Sunday, May 19, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Nawaz Sharif has yet to take oath to become the next prime minister of Pakistan but the jostling for several key postings abroad – especially, high commissioner to London and ambassador in Washington DC - has started with ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Legal experts are of the opinion that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain’s threatening and provocative words may not necessarily lead to a criminal prosecution despite complaints made by thousands of ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg has stressed that the authorities in Pakistan and the Home Office and the police in Britain need to work together to decide where the boundary ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: An interesting situation developed when a fight broke out between a Pakistani immigrant and the UK Border Agency/Home Office staff and Metropolitan Police was called to step into the situation. The Pakistani immigrant was ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Both the London Metropolitan Police and UK High Commissioner to Pakistan Adam Thomson have confirmed receiving “floods” of complaints against Altaf Hussain, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, and the police say that ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Britain is planning to restrict postal voting and introduce ballot box identity checks to help crack down on polling fraud because high level of fraud occurs in areas where South Asians mainly from Pakistani, Indian and ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Scotland Yard confirmed on Monday that it had received a “substantial number of calls and emails” from Pakistanis after Altaf Hussain, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, made a speech on Sunday and said that if the ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: British media hailed election results in Pakistan on the back of highest turnouts in decades and welcomed the victory of Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League in reports and editorials on Monday. Not a single line was written ...

Monday, May 13, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Britain said that Pakistan’s new government under Nawaz Sharif can begin to tackle the country’s “very serious challenges” following a successful and “sound” election. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FC) Baroness ...

Sunday, May 12, 2013
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Britain has no favourites in Pakistani elections and will work with any party that gets the democratic mandate of Pakistani voters, a senior British minister has said. Senior Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, ...