Unusual increase in houses in two Pakistani provinces
August 29th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) An abnormal increase in the number of houses in Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces left a government-run statistics bureau so worried that it promptly brought it ... Read more...
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Participate in politics, Pakistani daily exhorts women
February 21st, 2012 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) It is a curious paradox that while women's profile in politics has become more visible in Pakistan, it seems to be eroding at the grassroots, notes ... Read more...
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Two die in grenade attack in Karachi
February 8th, 2012 - 7:34 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) At least two people were killed and six others injured in a hand grenade attack in Pakistan's port city of Karachi Tuesday night, police said.The attack ... Read more...
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Zardari has not offered to resign: Spokesman (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari did not offer his resignation during a meeting with coalition partners, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Khan Babar said Wednesday.In a statement ... Read more...
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Pakistani parliament committee to probe Karachi violence
August 28th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan's parliament has formed a 17-member committee to review the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi, a media report said Sunday.The current spate of violence ... Read more...
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MQM to contest elections in Pakistani Kashmir
June 7th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Pakistan's Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), which primarily represents the Urdu-speaking people, will contest the next assembly elections in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a media report said."The MQM is ... Read more...
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MQM chief boasts of creating party’s stronghold in Punjab
April 11th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr 11 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has said that no one can prevent his party from creating a stronghold in Punjab.While addressing a public meeting of ... Read more...
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Karachi -Pakistan’s lifeline or City of Death
January 31st, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
By Vikram SoodNew Delhi, Jan.31 (ANI): In recent times while the world's attention was on events in FATA and North Waziristan, another brutal battle has been raging in Karachi, which is ... Read more...
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Political dynasties have to come to an end, says Altaf Hussain
January 2nd, 2011 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan.2 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that if the political dynasties do not come to an end, Pakistan's existence could come in danger.Hussain said the ... Read more...
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PML-N hints at legal action against MQM members for “bad-mouthing” its leadership
January 2nd, 2011 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Jan 2(ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is contemplating legal action against the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) parliamentarians, who were involved in "bad-mouthing and using unparliamentary language" against the PML-N leadership.On ... Read more...
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Gilani resolves to launch “jihad” against corruption in Pakistan
January 2nd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 2(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has expressed his government's resolve to launch a "jihad" against corruption in 2011."It is our resolve for the new year to launch ... Read more...
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Election violence leaves at least 41 dead in Karachi
October 18th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by BNO News
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least 41 people were killed during the weekend as Pakistanis hit the polls to elect a new provincial politician to the PS-94 Karachi seat, local media ... Read more...
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Brit sleuths recover weapons used in MQM leader’s murder in London
October 2nd, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 2 (ANI): Detectives from the Specialist Operations Counter Terrorism Command, investigating the murder of a London based Pakistani politician have reportedly found a knife and a brick used in the ... Read more...
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Pak intel blames ‘Hitler-clone’ MQM and its “Indian connection” for Karachi terror
September 29th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep 29 (ANI): A joint report prepared by the Pakistani intelligence and security agencies investigating into the targeted killings and lawlessness in Karachi has sought to blame terrorism in the province ... Read more...
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Police make witness appeal in Pakistani leader’s murder
September 19th, 2010 - 3:46 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (DPA) British police investigating the fatal stabbing of a Pakistani politician in London Saturday appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Imran Farooq, a senior member of the Muttahida Quami Movement ... Read more...
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Scotland Yard probing Taliban role in MQM leader’s assassination in London
September 18th, 2010 - 2:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.18 (ANI): The Taliban may have ordered the brutal murder of Dr. Imran Farooq, the exiled Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), outside his home in London.According to the Daily Mail, this ... Read more...
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MQM declares 10-day mourning over Imran Farooq’s assassination
September 17th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Sept 17 (ANI): The Muttahida Quami Movement's Coordination Committee has declared a mourning period of ten days over the assassination of the party's former convener Dr. Imran Farooq, who was stabbed ... Read more...
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MQM leader Imran Farooq murdered outside his London home
September 17th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by ANI
London, Sep 17(ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party leader Imran Farooq has been murdered in a knife attack outside his home in London.Farooq was one of the founding members of the MQM- ... Read more...
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US brushes aside MQM chief’s call for martial law in Pak
August 27th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.27 (ANI): Rejecting the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's call for martial law in Pakistan, the United States has said that it would not support any move for ... Read more...
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Crisis for Zardari led govt. deepens with demands for martial law in Pak
August 24th, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.24 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain's call for martial law in Pakistan has added to the crisis facing President Asif Ali Zardari's led government, with fears of ... Read more...
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India, Pak should learn neighbourliness from European countries: MQM chief
July 17th, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, July 17 (ANI): Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged both India and Pakistan to take lessons from European countries, who have realised that neighbours can not be changed, ... Read more...
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Zardari summons Sindh cabinet to Islamabad
May 10th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Monday postponed his visit to Karachi to attend a special meeting of the Sindh cabinet to review its functioning and has instead summoned ... Read more...
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‘MQM Pakistan’s richest party, ruling PPP poorest’
January 20th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) that is a member of Pakistan's ruling coalition is the country's richest political party while the Pakistan Peoples Party that leads the alliance ... Read more...
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12,000 cops for Karachi on Eid
November 27th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Nov 27 (IANS) Some 12,000 policemen are to be deployed in this volatile southern port city to maintain law and order on Eid on Saturday.
Sindh police has also finalised its Eid ... Read more...
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ANP proposes change in country’s name
November 19th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.19 (ANI): Pakistan's Awami National Party (ANP) has proposed to change the country's name from the 'Islamic Republic of Pakistan' to the 'People's Republic of Pakistan'.According to a private television channel, ... Read more...
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Pak lawmakers vow to continue fight for Musharraf’s high treason trial
November 4th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Describing former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's dubious decision of imposing an emergency on November 3, 2007 as a 'Black Day' in country's history, Members of National Assembly ... Read more...
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MQM denies ever pressing for Zardari’s resignation
November 3rd, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov.3 (ANI): The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has denied issuing any statement which asked for President Asif Ali Zardari's resignation.According to reports, a delegation of MQM leaders led by the ... Read more...
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Pakistan to ‘examine’ Interpol notice against Hafiz Saeed (Second Lead, superseding previous story)
August 28th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said his government will examine an Interpol red corner notice against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded last ... Read more...
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Pakistan to ‘examine’ Inrerpol notice against Hafiz Saeed (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 28th, 2009 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said his government will examine an Interpol red corner notice against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded last ... Read more...
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29 political killings in Karachi in June
June 8th, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 8 (IANS) Pakistan's financial capital has seen a staggering 29 political killings in the first week of June, eight of them on Sunday alone, police said.
Six of those killed Sunday ... Read more...
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Shun politics of ethnicity, says Pakistani media
May 12th, 2009 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 12 (IANS) The politics of ethnicity being played out in this Pakistani commercial capital "tends to be divisive and fragments society", an editorial in a leading English daily warned ... Read more...
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PPP open to national government with PML-N, PML-Q
May 6th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) Shaken by indications that the US could engineer a change in dispensation, Pakistan's ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) says it is ready to sup with two opposition ... Read more...
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Land and drug mafias responsible for Karachi violence: MQM
May 2nd, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 2 (IANS) Bristling at suggestions of its involvement in the ethnic violence in this southern port city that claimed at least 34 lives earlier this week, the Muttahida Quami ... Read more...
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Curb illegal arms supplies in Karachi: Pakistani PM (Lead)
May 1st, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 1 (IANS) Terming this southern port city a "mini Pakistan", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday called for curbing illegal arms supplies in the metropolis in the wake of ... Read more...
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Gilani sees foreign hand in Karachi violence; toll rises to 34
May 1st, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 1 (IANS) A foreign hand could not ruled out in the ethnic violence that has rocked this southern port city, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Friday as ... Read more...
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