamal only wants to play politics,' Akhtar was quoted as saying during a media talk.

'Therefore, I am, hereby, suspending Kamal from the position I had given him yesterday,' he said.

A day earlier, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) found itself in a rather awkward position after its leader and Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar appointed party's chief nemesis Mustafa Kamal to clean the megacity 'on a voluntary basis with immediate effect'.

According to the Notification Number Mayor/KMC/134/2019, dated August 26, 2019, the appointment was originally made for a period of 90 days.

'In the light of the statement made and reported in electronic and print media that Syed Mustafa Kamal has shown his willingness to clean the city of Karachi within 90 days, I being mayor of Karachi, hereby...