Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq assures to address MQM’s reservations

Ayaz Sadiq

Federal Minister Ayaz Sadiq called MQM leader Aminul Haque He assured playing a role in mediating between PPP and MQM It was deiced to hold a meeting in Karachi ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has assured to address the reservations of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). PML-N leader Ayaz … Read more

MQM to protest against PPP for not conducting delimitations

MQM

MQM will protest for conducting polls without delimitations MQM expresses reservations against the PPP PML-N will mediate between PPP and MQM over the matter KARACHI: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has decided to protest against conducting Local Government elections in Karachi without fresh delimitations of constituencies, Bol News reported. The MQM has expressed its displeasure … Read more

MQM reunification: Governor Sindh Tessori meets Dr Farooq Sattar

MQM

Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori met Dr Farooq Sattar Tessori is playing a key role in merger of MQM factions He has met with Pak Sarzameen Party chief Mustafa Kamal KARACHI: Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori met estranged Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar as part of ongoing efforts to reunite the party factions. Tessori … Read more

Hafiz Naeem demands ‘no delay’ in LG polls

Hafiz Naeem polls

Hafiz Naeem demanded LG polls on date He said no objection over unification of MQM factions Naeem also demands action by election commission KARACHI: Jamat e Islami (JI) Chief Hafiz Naeem said Friday that the local government (LG) polls must take place in the metropolitan city at any cost. He was addressing a presser when … Read more

MQM factions: Sindh Governor invites PSP chief for unification

Governor meets PSP for unification of MQM factions The meeting was held at the Pakistan House Mustafa Kamal aggreed for unification KARACHI: In a late-night development, Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori meets the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chief Mustafa Kamal and offered to unite all factions of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on a single platform for … Read more

After Karachi, MQM to pick new Hyderabad Administrator

Hyderabad Administrator

MQM will select the next Hyderabad Administrator Rashid Khan and Farooq Ahmed have been picked for the post Dr Saifur Rehman was appointed as Karachi Administrator KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has expedited efforts to pick the next administrator of Hyderabad, BOL News reported. In this regard, MQM-P has contacted a member of the provincial … Read more

Nine-Zero explosives case: SHC rejects appeal against acquittal of MQM workers

MQM workers

SHC dismissed appeals against the acquittal of MQM workers ATC had acquitted 26 MQM workers in the case last year Rangers raided Nine-Zero headquarters and recovered heavy weapons KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed appeals against the acquittal of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) workers in a case related to the recovery of explosives and … Read more

MQM withdraws from Senate by-elections in favour of PPP

MQM withdraws

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has announced to withdraw its candidate from the Senate by-elections in support of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The PPP  sought cooperation from the  MQM in the Senate by-election. A PPP delegation headed by provincial minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and comprising Waqar Mehdi and Sajid Jokhio went to the … Read more

JI announces protest against postponement of LG elections

JI announces shutter-down strike on April 22

Jamaat-e-Islami staged a protest against the postponement of LG elections. JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeem lashed at the PPP, MQM A protest will be held outside the ECP Sindh office on Friday The party will approach court against the ECP’s decision KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Friday protested against the postponement of the second phase of … Read more

MQM workers appointed as presiding officers in bypolls: Mustafa Kamal

mustafa kamal

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Mustafa Kamal on Sunday alleged that Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) workers have been appointed as presiding officers in the NA-245 by-elections. “Our workers are being unjustly arrested, while MQM workers have appointed as presiding officers,” he alleged while speaking to media. “PPP did this work on the request of … Read more

Polling underway in NA-245 Karachi by-elections

NA-245 Karachi

KARACHI: Polling is underway on Sunday for the by-election in NA-245 constituency of Karachi under strict security arrangements, Bol News reported. The polling started at 8 AM and will commence till 5 PM without any interval. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has made all arrangements and set up a control room to monitor the … Read more

NA-245 Karachi bypolls: Election campaigning ends today

NA-245 bypolls

KARACHI: The election campaigning for by-polls in NA-245 constituency have reached its peak on the last day, Bol News reported. The election campaign will end after midnight on Friday, August 19. The polling will be held on Sunday, August 21. More than 15 candidates from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Tehreeek-e-Labaik (TLP) … Read more

SC rejects MQM’s plea on conducting Sindh LG elections

sindh LG polls

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a plea by the Mutthaida Quami Movement (MQM) to stop holding local government elections in Sindh. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Umar Atta Badial sought a reply from Sindh government on the matter. MQM’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem asked the … Read more

SHC extends Babar Ghauri’s protective bail by 9 days

SHC extends protective bail by nine days ATC grants 7 days remand in corruption reference Babar Ghauri was arrested upon arrival at Karachi airport KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday extended protective bail in a corruption reference for Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) senior leader Babar Ghauri by nine days. Babar’s Ghauri was arrested … Read more

MQM-P leader Kanwar Naveed suffers brain hemorrhage

MQM’s Kanwar Naveed suffers brain hemorrhage

HYDERABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)-Pakistan leader and Sindh Assembly MPA Kunwar Naveed Jamil has suffered a brain hemorrhage. MQM-P spokesperson said Kanwar suffered a brain hemorrhage in the wee hours of Tuesday and is now admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Hyderabad Kanwar Naveed was suffering from high blood … Read more

Last day to file nomination papers for vacant Senate seat of Faisal Vawda

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda was disqualified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and a by-election is to be held for the vacant Senate seat in the Sindh Assembly. The polling will take place on March 9 and today is the last day to submit nomination papers for the seat. Read more: Polling … Read more

The great escape

great escape

KARACHI: An officer of the civil services Shahid Hamid Malik, who held the post of home secretary Sindh during the early 1990s, was questioned by some journalists after a press conference in August 1991, with regard to the special treatment meted out to some undertrial prisoners (UTPs) like Benazir Bhutto, Asif Zardari and leaders of … Read more

PPP not sincere in devolution as it will weaken its power: Khawaja Izhar

Sindh govt is running away from courts on fake domicile issue: Khawaja Izhar

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Khawaja Izhar said on Wednesday that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is not sincere in the devolution of power as it will weaken its hold over local elected representatives. Speaking in a press conference, the MQM-P leader said that he fails to understand what problem does PPP has in giving … Read more

Rangers’ prosecutor stopped from representing state in Baldia factory fire case

Baldia factory fire case

Showing its dissatisfaction over the assistance the Rangers’ prosecutor provided in appeals filed by convicts of Baldia factory fire case, the Sindh High Court (SHC) directed an additional prosecutor Sindh to review and plead appeals on behalf of the state. The direction was given on Monday by a two-member SHC bench, headed by Justice Muhammad … Read more

Masses being punished for mismanagement of PTI government, says Saeed Ghani

Saeed Ghani

KARACHI: Reiterating that Pakistanis were being punished for the mismanagement of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani announced that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will stage a protest against it on February 27. Read more: JI following MQM-P’s footsteps by following divisiveness for political gains: Saeed Ghani While talking to the media … Read more

Fight for LG rights

While opposition parties decry Sindh new LG law, PPP govt sticks to its guns The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led Sindh government on December 11 bulldozed the Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Act 2021 through the provincial assembly amid a loud protest by almost all opposition parties including the PTI, the MQM and the JI. While the … Read more

‘Dream of unified MQM not realistic’

‘Dream of unified MQM not realistic’

Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, a key leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), has the distinction of serving as the governor of Sindh province for almost 11 years. A veteran politician who believes in reconciliation and establishing a working relationship among various political parties and groups, has recently become active after remaining absent from the … Read more

‘Sindh politics dominated by elite’

President of the Qaumi Awami Tehreek (QAT) Ayaz Latif Palejo is a man of many talents. Besides being a prominent politician, Ayaz is a noted lawyer, a reputed teacher and a civil engineer. Of course, being the son of veteran left-wing leader, Rasool Bakhsh Palejo, he has a rich legacy to live up to. And … Read more

MQM-P to not carry PTI’s weight: Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui

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ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said on Thursday that his party would not carry the labour and burden of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in coming times. Speaking to media with Justice (retd) Wajihuddin at the party’s temporary Bahadurabad office, he said that Pakistan Peoples Party is pushing Sindh towards ethnic tensions. “MQM-P will carry … Read more

SHC allows MQM hitman to engage lawyers

Coronavirus in Pakistan-Sindh government orders the release of prisoners for 4 months

KARACHI: The Anti-Terrorism Appellate bench of Sindh High Court on Wednesday accorded permission to alleged hitman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Ubaidur Rehman alias Ubaid K2 to engage a lawyer to plead his appeal against the sentence of 14 years imprisonment that was awarded by an Anti-Terrorism Court in November 2017 on charges of possessing … Read more

Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif joins PTI

Barrister Muhmmad Ali Saif

Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif on Wednesday joined the ruling party Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI). According to the details, Senator Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad today. Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry was also present in the meeting. Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif who will be retiring as … Read more

Senate Elections: SHC declares Saifullah Abro ‘eligible,’ Rauf Siddiqui ‘ineligible’

Sindh High Court

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday declared PTI candidate Saifullah Abro eligible, whereas MQM leader Rauf Siddiqui ineligible to contest in for the upcoming Senate elections. According to the details, Saifullah Abro and Rauf Siddiqui approached the Sindh High Court challenged election tribunal’s order declaring them ineligible for Senate technocrat seats. Abro, in his … Read more

PTI Delegation discusses political matters with MQM-P ahead of Senate Elections

PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation today arrived at Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) office ahead of ahead of Senate Elections 2021. According to the details, the meeting discussed ongoing political situation in the country. Both the parties deliberated upon the strategy for elections in upper house of the Parliament, Senate. The PTI delegation includes Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, … Read more