Muttahida Qaumi Movement

Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government received a massive blow by key ally and the main coalition partner Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM) after it struck a deal with the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Pakistan's rights watchdog today expressed "grave apprehensions" over the prevailing human rights and security situation in the country's largest city which it said has aggravated in recent months.

Expressing concern over alleged human rights violations in Pakistan in view of the crackdown against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement which it is "monitoring closely", the US has said all efforts to maintain law and order in Karachi must be made in accordance with the rule of law.

The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Pakistani paramilitary forces have sealed the headquarters of a powerful political party in the commercial hub of Karachi and detained five of its top leaders, after supporters of the party stormed the office of a television channel.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement's fugitive chief Altaf Hussain was today sentenced to 81 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan for making anti-state speeches and inciting violence.

A Pakistani paramilitary force today said it had killed four terror suspects during a gunfight in Karachi, but a leading opposition party said the men were executed as part of an ongoing political vendetta.

A Pakistani opposition lawmaker was shot and wounded today in an attack in Karachi, police said.

A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for the head of the political party that controls Pakistan's biggest and richest city, court officials said, highlighting rivalries between army and politicians there.

Paramilitary forces raided the headquarters of a powerful Karachi political party and arrested two members on Friday, officials said, in a sign of deepening tensions between the army and politicians controlling Pakistan's biggest and richest city.

The BBC has quoted sources to report that officials in Pakistan's MQM or Muttahida Qaumi Movement party have told the UK authorities they received Indian government funds.

The chief of Pakistan's main spy agency is spearheading a campaign to wrest control of the teeming port city of Karachi from a powerful political party, the military's latest, and some say boldest, foray into civilian life in recent years.

Sohail Ahmed was picked up last December by a bunch of burly men outside his local mosque in Karachi and shoved into an SUV. It was the last time his family saw him alive.

Pakistani authorities today delayed by three days the hanging of a political activist convicted of murder, as a video of him emerged claiming his party chief had ordered him to carry out killings.

The Pakistani Taliban today claimed responsibility for an attack on a political party camp in the southern city of Karachi which wounded at least 15 people.

Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government received a massive blow by key ally and the main coalition partner Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM) after it struck a deal with the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Pakistan's rights watchdog today expressed "grave apprehensions" over the prevailing human rights and security situation in the country's largest city which it said has aggravated in recent months.

Expressing concern over alleged human rights violations in Pakistan in view of the crackdown against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement which it is "monitoring closely", the US has said all efforts to maintain law and order in Karachi must be made in accordance with the rule of law.

The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Pakistani paramilitary forces have sealed the headquarters of a powerful political party in the commercial hub of Karachi and detained five of its top leaders, after supporters of the party stormed the office of a television channel.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement's fugitive chief Altaf Hussain was today sentenced to 81 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan for making anti-state speeches and inciting violence.

A Pakistani paramilitary force today said it had killed four terror suspects during a gunfight in Karachi, but a leading opposition party said the men were executed as part of an ongoing political vendetta.

A Pakistani opposition lawmaker was shot and wounded today in an attack in Karachi, police said.

A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday for the head of the political party that controls Pakistan's biggest and richest city, court officials said, highlighting rivalries between army and politicians there.

Paramilitary forces raided the headquarters of a powerful Karachi political party and arrested two members on Friday, officials said, in a sign of deepening tensions between the army and politicians controlling Pakistan's biggest and richest city.

The BBC has quoted sources to report that officials in Pakistan's MQM or Muttahida Qaumi Movement party have told the UK authorities they received Indian government funds.

The chief of Pakistan's main spy agency is spearheading a campaign to wrest control of the teeming port city of Karachi from a powerful political party, the military's latest, and some say boldest, foray into civilian life in recent years.

Sohail Ahmed was picked up last December by a bunch of burly men outside his local mosque in Karachi and shoved into an SUV. It was the last time his family saw him alive.

Pakistani authorities today delayed by three days the hanging of a political activist convicted of murder, as a video of him emerged claiming his party chief had ordered him to carry out killings.

The Pakistani Taliban today claimed responsibility for an attack on a political party camp in the southern city of Karachi which wounded at least 15 people.