Nadeem Nusrat

Responsibilities post 22 August 2016 event After defection of many MQM leaders in Pakistan, Altaf Hussain made Nadeem Nusrat second in command to head of all the affairs of the party in London.

End of role as MQM London convener In 2017, it was reported that Nusrat has parted ways with MQM London which was later confirmed in May 2018 by MQM's London based leadership.

Rift from MQM-London He later launched his own political movement named Free Karachi which was later renamed Voice of Karachi, changing its mission from a voice against the state atrocities against Mohajirs in Pakistan to becoming a critic of former MQM and its leader Altaf Hussain. In 2021 Nusrat claimed an attack on his life in Houston, United States, which was later refuted by the police and the "suspect" was released. His close aide Wasay Jaleel parted ways from VOK soon after and remains inactive until this day.