ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani today spoke to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on phone and discussed with him the country?s political situation.
According to sources, both leaders exchanged views on the recent spate of violence in Karachi that entered fourth day on Tuesday.
The two leaders also discussed to enhance cooperation between PPP and MQM leaders.
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LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Syed Munawar Hasan has lashed out at the Sindh coalition partners for the prevailing law and order situation in Karachi, in which up to 39 people were killed in five days.
In a statement issued from Lahore, Hasan said people of Karachi have been left at the mercy of murderers.
The Government of Sindh has failed in curbing the violence in Karachi, he said, continuing that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been held hostage by its coalition partner.
Hasan said that the target killing of innocent people is under way while there is no presence of government in the city.
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KARACHI: Following the death of 39 people in Karachi, the rangers have been awarded special powers under Anti-Terrorism Act in the limit of 26 police stations to halt the rising incidents of violence in the city.
Section 144 has already been put into effect in these areas, while permissions granted for carrying arms have also been cancelled.
According to authorities, nine more people were shot dead in Pirabad, Sarjani Town, Liaquatabad, Buffer Zone, Mangho Pir, Sir Syed Town, Azizabad and PECH, after which the five-day death toll mounted to 39.
Tension gripped the affected areas, while enraged people staged protest in Nazimabad, Karimabad and other areas.
Earlier, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik chaired a high-level meeting called to discuss security situation in Karachi.
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Intelligence agencies in Pakistan are using drugs to extract information from political activists, while doctors on the payroll of the
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After ban on entry of the visitors onto platforms of railway stations by the concerned authorities, both the passengers and their rel
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Intelligence officials say suspected U.S. drones have fired eight missiles at two compounds in Pakistan’s northwest near the Afghan border, killing at least six suspected militants.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani today spoke to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on phone and discussed with him issues regarding Sindh Assembly?s incident.
According to a statement issued from MQM?s London Secretariat, Prime Minster Gilani has regretted the inappropriate behavior of PPP provincial ministers during the Sindh Assembly?s session.
Speaking to Altaf Hussain, the premier said that President Asif Ali Zardari, taking strict notice of the incident, reprimanded provincial ministers Agha Siraj Durrani and Zulfiqar Ali Mirza and stopped them from making any provocative statement.
Gilani said he met with President Zardari immediately after the Sindh Assembly?s chaos and informed him about the unfortunate incident. The prime minister deplored that better atmosphere of reconciliation created after President Zardari?s meeting with MQM was spoiled.
?President Asif Ali Zardari has reprimanded Agha Siraj Durrani and Zulfiqar Ali Mirza in front of me. We all want to go along together, but you two are destroying my reconciliatory policy,? Gilani told Altaf.
The prime minister continued: ?I have no doubt in my mind that we will be partners in future also and we don?t want to waste our strength by opposing the MQM.?
He opined that the PPP-MQM alliance had given a strength to the business community.
Meanwhile, MQM chief Altaf Hussain thanked the Prime Minister for taking immediate notice of the incident and assured that he would ask his party to maintain policy of reconciliation.
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PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday visited the residence of late Col (Retd) Muhammad
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MIRANSHAH: At least 17 people were killed when numerous missiles fired from the US drones hit a suspected militant compound in North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, Geo reported Tuesday.
Up to 18 missiles were fired from about five US spy aircrafts on a militant compound in Dattakhel village, according to sources.
At least 17 people were killed in the strikes and the toll is expected to rise.
A number of US strikes in early January are reported to have targeted Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, but he then dispelled rumours of his death in an audio recording, also vowing revenge for the drone programme.
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ISLAMABAD: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer is said to have finally approved and forwarded to President Asif Ali Zardari the long pending summary of Lah
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