Category: MQM
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The Vice Guide to Karachi
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Karachi goes to Hell, while PML-N plays the role of an Ice Cream Opposition in Load Shedding Strike
Its sad Karachi goes through its third paralyzing strike this week. The blame games between MQM & ANP continue to be played by all the parties involved and the only visible outcome is to oversee the killing of more people of the “other” party – In the meanwhile today Altaf Hussain from London issued a…
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Conspiracy theories: Mystery Murder or a blatant Assassination of Dr Imran Farooq
Guest Blog by Barrister Amjad Malik The killing of a Pakistani politician and an ex parliamentarian Dr. Imran Farooq, a former convenor of the MQM on 16 Sept 2010 at a busy area of Mill Hill London. Dr. Farooq, 50, was a leading member of Pakistan’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement party and fled to the UK in…
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MQM Leader Imran Farooq Assassinated in London
Reports are coming in that Dr. Imran Farooq an MQM leader based in London may have been knifed to death while coming out of his house in London. My personal differences with the MQM aside this is totally not acceptable, I offer my condolences to the MQM supporters and their families on this loss. He…
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CPLC in the midst of a Political Turf Battle
Two days back the Governor Ishrat ul-Ibad had issued a Press Release recommending the appointing of businessman Mr Ahmed Chinoy, as the new head of Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) replacing the outgoing Sharfuddin Memon whose appointment has come to an end. The Governors request was forwarded to the Home Ministry so that the request can…
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Mesmerization of Pakistani Politics
Guest blog by Agha Haider Raza Politics in Pakistan mesmerize me. Not only does one enjoy the daily dose of rhetoric that is spewed from the mouths of our beloved politicians, but the one track mind of those in and out of government baffles the mind. Politics in Pakistan, much like the political parties themselves…
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Targeted killings and the Land Mafia in Karachi – Open Letter by SHEHRI
An Open Letter to Rehman Malik by Shehri Mr Rehman Malik has been making rather interesting statements about stopping the “targeted killings” in Karachi. The simple fact is that the land mafia of Karachi is behind a number of these murders and the motive for these assassinations is money. Let us take the case of…
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MA Jinnah Road Bomb Blast of 28th Dec – Video of the devastation Next Day
A Bomb Blast ripped through MA Jinnah Road on 28th December 2009 – this video of the kilometer long stretch of road shows that the mobsters ransacked a large section of the street leaving a hundreds of shopkeepers devastated and a loss of millions of rupees. A group of concerned citizens sympathized with many shopkeepers,…
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16 Dec decision of Supreme Court – A Critical Analysis
By Barrister Amjad Malik 16 Dec Supreme Court short order was an expected response of superior judiciary. Federation and all provinces through their lawyers jointly consented to its repeal, and none came to rescue the beneficiaries and even academic discussion was not made possible on the topic of powers to issue and right course of…
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So what it’s just the NRO!
By: Agha Haider Raza So the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) beneficiaries list comes out. The media is happy that those persons who enjoyed taking advantage of the NRO have light casted upon them, while the government is trying to push forward the argument of how they have respected the Supreme Court’s judgment and have publicized…
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MQM’s 3800 Criminal Cases withdrawn under the NRO
The NRO mudslinging competition continues to go on, each party/individual boldly underplaying his/her own association with the controversial bill. What seriously amazes me, is that we still do not have access to the full and complete list of beneficiaries and are at the receiving end of confusing reports where the totals have seemingly fluctuated from…
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Laidbackshow Episode 6
Show Notes After the jump
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The NRO (Dis)Honor Roll
Much has been discussed about the in-famous National Reconciliatory Ordinance where 5,800 crooks were pardoned by the then President Pervaiz Mushrraf as an attempt to broker a deal for his own extended stay as the President of Pakistan. This NRO in effect opened the flood gates to allow thousands of white collar criminals and murderers…
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Supreme Court overturns Nov 3rd Emergency by Musharraf
In mammoth decision yesterday late evening – the Chief Justice of Pakistan Honorable Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and a bench of 12 Supreme Court Judges passed an order declaring the actions of Nov 3rd 2007 Invalid and unconstitutional. This comes after a struggle of over one year and 270 days since that fateful date in November…
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Sindh Assembly honors Michael Jackson with a Minute of Silence
As I write this blog post I have been at a loss of words, I was shocked to read at the PKKH website that today [Saturday 27th June] the Sindh Assembly kicked off its session with a minutes silence in honor of Michael Jackson, yes you read that one correct ‘the moonwalking maestro – Jacko’…