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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has agreed to rejoin the federal cabinet on condition that the government include maximum of its input on fiscal matters...

Unknown miscreants short dead former Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) member of Sindh assembly Liaquat Ali Qureshi on Saturday. MQM chief Altaf Hussain, Babar Ghauri,...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Tuesday introduced a bill in the National Assembly seeking de-weaponisation of the country. The bill, The De-weaponisation of Pakistan bill, 2011,...

To give final touches to the PPP’s concept of national consensus government, the PML-Q will hold a consultation meeting with the MQM today (Tuesday)...

Politicians in Sindh reacted strongly to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s statement on Sunday that Karachi be made a province, with Sindh Chief Minister...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentarians on Wednesday condemned long and unannounced power outages in the city that have badly affected the normal life of the citizens. They said the long hours of load shedding have made the life of people miserable with business activities the worst-affected. The students are also facing problems as they have to prepare for their annual examination without electricity. The candidates are forced to take their examination in the hot

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not join the federal cabinet until its 9-point agenda is accepted by the government, MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi said on Tuesday.
The MQM leader & Deputy Parliamentary leader in National Assembly was talking to the journalists here on Tuesday outside the Parliament House. When contacted, MQM's Sindh IT Minister Raza Haroon, said, "It is not anything new as the MQM's 9-point agenda still remains unfulfilled and we won't

KARACHI - A midst all the confusion surrounding the census process (are they counting houses now or people? Who's counting what? Where?), the only constant over the past few weeks has been the fact that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) cadres have been going to houses in the city, pretending to be Census officials. They have now added another demand to their pitch: they want copies of people's Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC). "Please give us copies of the CNIC of everyone in

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday strongly opposed removal of three Deputy District Officers (DDO), three days before completion of house count.
According to a private TV, the MQM expressed its reservations regarding the issue, saying the action seems to be taken for getting favorite results of the house count.
The party stressed to restore the removed DDIOs to obtain authentic results.

LAHORE - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is likely to formally invite Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to join its two-day protest against drone attacks on the Pak-Afghan Highway. The PTI says the demonstration scheduled to be held on April 23-24 aims at blocking the NATO supplies from Peshawar.
The PTI sources confided to the Pakistan Today here on Monday that party had finalised the arrangements in this regard. They added that PTI has formed

KARACHI - The economy of Pakistan is on the brink of a disaster and if the people at the helm of affairs do not take corrective measure on urgent basis, it would have devastating consequences for the country, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentarians observed on Monday at the Khursheed Begum Memorial Hall of the MQM headquarters Nine-Zero in Azizabad where the overall economic position of the country was being discussed. Members of the MQM Coordination Committee were also

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that target killers detained in Karachi were expelled from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) several years ago and had no links with the party anymore.
Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House on Friday, Malik said the elements involved in target killings in Karachi would be taken to task soon, adding that action was underway against target killers and extortionists. He said several target killers had been arrested,

KARACHI - Eighty-one Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists and sympathisers have been killed since January 2011, arising restlessness and concerns in the minds of MQM workers and people of Karachi about the unremitting acts of terrorism against the MQM, expressed the MQM Coordination Committee members in a press conference on Thursday.
Speaking at the press conference in Nine Zero, MQM leader Raza Haroon said that on Tuesday, armed terrorists had killed Mehmoodabad Sector

FAISAL ABAD - The party which has been involved in the assassination of hundreds of innocent people in Karachi is now making tall claims and hollow promises to protect the people of the Punjab, said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) central executive committee member and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) former chairman Hamza Shahbaz on Tuesday. Commenting on the political campaign of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the Punjab, he said: "It is ironical that those who openly use

LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) effort to make inroads into Punjab bore fruit on Sunday when it managed an impressive show in the provincial capital where party chief Altaf Hussain announced a revolution through constitutional means.
It was MQM's third public meeting in the city and by far the biggest one with around 10,000 people participating in the event held under the auspices of the MQM Punjab chapter at Punjab Football Stadium. In his telephonic address to

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Sunday that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) should be welcomed in Punjab for playing a role in the national mainstream.
Talking to the state-run Pakistan Television, the information minister said that the government wanted to maintain a political environment where all parties could work to solve the problems of masses in accordance with their manifestoes.
She said, "The hearts of

LAHORE - Lahore, which is always hungry for political activity, came alive on Sunday, as the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a rally at the Football Stadium, which was felt throughout the city.
It seemed like election season as the MQM managed to create some commotion on streets of the capital of Punjab, as a large number of participants showed up at Football Stadium to show their support for MQM chief Altaf Hussain. The MQM pulled off the convention in a decent manner, as