Afaq Ahmed once again out of jail An imprisonment concludes with in, bringing another tension to the port city of Karachi. Chief Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H), Afaq Ahmed, having been detained for the last seven years and eight months, ultimately freed on the instructions of the Sindh High Court (SHC). He had been set free […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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MQM reacts over Afaq Ahmed’s release; Farooq Sattar threatens government with ‘million march’ Multan (December 17), Deputy Convener of the Coordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Dr. Farooq Sattar said expressed his anger and discomfort over government’s inability to pull the country out of mal-governance and a poor economic situation and said his party […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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Three requests for one warm welcome With the news of President Asif Ali Zardari’s recovery, collation partners and his close aides are preparing to give the PPP’s co-chairman a warm welcome home. The decision to this affect was taken soon after the doctors permitted Zardari to go home. However, President’s security staff, due to security […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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PML-N Raja Zafar ul Haq flays criticism on the government for making the parliament redundant Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)’s Chairman, Senator Raja Zafar ul Haq, targeted the government for making the parliament redundant by ignoring its’ all decisions, resolutions and instructions. In his view, the masses have lost their confidence on the legislative institution. Raja […]
Dec 8 2011 | Posted in
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A registered vote brings Winds of Change As Pakistan gears up for upcoming elections, voters are reexamining their continual support for the two “old parties” of Pakistan. Alternative third parties like Tehreek-e-Insaaf are gaining popularity and thereby challenging the PPP-PML-N dichotomy. With greater choices available to the voter, it is increasingly important to examine what […]
Nov 29 2011 | Posted in
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One of the influential political parties of Sindh province, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), has sought immediate measures from the government and the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the ex-Home Minister, Zulfiqar Mirza. In a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari and Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, two senior leaders of MQM have pleaded to take […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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Imran Khan claims Sharif brothers are a ‘product of establishment’ Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has delivered another bouncer at the Sharif brothers Nawaz and Shahbaz saying that they were a ‘product of establishment.’ The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has made different claims regarding Imran being supported by the establishment, but the latter […]
Nov 23 2011 | Posted in
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Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Memon, revealed that he will remain friends with the former Sindh Home minister Zulfiqar Mirza. Talking to the media in Karachi, he asserted that friendship and career are two different things and should not be mixed. “I still support Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and accept their decisions with my eyes closed, […]
Nov 19 2011 | Posted in
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Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon resigns Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Memon resigned from his post at the provincial cabinet after an extensive meeting with the President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday. Just a day before, the correspondents of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) raised their voices against Memon’s tour to London. Memon went to London with […]
Nov 19 2011 | Posted in
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Zulfiqar Mirza to supply proof against Altaf Hussain in House of Lords Zulfiqar Mirza, the former Sindh Home Minister, will articulate in the House of Lords in London on Wednesday at 11 p.m PST where he is expected to supply proof to the House of Lords against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain. Mirza […]
Nov 16 2011 | Posted in
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MQM and PPP agrees on introducing a new local government system The Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have agreed to introduce a new local government system which will be known as Sindh Local Government System 2011. Both parties believe this new system will help in ending the urban and rural differences among […]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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No Nawaz! No Nawaz! Rhetoric from the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) and its Quaid Altaf Hussain is something we should expect from the party at any time. It was on a show in abundance once again at the Istehkam-e-Jamhooriyat (Strengthening the Democracy) meeting organised in Karachi, basically as a response to the PML-N’s anti-government rally […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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