Death row prisoner Saulat Mirza’s wife has claimed that Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s senior leadership and Chief Altaf Hussain were in contact with her husband throughout before his arrest in 1998. Speaking in a televised interview, Nikhat Mirza stated that Mr. Farooq Sattar, a senior MQM leader had told her in February this year that Saulat […]
Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader Altaf Hussain, tendered his resignation earlier today and then took his decision back after a few hours upon his workers’ insistence. The party leader had earlier announced that he is unable to continue leading the party forward and wishes his workers the best for the future. He also called for party […]
The leader and chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Mr. Altaf Hussain gave his resignation from the party’s leadership today, citing his inability to carry out his role any longer. Speaking to his party members via a telephonic address at Nine Zero, the MQM leader stated: “I will not be leading MQM from now […]
Following Saulat Mirza’s shocking revelations, the former governor of Punjab and senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has asked for an investigation into the matter. He was speaking at the annual meeting of Anjuman Arain Sindh, where he expressed concern over the justice system’s failure and expressed his belief that all political parties should […]
In a video which was broadcast nationally hours before his scheduled hanging, MQM’s former worker Saulat Mirza made shocking revelations to the whole nation in what he called was his last message to youngsters who wished to join political parties, especially the MQM. Saulat Mirza, who is a death row inmate, was sentenced in 1994 […]
One of the two men taken away from police custody and lynched by a mob has been identified as Naeem, who was a local glass cutter. Earlier, when protests against church bombings in Lahore’s Youhanabad area went out of control, angry members of the Christian community gathered in different cities to register their protests. The […]
Rangers raided Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) headquarters Nine Zero (90) in Karachi today at 6 AM in what was described as an “information-based operation” that led to the arrest of hardened criminals wanted by the authorities. The raid has also prompted protests from party workers as the Sindh Rangers cordoned off the area and sealed […]
Rizwan Qureshi, the suspect in the Baldia Fire case has mysteriously disappeared according to Pakistan Rangers, who revealed the fact in a meeting held yesterday to review the progress of their investigation. In his disclosure to the joint investigation team (JIT) formed to look into the case, Rizwan revealed that the arson was in retaliation […]
S. Jaishankar, the Indian Foreign Secretary arrived in Islamabad for a two-day visit on Tuesday along with a delegation of diplomats to reportedly discuss the resumption of peace talks. The Indian delegation was received on Tuesday by officials of the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan and the Indian High Commission. Mr. S. Jaishankar will be meeting […]
According to a senior health official, Pakistan has wasted $3.7 million worth of donated vaccines for children after failing to store them in the prescribed manner. The pentavalent vaccines were to prevent children from succumbing to deadly diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis B, meningitis and pneumonia. These vaccines require cold temperatures in storage but the […]
The Islamabad police has reportedly intercepted and foiled a terrorist plan targeting the Pakistan Day Parade due to be held on March 23, 2015. According to sources within the federal Police force, two suspects were apprehended in the course of raids carried out after the recent Qasar-e-Sakina Imambargah attack which shook the city last month. […]