Demonstration of MQM against desecration of the Holy Quran
and Prophet hood at Tibet Centre, M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi today

    Minute to minute details

5.15 p.m. (PST) The participants of the peaceful rally now dispersing and going to their homes

5.10 p.m. (PST) Mr. Altaf Hussain just concluded his telephonic address. English translation of his speech would soon be posted on our web site along with his Urdu text.

4.22 p.m. (PST) Mr. Altaf Hussain, Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement is to begun his telephonic address from London.

4.15 p.m. (PST) Shaikh Liaquat Hussain, President Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation addressing to the protest rally.

4.05 p.m. (PST) Anwer Aalam, Incharge MQM Co-ordination Committee Pakistan, addressing to the protest rally.

4.00 p.m. (PST) Abdul Haseeb, Joint incharge, MQM Co-ordination Committee Pakistan, addressing to the protest rally.

3.55 p.m. (PST) Molana Irshad ul Haq Thanvi, religious scholar belong to the Deuband sect, addressing the gathering at M.A. Jinnah Road. Allama Ali Karrar Naqvi, religious scholar form Ahl-e-Tashee also addressed to the gathering.

3.50 p.m. (PST) Amir Abdulah Farooqi, religious scholar belong to the Gurba-e- Ahle Hadith addressing to the protest rally.

3.40 p.m. (PST) The speeches have formally begun. Maulana Feroz Uddin Rahmani has recited the verses of the Holy Quran to begin the Occasion formally. Maulana Siraj-ul-Huq Qadri, Leader of the Sunni Movement, part of the Jama't Ahle Sunnat has begun his speech, the religious scholars and the leaders of the MQM would follow.

3.20 p.m. (PST) The speeches of the MQM leaders and religious scholars are about to begin. "Power of the Eye" could not assess the crowd but some media-men claimed that their "Telescopic Eyes" of the camera term  this "Protest Rally" as unprecedented. Hundreds of thousands of people have already gathered and the number would soon reach to Million. Eye-witnesses now claim the participants as "Ocean of the People".

2.00 p.m. (PST) Hundreds of coaches bringing the people from all over Karachi to the vicinity of the Protest Rally are stuck in traffic resulting delays for people reaching the vicinity of the Protest Rally and forcing them to reach the vicinity by foot. From Tibet Centre to the Mausoleum of the Founding Father of Pakistan is totally jam packed. The coaches are stuck in the areas of Teen Hatti, Numaish, Gurumandir and Lasbela. The convergence of the caravan of the coaches are continuing.

1.45 p.m. (PST) People have converged around "Tibet Centre" to the Mausoleum of the Founding Father Mohammad Ali Jinnah on M.A. Jinnah Road. Eye-witnesses claim that specter is like of "Sea of the people" where heads can be seen but not counted.

1.30 p.m. (PST) Several Medical Camps have been erected in the vicinity of the "Tibet Centre", the venue of the protest rally. Ambulances, doctors and para-medics are in ready position to provide medical assistance to the public. "Drinking Water Stalls" have been established on several points around "Tibet Centre" and on M.A. Jinah Road to facilitate drinking water to the participants of the "Protest Rally" and general rally.

1.00 p.m.(PST) Generally, members of the public in Pakistan, Karachi and Sindh particularly is enraged over the desecration of the name of Allah, verses of the Holy Quran, prophet hood and Haddith are carrying banners and black flags inscribed with condemnation. Public are enraged that the caricatures were made by the non-Muslims while the so called upholders of Islam and Jihad  have devastated the religion by violating its sanctity by tearing apart and trampling over the name of Allah, verses of the Holy Book Quran and Haddith.

12.30 p.m. (PST) Workers of Muttahida Quami Movement began to gather at Tibet Centre, M.A. Jinnah Road
to participate in the protest rally against the desecration of the Holy Quran and Prophet hood by the leaders of the so-called religious parties alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) in the National Assembly. The roads in the vicinity of the Tibet Centre have been closed while the workers, supporters and general public is assembling peacefully at the Tibet Centre carrying flags of the MQM and posters of their leader Mr. Altaf Hussain. The public is also carrying "Black Flags" to mark the protest on the blasphemous acts of the leaders and Members of the National Assembly belonging to the so-called religious parties in alliance of the MMA (Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal).