Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday issued an interim order in the deteriorating law and order situation of Karachi, holding land mafia responsible for the entire saga. A larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday issued a 10-page interim order in the Karachi law and order situation case. The apex court ordered […]
Dec 4 2012 | Posted in
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Hitting at the Supreme Court on delimitation order, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that his party will not allow a judicial martial law to be imposed in the country. In a speech, broadcast to more than 38 cities, the MQM chief said that judges passed an order for the delimitation […]
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain along with other party workers has been implicated in a murder case. Three office-bearers of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi), including its vice chairman, along with a taxi driver were killed in a gun attack on the taxi in Landhi on Thursday. According to police, an FIR […]
Dec 1 2012 | Posted in
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday termed the Supreme Court’s remarks over delimitation of constituencies in Karachi as unlawful and said that it was a conspiracy to steal the party’s mandate. The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to submit a report after consultation with the Sindh […]
Taking a jibe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s chairperson Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said Problems of Pakistan couldn’t be miraculously resolved in 90 days as claimed by some politicians. Speaking at a public gathering in Swat, the former two-timer premier said that the politicians contending for upcoming general elections […]
Nov 28 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be an expected move, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Khursheed Ahmed Shah dissociated the government from Rehman Malik’s decision to ban riding motorbikes and cellular services in Quetta and Karachi. The latest development showed supporters of Interior Minister Rehman Malik are dwindling day by day. The religious minister made it […]
Nov 19 2012 | Posted in
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that he had never received a single penny from any agency, saying that he had turned down illegitimate money offered by visitors to his home. In a telephonic address to religious clerics in Karachi and Lahore simultaneously, Hussain said that he had launched his movement […]
Nov 15 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has urged the federal government to take stringent measures to curb the elements who are playing with the lives of innocent people in Karachi. He issued a statement saying increasing incidents of target killings in the port city have shocked the nation, asking the authorities concerned to […]
Nov 12 2012 | Posted in
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Former Director Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt-Gen (Retd) Asad Durrani has said Rs140 million were collected for politicians, out of which Rs 70 million were distributed while the rest went into the ISI’s fund. While interviewing to a private TV channel, the former spy chief said that he was not aware of the funds being […]
Nov 10 2012 | Posted in
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Owing to international defence exhibition, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has postponed its referendum on what kind of Pakistan its citizens wanted to live in to November 14. MQM chief Altaf Hussain had called on Pakistanis in his speech on October 14 to declare whether they wanted to live in a Pakistan run by […]
Nov 6 2012 | Posted in
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In order to get rid the people of Karachi of MQM’s suppression, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has decided to deal with it through iron hands. TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan called reporters and read out a statement on Friday, saying the Taliban had decided to rid the people of Karachi of the suppression of MQM. […]
Nov 3 2012 | Posted in
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The bloodbath in Karachi has continued almost uninterrupted for more than two years of the present administration. To many, it is the outcome of a war of turfs between the three partners of the ruling coalition. There is a perception that instead of bringing the land mafia, drug mafia and criminal gangs of all sorts […]