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Keyword: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)

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Opinion

Pakistan’s Political Circus

Zafar Bangash

Jumada' al-Akhirah 13, 14392018-03-01

Politicians everywhere are a despicable lot but those in Pakistan are in a class of their own: incompetent and thoroughly corrupt

Daily News Analysis

The phenomenon of regime change in Pakistan

Mirza Aslam Beg

Muharram 29, 14382016-10-30

Dark clouds hover over Pakistan's political landscape. Chief of Tehrik-e Insaf, Imran Khan has threatened to lay siege to Islamabad while Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces growing pressure on many fronts including corruption charges stemming from Panama leaks and tense civilian-military relations. The former army chief, General Mirza Aslam Beg, sees parallels between this and the 1977 agitation that led to Bhutto's overthrow by the military.

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News & Analysis

Breakaway faction may spell MQM’s doom

Zia Sarhadi

Jumada' al-Akhirah 23, 14372016-04-01

The shenanigans of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a Karachi-based “political” party, have dominated news in Pakistan for several weeks now. With its leader, Altaf Husain in self-imposed exile in London, England, facing money laundering and murder charges, deep fissures have emerged in the party at home.

News & Analysis

Pakistan needs coherent policy to fight terrorism

Zia Sarhadi

Sha'ban 14, 14362015-06-01

If Pakistan is serious about confronting and eliminating terrorism, then it must adopt a coherent policy starting with the Sharif brothers withdrawing their support of terrorist outfits.

Daily News Analysis

Karachi set on fire as MQM boss arrested in London!

Crescent International

Sha'ban 06, 14352014-06-04

Reflecting their criminal nature, the MQM mafia has torched businesses, buses, cars and trucks in Karachi as their boss is arrested in London on money laundering charges. Why should Karachi burn if the mafia don is in police custody in London?

Daily News Analysis

Altaf Hussain, MQM godfather, resigns then retracts resignation

Crescent International

Sha'ban 20, 14342013-06-29

The dramatic announcement by Altaf Hussain as head of the MQM early Sunday morning (Pakistan time) has taken many observers by surprise. Is the godfather of MQM serious or is this another of his political stunts to shore up support when his popularity has declined dramatically in recent months? His quick retraction a few hours later proved this was all a show.

News & Analysis

Corrupt rulers root cause of Pakistan’s problems

Waseem Shehzad

Jumada' al-Akhirah 09, 14332012-05-01

For a state to function reasonably well, it must fulfill certain basic needs of the people: provide security of life, limb and property as well as food, water, education and health services.

Main Stories

Pakistan’s discredited election transfers power to discredited and corrupt politicians

Waseem Shehzad

Safar 23, 14292008-03-01

If there is any truth in the saying that people vote against, rather than for, someone or something, then the results of the general elections in Pakistan on February 18 are a stinging rebuke to General Pervez Musharraf and the party, the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e Azam faction, PML-Q), that he created as a civilian façade for his brutal rule.

Main Stories

Bhutto’s return causes turmoil in Pakistan while raising hopes in the West

Zafar Bangash

Shawwal 20, 14282007-11-01

Returning to Pakistan on October 18, Benazir Bhutto discovered how radically the country has changed in the eight years she was away “languishing” in self-imposed exile. Heading a political procession—in reality a circus of rented crowds—from the airport to the mausoleum of the country’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Benazir’s procession was attacked by two suicide-bombers who left 140 people dead and more than 500 injured.

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