کراچی میں متحدہ قومی موومنٹ کے زیر اہتمام ایک بڑے اجتماع میں وفاقی حکومت اور قانون نافذ والے اداروں سے مطالبہ کیا گیا ہے کہ طالبان سے آہنی ہاتھوں سے نمٹا جائے کیونکہ پاکستان اور طالبان ایک ساتھ نہیں چل سکتے۔
بانیِ پاکستان محمد علی جناح کے مزار کے قریب منعقدہ ریلی میں پیش کی گئی قرارداد میں یہ بھی مطالبہ کیا گیا ہے کہ ان سیاسی اور مذہبی جماعت

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has said that its solidarity rally today (Sunday) would prove a first step against terrorism and show that the nation is united against terrorism.
Speaking to media representatives, Deputy Convener of MQM Rabita Committee Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that this is not time to sit in homes “rat

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) today organised a massive rally in this southern Pakistani city to show solidarity with the armed forces, saying the country's existence is being threatened by militancy. 

Addressing the rally on phone, MQM's London-based chief Altaf Hussain said Pakistan's peace and security are under threat a

More than 100,000 people rallied in Karachi on Sunday to call for strong military action against Islamic militants as another bomb blast killed 13 people in the country’s northwest region, officials said.

Women, children and members of minority communities took part in the demonstration led by the liberal political party, Mutta

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain rejected “dialogue” option with the Taliban in his telephonic address to participants of a large rally in the metropolis on Sunday.

The event organised by his party to express its solidarity with the Pakistan Armed Forces was attended by numerous party suppor

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday staged a large rally in Karachi to show its solidarity with the Pakistan Army and other law enforcing agencies, calling on them to take stern action against elements that challenge the writ of the government and stoke violence in the country.
“It is time to save Pakistan. The MQM an

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qoumi Movement MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has directed party leaders to hold referendum across the country on the question of whether to join Sindh government or sit in the opposition.
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) office bearers have advised party chief Altaf Hussain t

KARACHI: MQM chief, Altaf Hussain has asked his party’s Rabita Committee to hold a nationwide referendum over if they should join the Sindh government or sit on opposition benches.

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement's chief Altaf Hussain has said the victory of Haq Parast candidate from PS-128 is the fruit of workers' round-the-clock hard work and sacrifices of the party's martyred.
He was addressing via telephone from London the Coordination Committee, Karachi Tanzeemi (Organisational) Committee and workers of MQM's di

KARACHI:
The 9,500 voters of PS-128 who couldn’t vote on May 11 have now cast their ballots and the unofficial results are in: Muttahida Quami Movement’s (MQM) candidate, Syed Waqar Hussain Shah, has won the seat by a margin of around 300 votes.
Before the re-polling on Saturday at six polling stations of the constituency

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate Syed Waqar Hussain Shah was declared winner by a narrow margin of 202 votes after re-polling in the six polling stations of Sindh Assembly constituency PS-128 in the Malir area of Karachi.
Shah edged out his main rival, Muttahida Deeni Mahaz’s (MDM) Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqui, after the recount

Monday, June 10, 2013 - Karachi—Mutehida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said, the law enforcement agencies control the gang war element. “The law enforcement agencies control the gang war element otherwise we are able to come over on these terrorists.

So please don’t try our patience,” Altaf said whil

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement is against the obsolete system prevalent in the country a

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Sunday that the victory of the MQM candidate in the re-polling on a provincial assembly seat in Karachi was actually the defeat of extremist thinking.

MQM’s Waqar Shah won the PS-128 constituency against Muttahida Deeni Mahaz candidate Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi, who

KARACHI: Re-polling in the provincial assembly constituency PS-128 has seen the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate Waqar Hussain emerge victorious, according to unofficial results.
According to unoffical results, MQM's Waqar Hussain bagged 23,828 votes. Whereas his opponent Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi from the Muttahida Deeni Mah

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that his party would render unconditional support to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government if it eliminated corruption in the countr

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has endorsed the decision of the party’s Rabita (Coordination) Committee to support Nawaz Sharif for the office of t

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) coordination committee on Monday appealed to the government to take immediate steps to save the life of its Karachi Tanzeemi Committee (KTC) member Ayaz Hassan who went allegedly missing today, Geo News reported.

In a statement issued here, the coordination committee claimed that MQM of

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KARACHI: The Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement has appealed the authorities to take immediate action for saving the life of its Karachi Tanzeemi Committee member, Ayaz Hassan, who was abducted the other day. In a statement, the committee said Hassan was g

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has formed an enlarged 23-member Coordination Committee and a 10-member Organisational Committee endorsed by the London-based founder and chief of the party Altaf Hussain. Read More

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain said on Sunday an enquiry was underway against those office bearers of the dissolved Coordination and Karachi Tanzeemi committees whose names were not included in the newly formed committees.

In his telephonic address at MQM workers' convention at Jinnah Ground here, he said tho

MQM chief Altaf Hussain has carried out one of the most radical purges in the party’s history. The party’s main Coordination (Rabita) Committee and the Karachi Tanzeemi (Organisational) Committee have been dissolved and replaced by a 23-member apex and 10-member Karachi committee. The ostensible reasons for these wholesale changes as qu

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday night announced names of the party’s new office bearers in the wake of mismanagement and ‘hooliganism’ reported during Hussain’s speeches after the May 11 general elections, DawnNews reported.Speaking to the party’s workers via telephone from London

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has asked workers and office-bearers of the party to recommend one person from their respective sectors to join the coordination committee.
All recommendations should be made entirely on merit and the recommended person should fit a certain criteria, he said, per a statement release

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid, Altaf Hussain Friday said that his movement aims at struggling for the rights of the deprived masses as against the vicious propaganda of fanning hatred against a

KARACHI - The Coordination Committee (Rabita Committee) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday was disbanded a day after the party founder and chief Altaf Hussain announced cleansing it of undesirable elements.
A party statement said that the Coordination Committees of Karachi and London, the main decision-making body of the MQM,

KARACHI: The Coordination Committee (Rabita Committee) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has been dissolved a day after the party supremo Altaf Hussain said that cleansing process has begun within the MQM.

According to Geo News, the Coordination Committee of Karachi and London, the main decision making body of the MQM, have been

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui Monday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) internal conflicts led to Zahra Shahid Hussain's murder, Geo News reported. Read More

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has decided to sue Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan for defamation.

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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement will hold demonstrations across the world against Imran Khan’s allegations on Altaf Hussain.

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Farooq Sattar says party to hold peaceful protests in and outside Pakistan

All legal options being considered against PTI chief

Protests held in Karachi, tension prevails in Hyderabad

The post-election war of words between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is set to i

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday announced to hold peaceful protests across the country and abroad over PTI leader Imran Khan’s leveling of ‘hasty and outrageous’ allegations a

KARACHI: Senior leader Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Wasay Jalil has said that Altaf Hussa

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TANDO ALLAH YAR: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said blasts are being carried out in Sindh, Punjab and Karachi through Sindhis, Punjabis and Urdu speaking people and requested the peop

DALLAS: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Houston and Dallas, Texas staged protest against recent bombings and killings of electoral candidates and supporters of three major moderate political parties of Pakista

(CNN) -- Three people were killed and more than 30 injured in back-to-back explosions near the headquarters of an ant

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KARACHI: A complete shutdown was observed in Karachi and other cities of Sindh on Sunday (today) following a call to observe a 'day of mourning' by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQ

Two bombs have exploded near an office of the liberal Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) in Karachi, Pakistan, leaving several people dead. The Taliban

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SUKKUR: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party wants Pakistan to progress and develop

SUKKUR: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party wants Pakistan to progress and develop according to the vision of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Dr Muhammad Iqbal. Read More

LONDON: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Quaid, Altaf Hussain, said on Thursday that the political leaders supporting terrorism wanted to impose their own interpretation of the Sharia in the count

KARACHI: Haq Parast candidates for National and Sindh assemblies from Sukkur claimed that t

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) late on Thursday blamed ‘a Punjab based party’ for having a militant wing which carried out the Burns Road bombing, injuring at least eight people, DawnNews reported.

At least eight people were injured in a large blast targeting

HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that liberal and enlightened forces would not let retrogressive forces impose their brand of Sharia on the nation.

The MQM, ANP and PPP were in high spirits for the elections despite terror attacks, the Muttahida chief declared.

“Electio

 

KARACHI: Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain has hailed the address of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to the armed forces on the Martyrs Day.

In a statement issued here, he said that Gen Kayani deserved to be praised greatly for expressing his point of view on highly sensitive i

KARACHI - Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has welcomed Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s statement, given on the occasion of Yaum-e-Shuhada.

In a statement issued from London, Altaf Hussain said General Kayani with his courageous stance, proved himself to be a valiant so

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LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned killing of two party workers in Hyderabad, Geo News reported.

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said that whether it was the sa

KARACHI: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, Monday claimed that moderate powers of Pakistan would lock horns with "international establishment", Geo News reported.

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KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and Awami National P

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) in a joint press conference announced that they will participate in the upcoming general elections despite

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Dr Farooq Sattar on Monday said that if M

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KARACHI - Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday said there was a conspiracy underway to give power to right-wing parties in Pakistan by keeping out liberal and enlightened parties out of the electoral process. Read More

LONDON: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has advised the masses to exerci

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Saturday, April 27, 2013 - karachi—The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain said that there was a conspiracy to give power to right-wing  Read More

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the bomb blast at the ANP office in Quaid-i-Awam Colony and termed it a continuation of terrorism against moderate and enlig

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KARACHI: The funeral prayers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers killed in Thursday blast have been offered, Geo News reported Friday.

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Wednesday observed mourning day across Sindh over t

KARACHI: Following the mourning call given by the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) on Tuesday night, the educational institutions and business centers are shut across the city while transport is also off the ro

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LONDON/KARACHI: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, on Tuesday, while slamming an attack on the party's election office at the People's Chowrangi, directed the Co-ordination Commit

The main political party in the Pakistani city of Karachi, the MQM, has c

Lahore - MQM chief Altaf Hussain still thinks that the general elections should be delayed for a few months to improve the law and order situation in the country before affording the people an opportunity to use their right to vote.
In case the elections are held on May 11, as scheduled, there would be a lot of bloodshed and tens of thousand

HYDERABAD/MIRPURKHAS: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that Pervez Musharraf had surrendered himself before the courts and now he should be given a fair chance to defend h

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - Karachi—The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain said that the MQM believed in  Read More

TANDO ALLAHYAR: Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has said that he is son of Sindh and ready to sacrifice his life for it, SAMAA reports.
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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party believe

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At least eleven people were injured when armed men on two motorcycles threw hand grenades near an election office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Kharadar. 

Police officials said the Lyari gangsters were

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday announced that his party has fielded 671 candidates for seats of National and Provincial Assemblies across the country.

He revealed this while addressing a public meeting at Lal Qila Ground, Azizabad in Karachi. Read More

KARACHI: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) met with Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister, Justice (Retd) Zahid Kurban Alavi and told him its reservations regarding law and order situation of Karachi.

Led by Farooq Sattar, the MQM delegation said that his party candidates are facing troubles while working on

Karachi: MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday demanded interim goverment to immediately arrest culprits behind the continuous killings of MQM activists across Sindh province.

The MQM cheif asked the caretaker and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as to why the killings of MQM activists conitnue unabated in the province?

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KARACHI.: Condemning the killing of its worker on Thursday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced that it will observe a day of mourning on Friday over the killings of its office bearers and workers.

On Thursday, the joint MQM unit in-charge of UC – 5 in Mehmoodabad Muhammad Faisal was kil

Karachi

 

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) announced on Thursday that it would observe a peaceful day of mourning on Friday (today) across Sindh in protest against relentless killings of its office-bearers, workers and an election candidate.

 

Black flags would be hoisted and Fateha offered for those

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) late on Thursday announced to observe a ‘peaceful day of mourning’ across Sindh against brutal killings of its activists and office bearers, DawnNews reported.

The party has appealed its workers to remain peaceful and hoist black fla

 

Karachi

 

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief has lamented that on the pretext of the apex court’s order that the barriers set up in the no-go areas of Karachi be done away with, Rangers were removing them in the peaceful areas of the city.

 

“These barriers [in the peaceful a

 

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced names of a few candidates who will contest election from different constituencies of the National Assembly and Sindh Assembly from Karachi and Hyderabad in the upcoming general elections, Geo News reported.

 

According to the announcement, Nabil Gabol,

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mustafa Kamal has said that MQM would achieve massive success in the upc

KARACHI: The chief of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has strongly condemned the bomb attack on the convoy of provincial head of PML (N) Balochistan Sardar Sanaullah Zehri.

In a statement on Tuesday, he expressed his heartfelt grief and sorrow over the death of his son, brother and nephew in the blast and added that ev

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A bill titled "Constitution Amendment Act, 2013" was moved in Senate Monday by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), seeking changes in Article 63 - a clause hanging over heads MPs like the sword of Damocles. S

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ISLAMABAD: Senator Mustafa Kamal on Monday claimed that MQM would achieve success in the upcoming general polls.

Talking to APP outside the Parliament House, he claimed that MQM is the only political party in the country that represents the middle-class people.

To a question, he said people have to decide in the next elections ab

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday claimed that a conspiracy of pre-poll rigging has been hatched against it to effect its popularity and get desired results in polls.

Party leader Senator Mustafa Kamal speaking in the Upper House claimed that in every election `a drama' is staged against his party as he objected delimitation

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Monday staged a walkout from the Senate over what it described as deteriorating law and order situation of Karachi – the largest and most populated city of Pakistan.

Speaking from the floor of the upper house, MQM senator Tahir Hussain Mashhadi alleged that the R

KARACHI.: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) alleged that Rangers’ officials are stopping MQM workers and officials from conducting election campaign, Express News reported.

MQM Rabta Committee claimed that in a bid to sabotage the party’s election campaign rangers officials in plain dr

Karachi: The MQM on Sudnay said that the Rangers was stopping the party officials and activists from running election campaign in Karachi, a metropolitan of Pakistan.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the coordination committee said that Rangers officials were harrassing the party activists.

Terrorists and militant

Karachi: Dr Mohammad Farooq Sattar leads the party in Pakistan in line with the broader guidelines from MQM Foudner & Leader AltafHussain, who is in exile for more than two decades.

Sattar held different positions in the party and served his constituencies in many capacities — from a mayor to a minister. Despite being phys

 

KARACHI: The Rabitta Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday alleged that Rangers were harassing his party workers on the pretext of the ongoing crack down on the criminal elements.

 

In a statement the MQM Rabitta Committee appealed to the Caretaker Prime Minister and Chief Election Commissioner (C

 MQM will play a major role in the post-election scenario, MQM's Deputy Convenor Dr Farooq Sattar said on Sunday. He said this while talking with media persons after meeting with a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Quad (PML-Q), which was led by its General Secretary, Mushahid Hussain Syed on Saturday.

Dr Sattar believed tha

 

KARACHI: The Rabitta Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday alleged that Rangers were harassing his party workers on the pretext of the ongoing crack down on the criminal elements.

In a statement the MQM Rabitta Committee appealed to the Caretaker Prime Minister and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to stop wha

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement senior leader Haider Abbas Rizvi on Friday advised the voters to exercise their right of franchise in the general election-2013 in favour of honest middle or lower-middle-class candidates in their respective constituencies.<

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Karachi: MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has that a conspiracy is being hatched to eliminate the party from political scenario of the country.

Speaking to the election candidates of the party on Friday night, MQM chief demanded to stop state conspiracies against the party.

He further said that the MQM has a mission to send mid

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WASHINGTON: United States has strongly condemned the murder of MQM candidate, Fakhrul Islam for May 11 elections in Pakistan, Geo News reported.

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Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, is a crucial battleground in Pakistan's upcoming general election.

It has long been dominated by the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM).

To secure power nationally, other political parties will have to make local alliances with the party.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Karachi.

Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:48:52 PM
Staff Report

KARACHI: Sindh High Court SHC has issued notice to Election Commission of Pakistan for tomorrow in a petition filed by Muttahida Qaumi Mov

 

KARACHI: Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed a Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate from PS-47, Fakhrul Islam near Halanaka in Hyderabad, Geo News reported.

 

According to police, unknown assailants opened fire on MQM leader and candidate from PS-47 Fakhrul Islam near Halanaka today, killing him on the spot.

KARACHI: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and candidate for a Sindh provincial assembly seat was shot during a firing incident in Hyderabad on Thursday, Express News reported.

Fakhrul Islam had filed papers to contest elections from Hyderabad PS-47 of the Sindh Assembly.

HYDERABAD: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidate of Sindh’s provincial assembly from PS-47 constituency, Fakhrul Islam was shot to death by unknown assailants in Hala naka area of Hyderabad on Thursday, DawnNews reported.

The unknown attackers managed to escape from the scen

 

Karachi

 

A former senior vice chairman of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and ex-acting chief minister on Tuesday described the process of the acceptance and rejection of nomination papers of candidates by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as “the strong establishment’s scripted and calcula

 Senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have been trotting the country in recent months, rallying support for the party in Punjab and the Hazara belt. But the party’s main support continues to be in the port city.

Karachi is the MQM’s political fortress.

When MQM leaders took part in the 1998

LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, reiterated on Monday that the MQM wanted Sindh to prosper and develop as a strong province will make Pakistan stronger.

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), chief Altaf Hussain has offered his condolences on the death of former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher.

He said that Baroness Thatcher was a great political leader who would always be remembered for her leading role in international affairs during office, said a statement issued

Monday, April 08, 2013 - Karachi—The Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has condemned the harassment of Muttahida Quami Movement candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by police and local administration. It has demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan to take notice of harassing the MQM candidates by local authorities and

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain Sunday expressed his grief and sorrow over the death of the founder of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Engineer Z. A. Niza

KARACHI: Altaf Hussain, the founder leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), has said that he had not made any demand to postpone or delay general elections in the country and the reports appearing in a sect

KARACHI/LONDON: Muttahida Quami Movement Chief Altaf Hussain on Friday expressed strong con

The Mutthaida-e-Qaumi Movement today urged Pakistan's Election Commission to postpone the May 11 polls by 15 to 30 days so that a conducive environment should be created in the country to hold general elections. 
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KARACHI/ LONDON: Muttahida Quami Movement Chief Altaf Hussain on Friday expressed strong concerns over questions being asked by the Returning Officers from election candidates and said they were aimed at humi

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KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday criticised and expressed strong concerns over questions being asked by the Returning Officers (ROs) from election candidates and described the exercis

LAHORE: Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has said that party workers are backbone of the movement and there is nothing more important than those, SAMAA reports.

Altaf Hussain said during telephonic talks with MQM central Punjab workers, ranks and nominated candidates at Punjab House in Lahore on Thursday that MQM is

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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain strongly condemned a bomb attack on a Rangers mobile in the Korangi area on Wednesday.

He expressed his grief and sorrow over the killing and wounding of several Rangers personnel in the attack.

Hussain said that terrorists of

The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement MQM, Altaf Hussain has said that MQM has given a revolutionary election manifesto that has been drawn on the philosophy of Realism and Practicalism.

He said this while talking to the office bearers, workers and candidates from MQM Upper Punjab in the Punjab House Lahore. Altaf Hussain sa

 

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Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Wednesday that the spread of the MQM’s revolutionary message in every nook and cranny of the country and joining the party by the poor and middle-class people was a great success of the party.

 

“The MQM will achi

 

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Constituencies in Karachi have been redrawn without the completion of a fresh census and the changes should be declared unconstitutional, said the counsel for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday.

 

In his concluding arguments before the Sindh High Court (SHC), which

KARACHI: Deputy Convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Dr Farooq Sattar on Tuesday said that May 11 general elections would prove last nail in the coffin of feudalism.

He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Shahrah-e-Patang and beautification of different intersections completed in North Nazimabad with the funds of former Haq Para

Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - Karachi—Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has highly praised Electoral Manifesto of his party terming it ‘realistic’ and said that it contains scientific and practicable solutions for

 

This is the season of manifestos; that time in the electoral cycle when they are printed out on machines across the country and read out amidst much fanfare to audiences. The fact that these documents are rarely heard of again once this phase passes is of course a different matter. It is also questionable as to what degree people look

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KARACHI: With reserving 50 percent seats for women, bringing agriculture sector under tax net and holding local bodies' polls, the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) unveiled what it calls its 'people empowering' manifesto for the forthcoming general elections on Monday.
The party program for next five ye

KARACHI: Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has highly praised Electoral Manifesto of his party terming it `realistic’ and said that it contains scientific and practicable solutions for progress and stability of democracy.

He stated this during his telephonic conversation with the members of MQM Coordination Committee a

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that his party’s election manifesto promising to empower people contains solutions for basic problems being faced by the people and that it will help ensure progress, prosperity and stability of democracy in the country According to a

 

DALLAS: MQM Houston chapter condemned the delimitation of constituencies exclusively in Karachi and called it as a conspiracy to rig the election mandate of MQM.

 

The MQM Houston Chapter was of the view that the demarcation in absence of any census is a discriminatory measure and is against Pakistan's constit

KARACHI: 

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said on Monday that they will hold local government elections three months after the general elections.

Presenting their manifesto titled “Empowering the people”, Deputy C

KARACHI, April 1: With the main focus on achieving a complete autonomy for the local government institutions, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement unveiled on Monday its 22-point manifesto titled ‘Empowering people’ for the forthcoming general elections.

While

 The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday announced its manifesto for the upcoming general elections. The manifesto was announced by MQM's Deputy Convenor Dr Farooq Sattar at a ceremony held at L

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has stressed the ne

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has expressed his grief and sor

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday vowed in its manifesto for the general election-2013 that prices of oil, petrol and other items would be gradually reduced for controlling inflation and improving the standard of living of the common people.

The party also promised in the election manifesto titled "Empowering the People"

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KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar has said that the system c

KARACHI: Muttahida Qoumi Movement MQM has announced its election manifesto here on Monday.

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MQM has pledged to strengthen national institutions after it came to power.
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Presenting party manifesto for elections 2013, Muttahida Qaumi Movement senior leader Dr. Farooq Sattar Monday said that the focus of manifesto was to empower the people of this country.

Sattar, speaking during press conference, said that MQM was the only party in the country which arose from the middle class, “b

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Monday unveiled what it calls its 'people-centric' manifesto for the upcoming general election.

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KARACHI: Announcing the party manifesto for the upcoming elections, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) expressed a desire to turn Pakistan into a welfare state.

This was stated by MQM’s Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar at a press conference in Karachi on Monday.

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As political parties in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA are awarding party tickets to well-off people, feudal lords and industrialists, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has fielded candidates from a humble background, says a party candidate from the region.
Farhad Khan – an auto-rickshaw driver in Shabqadar tehsil of Ch

PADIDAN: Muttahida Quami Movement Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar has claimed that next Sindh chief minister would be from MQM.

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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar has claimed that next Sindh chief minister would be from MQM.

Addressing a public meeting in Nau Shehro Feroze on Sunday, he said that MQM was not a party of Karachi, but it has become a national party. He recalled that it was Sindh Assembly who adopted first resol

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SUKKUR: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar said on Sunday that his party had submitted a memorandum to the United Nations against delimitations of Karachi constituencies for the r

KARACHI: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain has felicitated the Chr

KARACHI - In what appears to be a surprising move, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has approached the United Nations with the request that the world body play a role to ensure free and fair elections in Pakistan, which are slated for May 11.A private TV channel

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LARKANA: Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and PPP veteran political leaders filed their nomination papers in rallies, big processions of supporters and started campaigns in Larkana and Ka

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) head Altaf Hussain on Friday deplored the throwing of a shoe at former President Pervez Musharraf during his appearance before Sindh High Court.

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LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) head Altaf Hussain on Friday deplored the throwing of a shoe at former President Pervez Musharraf during his a

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Several politicians, including those belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), filed their nomination papers on Wednesday to contest elections to national and provincial assembly seats.

The MQM leaders were Dr Farooq Sattar, Khushbakht Shujaat, Waseem Akhtar,

KARACHI: MQM leaders Farooq Sattar and others have submitted their nomination papers to contest upcoming general elections.

MQM leaders Farooq Sattar and Khush Bakht Shujaat filed their papers to contest elections from the constituencies of NA 249, 250 and 252, while Waseem Akhtar filed his papers for PS 112 and 116, and Sheikh Moham

HYDERABAD: Deputy Convener Muttahida Qaumi Movement Khalid Maqbool has said that the party

 Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar Wednesday that his party would

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain congratulated the Hindu community on Saturday on the festival of Holi beginning on Tuesday night.
In his felicitation message, he said it was the policy of his party to share grief, sorrow and happiness of everyone irrespective of their caste, colour, religion and sect. “The world can

KARACHI: Deputy Convener Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Rabita Committee, Dr. Farooq Sattar has said his party would not enter into any electoral alliance, however, there is a possibility of seat-to-seat adjustment with like-minded parties and candidates.

Talking to media here on Wednesday, he said we assure the countrymen that tax-evaders, de

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will get youth from the lower and middle class of the country elected to the assemblies, said MQM leader Farooq Sattar on Wednesday.

Sattar, speaking to the media, said that it was not just a claim that MQM was the only party in the country which arose from the m

KARACHI: Deputy Convener of the Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Dr Farooq Sattar has challenged the delimitation of several electoral constituencies in Karachi by the Election Commission of Pakistan, and termed it

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday issued notices for March 27 to the Federation, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Attorney General (AG) over Karachi’s new delimitation of constituencies

Monday, March 25, 2013 - Karachi—Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), leader, Altaf Hussain Sunday congratulated Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on becoming the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Geo News reported.

In a statement issued here, he hoped that Khoso would use his experience in holding free, fair, and impartial elections on time

Karachi—The Deputy Convener of the Co-ordination Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Dr Farooq Sattar and Senator Nasreen Jalil visited the Aga Khan Hospital Saturday to attend the Abbas Town Carnage injured.

Member of the Co-ordination Committee Dr Sagheer Ahmed was also present on the occasion. Dr Sattar and Jalil ex

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) rescinded its previous call for a strike in Karachi against the government’s inefficiency after the Abbas Town blast, Express News reported.
MQM Coordination Committee member Raza Haroon

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Convener Farooq Sattar has said that his party is a coalition partner in the government and it, therefore, will continue to perform its role in stabilizing the democracy.

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Houston: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Leader and advisor to Chief Minister Sindh for sports Dr Mohammad Ali Shah has passed away in Houston, a city of United States at the age of 66.

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain, is improving after a bout of seasonal illness, Geo News reported.

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Altaf Hussain has condemned the suicide attack outside a mosque in Hangu and expressed sorrow over prayer performers and others’ killings through a statement, issued from London this day.

Culprits involved in the suicide att

LAHORE: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain, has said that MQM wants to bring a revolution that will empower 180 million people of Pakistan, and the rule of a few families would end.

KARACHI: The chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has said that the party wants to change the corrupt political culture and feudal system by peaceful and democratic means.
He was speaking to workers and office-bearers in Rawalpindi in a telephonic address from London on the occasion of the announcement of the organisational st

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KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Rabita Committee congratulated Sindh Governor on being conferred the Nishan-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakis

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The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) and Minhajul Quran International (MQI) have decided to join forces and agreed on Thursday to hold the promised “mi

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The MQM Coordination Committee strongly condemned the brutal murder of a man by armed bandits when he tried to stop them from harassing his sister.

It said the cruel murder of Shahzaib near the Country Club within the remit of Darakhshan police station was the outcome of the feudal mindset. It said that Shahzaib

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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain alleged on Monday that certain state authorities were planning to launch another operation against his party in order to crush it.

In a statement issued from London, he said the MQM was being made a scapegoat, but the elements conspiring agains

KARACHI: With the arrival of Muharram and sectarian violence picking up in Karachi in November, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hu

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that he had never r

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KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said it was time for the nation to decide if it wanted the Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah or that of the Taliban, and it had to decide whether it was with the Taliban or against them.
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Surgeons removed a bullet from a 14-year-old Pakistani girl targeted for death by the Taliban, but she remained in critical condition on Wednesday.As doctors tried to control the swelling around Malala Yousifazi’s head wound, an outp

KARACHI: The founder and leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement, Altaf Hussain, said that Akhtar Mengal was helpless and he had been holding meetings with political leaders by following a pre-written script, and the

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain in a tirade against the archaic justice system of ‘karo kari’ on Saturday, offered asylum to couples who had been declared kari by tribes or jirg

The Founder and Leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain has directed his party workers to stand up against extremism, sectarianism and terrorism and make Pakistan a progressive and enlightened country.

KARACHI: On President Asif Ali Zardari’s assurance Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday took back three-day ultimatum to its coalition partner, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of fulfilling its ‘

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LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain has said that the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a great demo

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged the armed forces and the government to take “courageous steps” to rid the country of sectarian terrorism.

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Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has said that a majority of the people of Pakistan do not have feelings of hatred and animosity towards India.
“They love the people of India and want

Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain today expressed serious concern over the ongoing sectarian violence in the country, warning that it could lead to the break up of Pakistan.
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LONDON: Muttahida Quami Movement MQM leader Altaf Hussain says it was his foremost effort to stop killings of innocent people based on religious beliefs and persuasion, MQM press release said Saturday.

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LAHORE: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday defended his statement in which he said that Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah belonged to Shia Asnae Ashary school of thought, DawnNews reported.

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LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain in his message of Eid greeted the people of Pakistan as well as Muslims across the world.
"May this Eid-ul-Fitr bring peace, security and blessings for Pakistan and the rest of the world," Altaf Hussain prayed his message issued from MQM London Secretariat. He also

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said he would be meeting with a delegation from the MQM on Saturday. Rehman said Dr. Farooq Sattar from the MQM contacted him for a meeting and he was not familiar with the a

Karachi: A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) header by Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar Friday visited Pakistan Sunni Tehrik’s (PST) headquarters to invite its leadership to an all parties’ roundtable conference proposed by MQM.

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ISLAMABAD: As political temperature is heating up in the country, MQM delegation will meet JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazl Ur Rehman on Saturday (today).

According to details, MQM delegation under the able leadership of

KARACHI: A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) led by Dr Farooq Sattar Friday visited Pakistan Sunni Tehrik’s (PST) headquarters to invite its leadership to an all parties’ roundtable conference proposed by MQM, Geo News reported.
Dr

ISLAMABAD: A delegation from the MQM met with ANP leaders here on Wednesday. Speaking to the media following the

MULTAN - MQM Rabta Committee Deputy Convener and Federal Minister for Oversees Pakistanis Dr Farooq Sattar has said that landlords and feudals of this region are bent upon making South Punjab another Bangla Desh.

He observed this wh

Traditional rivals, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), have announced that national security and the problems faced by the country demand that political parties establish a consensus for national solidarity.

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ISLAMABAD, (SANA): Mutahida Qaumi Movement and Awami National Party have agreed on the need for indiscriminate and across the board action against criminals of all sorts in Karachi.

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I still remember that day when Altaf Hussain had warned the Pakistani government about the ongoing Talibansation in Pakistan. I also remember the reaction

Manifesto Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has formed sub-committee for the preparation of party's 2012 manifesto. A meeting of the Manifesto Committee of the MQM was held on Sunday in Khursheed Begum Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by deputy convenor of the Co-ordination Committee Dr Farooq Sattar. Read More

KARACHI - An MQM delegation comprising Babar Ghauri, Farooq Sattar, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Raza Haroon and others called on President Asif Zardari at Bilawal House on Monday and discussed different issues including Karachi law and order, extortion and kidnappings in the city.
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KARACHI – The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has formed a committee to prepare its new manifesto in line with the next general election, due in 2013. With Dr Farooq Sattar in the chair, a meeting was held at Khursheed Begum Secretariat on Sunday in this respect.  It took stock of i

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Karachi: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader and Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Babar Ghauri on Wednesday telephoned Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and expressed concern over the rise of extortion in th

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping, Babar Ghauri, late Wednesday night raised the issue of deteriorating law & order situation in Karachi with Prime Minis

Karachi—The Core Committee of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), held a detailed discussion on various matters pertaining to the Sindh Local Government Act-2012.

The meeting of the Core Committee of PPP and MQM held with Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah in chair at CM House here on Tuesd

KARACHI - Muttahida Quami Movement MQM Chief Altaf Hussain says MQM always strived for stability of democracy, political, interfaith harmony, social development. “We believe in principle of live and let live and considers all people living in Pakistan belonging to various r

The announcement was made at a press conference at the party’s secret

KARACHI – The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Coordination Committee is organising a public meeting of the Pakhtun community, living in Karachi, on June 24 at Jinnah Ground, Azizabad.

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KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain said that the party’s public gathering at Jinnah Ground tomorrow will spread message of love and harmony among all ethnicities.
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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that the public meeting of the Pushtuns people being held on June 24 in Jinnah Ground, Azizabad would prove to be a landmark for the people of the country, particularly for the Pushtuns.

The public meeting would give a message of brotherhood and love to

LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain congratulated Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on becoming the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan , Geo News reported Saturday.

Altaf Hussain, in a statement, said he hopes that the newly elected Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will work to promote democracy, bring

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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s Coordination Committee, in its reaction to Yousaf Raza Gilani’s disqualification as prime minister by the Supreme Court, said that it accepts the ruling.

The MQM Coordination Comm

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a token walkout from the Sindh Assembly (SA) session here on Tuesday to protest against the killing of its members and sympathisers. Before walkout, MQM Deputy Parliamentary Leader Faisal Sabzwari said that the series of gunny bag-packed bodies founding was continued and if it continued

Tension, fear grip several parts of Karachi

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KARACHI: Tension and fear gripped several parts of the city, particularly North Karachi, Ancholi, Shahrah-e-Pakistan and its surrounding areas on the occasion of funeral prayers of three Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers and

KARACHI, June 19: Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmakers on Tuesday staged a token walkout from the Sindh Assembly to protest against the killing of their party workers and innocent people, and warned the government that if the situation was not che

KARACHI: Bodies of a political party’s three activists were recovered from an abandoned car here on Monday. Police found bodies of three of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s activists from a car abandoned at Mirza Adam Khan Road within the limits of Chakiw

Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said on Sunday the All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organisation (APMSO) was playing the role of a vanguard for bringing a revolution of the 98 percent people belonging to the poor and middle classes in the country. In his message released from the party’s London secretariat on

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Saturday rejected the proposed tax on the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as it advocated that only 30 percent of the total taxes to be imposed should be indirect taxes.

Addressing a press conference, MQM deputy parliamentary leader Haider Abbas Rizvi said that ratio of dire

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KARACHI, June 4: After a two-day relative lull, a surge in targeted killings was witnessed in the city on Monday when five people, including three workers and a supporter of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were killed, police said.

KARACHI, June 4: After a two-day relative lull, a surge in targeted killings was witnessed in the city on Monday when five people, including three workers and a supporter of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were killed, police said.

The death toll in the ongoing round of violence in the city continued to climb on Monday with the murder of five people, including four Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists. Two of these killings resulted in a violent reaction that disrupted routine life in the Old City areas.

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday staged a walkout in the Senate over worsening law and order situation, extortion and target killing incidents in Karachi. MQM Senator Tahir Hussain Mashhadi told the Upper House that the government had totally failed in arresting the culprits and bringing peace to the industria

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday staged a token walkout from the National Assembly against Karachi law and order situation.MQM member of National Assembly Syed Asif Hasnain had earlier drawn attention of the government demanding across the board action against the criminals.
Even today five people have been killed, he s

The mindless bloodletting continues unabated in the city, as nine more people including two workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were killed on Thursday, police and rescue sources said. Three persons were killed and another injured when unknown armed men opened fire on a car in Nazimabad area near Anno Bhai Park late Thursday night in the ju

KARACHI: It is a sad fact that due to corruption, benefits of budgetary funds do not reach to poor masses, hence there should be a proper monitoring and evaluation mechanism to check the pilferage of this precious taxpayers’ money, senior minster and head of MQM’s Parliamentary Party in Sindh Syed Sardar Ahmed, told the media at a press

Islamabad—Dr Farooq Sattar, minister and MQM parliamentary leader in the National Assembly on Friday termed the budget as ordinary one and asked for making it extraordinary. Talking to the media after the budget session, Dr Sattar said if the shadow budget which was suggested by the MQM was implemented, it would have

A key government ally, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), on Friday termed the federal budget 2012-13 a 'traditional' one, as it lacked any relief for the masses. Commenting on the budget, MQM's parliamentary leader Dr Farooq Sattar neither rejected nor owned the fifth budget of the PPP government-led, but strongly advocated the party's 'shadow