Monday, June 17, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
KARACHI: PPP leader Rehman Malik has formally invited the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on behalf of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to join the Sindh government in the “greater interest of Sindh”.The former interior minister was ...

Monday, June 17, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Karachi Rehman Malik has formally invited the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on behalf of the Pakistan People’s Party to join the Sindh government in the “greater interest of Sindh”. The former interior minister was part of a ...

Sunday, June 16, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Heroin lost its flavour for Ahmed the day his friend offered him a snort of meth. A heroin addict for the past five years, he got the first taste of “crystal” in his impoverished neighbourhood of Lyari and it was the “best thing” ...

Saturday, June 15, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
The death of Waliur Rehman, the deputy chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in a US drone strike on May 29, is likely to bring some respite on the attacks on the Awami National Party (ANP) in Karachi at least in the short run, ...

Friday, June 14, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Karachi The death of Wali-ur-Rehman, the deputy chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in a US drone strike on May 29, is likely to bring some respite for the Awami Natonal Party (ANP) in Karachi; at least in the short run, ...

Saturday, June 08, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Karachi Qaim Ali Shah’s decision to attend a reception organised by the banned Peoples’ Aman Committee (PAC) of Lyari, shortly after taking oath as the chief minster of Sindh, appears to have further strained ties between the ...

Friday, June 07, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday urged Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to take immediate notice of the criminal activities of the Lyari gang being allegedly ...

Friday, June 07, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Karachi The Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s strike on Thursday to protest against the murder of its three supporters a day earlier kept Karachi shut for most part of the day. There were hardly any commercial activities and shops ...

Friday, May 31, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Karachi With the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) opting to sit on the opposition benches in the provincial assembly, the longest serving Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad is also seen on his way out sooner than later. A powerful ...

Friday, May 31, 2013
Ammar Shahbazi
Karachi The War Against Rape (WAR) on Thursday denied reports published in some English-language newspapers (not The News) that the organisation was closing down. In a statement, Sanaa Rashed, a member of the board, said it ...