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Pakistan s southern province of Sindh, including its capital Karachi, plunged into fresh violence, leaving at least 15 people dead and 21 injured, after senior minister Zulfikar Mirza of PPP made disparaging remarks against the MQM and its leader Altaf Hussain. HT Image The violent protests and disturbances started late last night soon after television channels aired remarks by a senior minister of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Par
stanley cup ty, Zulfiqar Mirza. Police and rescue officials said that 15 people were killed and 21 injured in incidents of firing in many parts of the city. Protesters also set ablaze some 40 vehicles, including 10 buses at one terminal in Sakhi Hasan. At a gathering last night, Mirza targetted Hussain, unleashing yet another rant against him 鈥?this time taking it up a notch by referring to the
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stanley cup of a breakaway MQM-Haqiqi as the true leader of muhajirs . Mirza said: This province was here for centuries before you Urdu-speaking migrants or muhajirs came to this city hungry and naked. If MQM-Haqiqi leader Afaq Ahmed is a criminal, then MQM leader Altaf Hussain is 100-times a bigger criminal, bellowed Mirza. He also described Altaf Hussain as a terrorist and killer and appealed to the people to get rid of the Kambakht . Afaq is the second-biggest political prisoner in Pakistan after President Asif Ali Zardari, he said. He accused MQM of trying to divide Sindh. You will divide Sindh over my dead body, Mirza said at a dinner hosted by Htsn MJ was dead before medical help arrived
Lawmakers in Pakistan s most powerful province have accused President Per
stanley cup vez Musharraf of gross misconduct and demanded he step down, an opening salvo in the ruling coalition s campaign to oust the defiant former army chief. The political battle unfolded on Monday as witnesses reported Pakistan s military rained bombs on militants in a tribal region along the border with Afghanistan in fighting that has killed dozens of people and forced t
adidas campus housands to flee in recent days. The events underscored the volatility in Pakistan, a politically and economically struggling country whose help is seen by Washington as critical to winning the
stanley cup war on extremist groups. Legislators in Punjab province s assembly voted overwhelmingly, 321-25, for the anti-Musharraf resolution, even drawing support from 35 members of the main pro-Musharraf party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q. HT Image Lawmakers from the national governing coalition chanted Go, Musharraf, go! and stood in support of the resolution, which called the longtime U.S. ally unfit to serve and accused him of violating the constitution, gross misconduct and economic mismanagement. Though the measure carries no constitutional weight, it ramps up the pressure on the president. Musharraf seized power in a 1999 military coup and dominated Pakistan for years, but he grew increasingly unpopular, especially after he removed dozens of judges and declared emergency rule last year. He has been largely sidelined since his foes won F
