Nawaz Sharif's PML-N bagged 125 of the 272 directly elected seats in Pakistan's National Assembly but fell short of a majority and is poised to form a government with support of independents and smaller parties. ...
11:47 AM, May 18, 2013
Karachi: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Friday announced that it would boycott the re-polling at 43 polling stations of the National Assembly constituency 250. MQM's senior leader Reza Haroon told a press conference that the decision to boycott the re-polling was taken by the party high command as it was clear that efforts were made to snatch the party's mandate in Karachi. Earlier in the day, the Election Commission...
12:25 AM, May 18, 2013
Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. ...
11:50 PM, May 10, 2013
Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. ...
11:16 PM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. Sixty three-year-old Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N is widely tipped to emerge as the single largest party in the polls. He could end up becoming a premier for the third...
10:39 PM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Ten persons were injured when a bomb went off near a campaign office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi on Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks by the Taliban targeting liberal political parties ahead of the May 11, 2013 polls. The bomb went off tonight near the MQM office at Burns Road, a neighbourhood in Karachi known for its eateries. The blast...
12:48 AM, May 03, 2013
Islamabad: A Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader, who was a candidate for Pakistan's upcoming polls, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Sindh province on Thursday, police said. Two gunmen, who were riding a motorcycle, shot at Fakhrul Islam outside his home in Halanaka area of Hyderabad city this afternoon. Islam was hit by several bullets and died instantly, police officials said. The gunmen escaped after the attack. No group...
03:35 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday left for a week-long tour of Pakistan at the invitation of chief ministers of Punjab and Sind provinces of the neighbouring country. He left for Delhi on Thursday morning from where he would fly to Pakistan via Dubai on Friday, officials in Patna said. During his tour, Kumar would meet leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement which has the support of migrant...
09:15 AM, Nov 09, 2012
Islamabad: The ruling coalition in Pakistan led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has suffered a major setback as another of its key ally, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), decided to part ways with the government. "The reservations of the party have not been addressed and we are forced to make a decision to go our own way," MQM legislator Haider Abbas Rizvi told Samaa TV. The MQM's decision comes...
12:39 PM, Dec 28, 2010
Clashes erupted between MQM activists and minority-Pashtun people. ...
03:28 PM, Apr 30, 2009
Pak's commercial hub engulfed in violence after murder of MQM supporters. ...
01:25 PM, Apr 30, 2009
Anti-Taliban Shia and Sunni clerics may also be targetted. ...
05:01 PM, Jul 24, 2008
