LONDON - The founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a Pakistani political party based in Karachi, has been released on bail after brief detention in the United Kingdom, where he is living in self-exile for past two decades. The Crown Prosecution Service, which is responsible for criminal ...

LONDON - The founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM), Altaf Hussain was arrested in the British capital, London on Tuesday. Hussain's residence was raided by the Scotland Yard earlier in the morning; he was shifted to a local police station afterwards and as many as 15 police officials took part ...

KARACHI - The funeral prayers for former lawmaker Ali Raza Abidi, who was assassinated last night, was offered in Karachi. The funeral prayers were offered at Imambargah Yasrab located in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area. A large number of political and social personalities, ...

KARACHI - At least six people were injured in a cracker bomb blast targetting a Mehfil-e-Milad in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Johar on Saturday night. Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQMP) leader Faisal Sabzwari told that the religious gathering was organised by his party at Perfume Chowk in the ...

KARACHI  -An anti-terrorism court in Karachi convicted two men belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the murder case of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Zehra Shahid. Shahid was murdered in 2013 outside her residence in upscale DHA, Karachi, on May 18 on the eve of re-election on ...

ISLAMABAD- A high-profile delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) met Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman, Imran Khan in Islamabad on Friday to pave way for a coalition government at the federal level. Accompanied by PTI leader Imran Ismail, the MQM delegation left Karachi for ...

ISLAMABAD - Final results of Pakistan's crucial and largest general elections are yet to be announced despite the deadline given by the Election Commission (ECP) has ended. The Election Commission of Pakistan blamed the breakdown of Results Transmission System - a cellphone-based system that ...

KARACHI -  The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has ordered an inquiry into corruption allegedly committed by Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar and former Sindh Assembly speaker Agha Siraj Durrani. NAB chief Justice (r) Javed Iqbal directed the Sindh NAB director general to verify a complaint ...

KARACHI - The nomination papers filed by MQM-Pakistan leader Farooq Sattar were rejected by the relevant Returning Officer (RO) for NA-245 on Tuesday. The decision was announced by RO citing that the politician was absconding in two cases, which were not mentioned in the nomination papers; one of ...

KARACHI - Wasim Akhtar, the leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Karachi mayor was indicted by an anti-terrorism court in the May 12 violence case. Akhtar appeared in court today and was indicted along with other suspects in the case that relates to the brutal violence that erupted in ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed the Election Commission of Pakistan's order that had removed Farooq Sattar as the convener of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). A five-member bench of the ECP headed by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s political parties have increased their efforts to have a candidate of their choice appointed as the Senate chairman, days after the election for the Parliament’s upper house. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its allies on Wednesday decided to extend ...

WASHINGTON - A group of Muhajirs in the US have launched a 'Free Karachi' campaign to highlight the alleged state-sponsored atrocities against their community in the port city of Pakistan. Led by a mini-truck, about half a dozen cabs displaying #FreeKarachi banners on Monday took part in the ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chairman Tahir-ul-Qadri reiterated on Saturday that till resignation of Shehbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah, PAT will continue its protest and it can turn into a sit-in. Addressing the participants at All Parties Conference (APC) convened over Model Town ...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar took back his resignation minutes after announcing to quit the party and politics. Earlier, Farooq Sattar announced to quit the party and politics, hours after Rabita Committee had expressed its confidence in his leadership ...

KARACHI - The leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) on Wednesday announced a merger between the two political forces and said that they will contest the 2018 general elections under "one name, one symbol and one party platform," they were addressing the joint ...