Khālid al-Za‘farānī, a former member of the Brotherhood and secretary general of the frozen Labor Party, announced the establishment of a new party under the name Hizb al-Islāh wa al-‘Adāla wa al-Tanmīya [Reform, Justice and Development, and said would go through the paper work for his party soon.


Za‘farānī said his new party would represent the democratic Islamic Arab popular mainstream and noted the still-embryo party has nothing to do at all with the Muslim Brotherhood and includes 10 Copts in its membership.