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MQM quits provincial, federal govts

MQM quits provincial, federal govts

The MQM announced that it had decided to quit the federal and provincial governments in protest against what it described as ‘negative attitude’ of the People’s Party. Published 16 Feb, 2013 08:59pm
Turf wars: One man’s land

Turf wars: One man’s land

The grabbing of land by forcible occupation or by forging documents in connivance with government officials is nothing new in Karachi. Published 13 Jan, 2013 12:06am

MQM meeting backs Qadri’s Tahrir Square programme

KARACHI, Jan 1: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain and Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran’s patron-in-chief Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri vowed at largely attended public meeting here on Tuesday to turn Islamabad into Pakistan’s Tahrir Square on Jan 14 when ‘mil Published 01 Jan, 2013 09:24pm

MQM says Altaf will never appear before SC

KARACHI, Dec 16: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement appeared to be on a collision course with the superior judiciary on Sunday when its leaders declared that hundreds of thousands of people from Karachi and other Published 16 Dec, 2012 10:02pm

Surveyors not being allowed to enter some areas

KARACHI, Dec 7: Revenue teams conducting a survey of land in Karachi are facing problems in carrying out the exercise because of hilly terrain in the city’s suburban areas and non-cooperation of certain Published 08 Dec, 2012 03:24am

Altaf hits out at SC on delimitation order

KARACHI, Dec 2: Terming an apex court ruling regarding fresh delimitation of constituencies in Karachi before a census an attempt to ‘snatch his party’s mandate’, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Published 03 Dec, 2012 02:44am
Zardari, Altaf discuss electoral alliance

Zardari, Altaf discuss electoral alliance

President Zardari and Altaf Hussain met in London and discussed the possibility of an alliance between the PPP and MQM for the next general election. Published 02 Oct, 2012 12:03am

Muttahida threatens to quit govt, again

KARACHI, Sept 24: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement again threatened on Monday night to leave the ruling coalition and sit on the opposition benches in parliament if its ‘legitimate demands’ were not accepted by the Published 25 Sep, 2012 02:39am

Rs2.2bn for PPP strongholds, Rs200m for MQM districts

KARACHI, June 11: While the Sindh government has allocated a huge sum of Rs2.2 billion for four special packages for Lyari, Keamari, Malir and Karachi’s rural localities, it earmarked only Rs200 million for the city’s two thickly populated districts — cen Published 11 Jun, 2012 08:25pm

PPP, MQM reject call for Mohajir province

KARACHI, May 28: Accusing Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif of hatching a conspiracy to divide Sindh, a four-member ministerial committee of the Pakistan People’s Party has ruled out the possibility of holding dialogue with elements demanding a Mohajir Published 29 May, 2012 12:06am
‘Resolve the issue or lose Balochistan’: Altaf

‘Resolve the issue or lose Balochistan’: Altaf

KARACHI, Feb 19: Altaf Hussain, the chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has said that wrong policies and suppression of the voice of Baloch people have brought Balochistan to the verge of separation from the Published 19 Feb, 2012 09:33pm

MQM mulls fielding lawyer, ex-diplomat in senate election

KARACHI, Feb 12: While the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has not yet finalised its candidates for three of the total 12 senate seats from Sindh, it is considering fielding a former diplomat, who does not hail from Sindh, and a leading constitutional lawyer in Published 12 Feb, 2012 11:41pm
Impact on Karachi politics

Impact on Karachi politics

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has staked its claim for a place in the violence-wracked city’s political arena. Published 26 Dec, 2011 01:53am
Afaq wants province in south Sindh

Afaq wants province in south Sindh

The Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi) chairman, however, said any administrative unit should not be created on an ethnic basis. Published 21 Dec, 2011 02:32am