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KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday decided that their alliance will remain intact and the two parties would continue to pursue reconciliatory politics for the stability of the country and welfare of the people. The two parties made this decision during a meeting between President Asif Zardari and Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad at Bilawal House. Interior Minister Rehman Malik was also present. President Zardari asked the MQM to

ISLAMABAD - With the passage of 6 and 2 months after submitting 'The Redistributive Land Reforms Bill 2010' and 'Deweaponization of Pakistan Bill 2011' respectively in the National Assembly secretariat, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has so far failed to take any parliamentary party from both treasury and opposition benches on board to get its proposed pieces of legislation passed by the parliament.
At the times of introducing these legislative bills, MQM had announced that it will

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has demanded of President Asif Ali Zardari that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) disown the People's Amn Committee. The MQM will continue its boycott of the Sindh Assembly session, set to resume on Thursday (today) after a gap of two days, until a decision on the matter is taken.
The MQM leadership returned to Karachi on Wednesday after meeting President Zardari, where they had initially demanded the removal of Sindh Home Minister Dr

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) coalition teeters on the brink as the latter doubts the major partner's seriousness to resolve the issues, since whenever a situation arises a committee is formed and assurances are made but nothing happens on the ground. Tuesday's meeting of the MQM delegation with President Asif Ali Zardari also concluded with another promise, which has left the MQM leadership pondering what to do in future because such

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) provincial assembly members boycotted Sindh Assembly proceedings on Monday to protest Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza's remarks that the People's Aman Committee was a sub-organisation of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). However, PPP assembly members warmly welcomed Dr Mirza on his arrival in the House. The MQM Rabita Committee had announced earlier on Monday that its MPAs would not attend the session. Dr Mirza was accorded a hero's welcome as

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The home minister said that he was also ready to review cases of MQM workers that were instituted against them on false grounds. He also dispelled the notion that the PPP was no longer interested in removing misunderstandings with the MQM. Mirza said that he had already taken Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan into confidence over the Lyari issue. However, he said, he was disappointed by MQM leaders' allegations that he was supporting extortionists and

KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are at loggerheads once again - courtesy Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza. The home minister on Sunday finally accepted the People's Amn Committee of Lyari as one of the PPP's sub-organisation, sparking a retort from MQM leaders that they wanted to leave the Sindh government. The situation has prompted President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take notice of Mirza's statement, but

KARACHI - After a long time, the ANP on Thursday supported the MQM for demanding reduction in petroleum prices recently announced by the Oil and Gas Regularity Authority (OGRA). In a statement issued from the Bacha Khan Markaz, ANP Sindh President Shahi Syed stated that the demand for the reduction in prices of petroleum products is right to avoid further burdening the public. "Every time government is advised to adopt alternate sources rather than increasing the prices of petroleum

KARACHI - Among the mainstream parties operating in Sindh, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is the smartest and most shrewd operator - and for this reason, comes across as slippery. The MQM's official posturing, till now, has been to distance itself from the politicking of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), but Monday's Sindh Assembly session proved that there is more than meets the eye.
More hand a dozen MPAs from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) slammed the crafty

KARACHI - The body of an MQM activist was found in the limits of Eidgah police station on Monday. Eidgah SHO Nawaz Gondal said that 25-year-old Arsalan, son of Muhammad Sharif, was found dead near the Old Haji Camp in the Ghas Mandi area. The hands of the victim had been tied with rope, suggesting he was kidnapped before being shot dead. The body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK).
The victim was a resident of the Garden area and had been missing since Sunday night,

KARACHI - The MQM Coordination Committee on Friday strongly condemned the murder of Sunni Tehreek (ST) activists Wasim Qadri and Danish Qadri by unidentified assailants. In a statement, the committee demanded that the government should bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book and dispense justice.
Expressing sympathy with the ST office-bearers and the families of the deceased, the committee prayed for divine forgiveness of the ST workers.
The ST activists were

LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will not join the federal cabinet until its demands are met, MQM Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Haider Abbas Rizvi said on Friday.
He was talking to journalists after visiting the residence of US national Raymond Davis' victim. Rizvi said that the MQM's stance was based on principals and the party would stand by its philosophy.

ISLAMABAD - In a rare gesture of cooperation, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP) on Thursday joined hands to embarrass Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar in the National Assembly over the unnecessary delays in the introduction of a mass transit system in Karachi.
The heated debate between the legislators of the three coalition partners became a source of delight for the opposition. MQM's Haider Abbas Rizvi, Wasim Akhtar, Dr

KARACHI - The PPP hinted on Wednesday that it might accept the MQM's local government (LG) system formula in Karachi and Hyderabad. "Our allies have interest in two districts - Karachi and Hyderabad - and we cannot afford to lose the remaining 21 districts of Sindh," said PPP leader and Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani, while talking to journalists after attending the Sindh Assembly session.
He said that both parties have agreed to resume talks on the

KARACHI - The People's Amn Committee (PAC) might be abolished on MQM's demand and merged with the PPP's Youth Wing, Pakistan Today has learnt. "It was not included in our explicit demands, but it would be better to abolish the PAC since it is a gang of criminals who are involved in extortion and the Sher Shah incident," said MQM Rabita Committee member Waseem Aftab. Sources said that since the PAC is not formally affiliated with the PPP, no official announcement of PAC's abolishment

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Q offered its logistic support to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Punjab after getting the latter's assurance that it will not woo PML-Q workers for joining MQM in the province.
"The MQM leaders assured the Chaudhrys during Sunday meeting that the Muttahida will work in unison with the PML-Q but will not encourage any PML-Q leader/worker or parliamentarian (former or sitting) to join the Muttahida," said a PML-Q leader asking not to be

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has assured MQM of its constitutional right regarding its plan to hold a procession on April 10 at Minar-e-Pakistan. The governor said he was hopeful that no objection would be raised from any quarter about MQM's plan to hold a gathering at Minar e Pakistan.
Khosa was taking to media after meeting with a delegation of senior leadership of MQM including Dr Farooq Sattar, Babar Ghouri, Raza Haroon and others.