The announcement was made in the general worker’s meeting of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which was held in Rawalpindi.
In the meeting, besides Zia Awan, Dr. Ibrar Hussain Shah, brother of PPP leader Israr Hussain Shah, and senior PML-Q leaders Malik Arshad Awan and Sarwar Gujjar also announced joining MQM.
A group of people from Swat also announced to join MQM and vowed to oust militancy from the country.
On the occasion it was announced that MQM will hold a workers' convention at Minar-i-Pakistan in first week of February.
