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Dr Farooq’s parents leave for London
According to officials, they have gone to bring his body back to Pakistan.
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Culprits will be caught, Gilani assures MQM
MQM leaders are reluctant to provide information and claim their party did not have any scheduled meeting with the PM.
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‘MQM leaders could be assassinated’
MQM's Coordintaion Committee requests government to provide security to its leaders who have received death threats.
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MQM never asked for operation against 1 area or 1 people
Lyari Peace Committee holds rally in memory of Baloch victims.
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Karachi violence continues
Outburst of violence claims four more lives in Karachi - Landhi, Eid Gah, Teen Hati, Gulshan-e-Iqbal affected.
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Why are PPP governments violent for Karachi?
The only other time violence was this high was in 1995 during Benazir Bhutto’s second tenure.
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Joint investigation team set up
Team set up to interrogate the suspects arrested on alleged charges of the recent target killings.
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Extortion rackets squeezing the trigger in target killings
Five of the 13 Shershah victims were related to the representative of the market union who refused to pay up.
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Hoping for an Al Capone ending
Al Capone, supreme mafia don who got away with murder, several times, went to prison for life — for tax evasion.
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Sindh govt prepares for showdown in Karachi
Sindh Home Minister says a list of sensitive areas has been prepared and the government is ready for an operation.
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Media watch: Is there a solution to the Karachi killings?
Media analyses the government's decision to not call in the army to control the situation in Karachi.
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Search operations to be conducted in Karachi
Search operations are being launched in sensitive areas of the city with the CID, SIU and AVCC assisting.
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'Expose the target killers'
Sattar says eyewitness, media accounts have been gathered and the govt must arrest those behind target...
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Media watch: Perpetual violence in Karachi
Media looks at steps that were taken and that should be taken in the wake of the recent violence.
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Hit: Hell breaks loose in Shershah market
Shershah market shops were calling it a day when the assailants attacked.
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There is a limit to tolerance: Altaf
MQM chief says a conspiracy has been hatched to sabotage peace and by-elections in Karachi.
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Govt committed to ‘uneasy’ alliance with MQM
Top PPP leaders observe alliance with MQM as important to save Karachi from further bloodshed.
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Altaf warns govt against backing out of promises
MQM leader warns that his party will be forced to leave coalition if govt does not stop backing out of promises.
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As the rhetoric continues, the body count rises
Interior minister visits Nine-Zero to a frosty reception.
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Party pressures govt on Karachi violence
MQM steps up pressure on the government to protect its workers against violence.
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Arrested target killers to be produced before the people
Rehman Malik says the govt will make public those who claim to belong to any political party after they are arrested.
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Murder and mayhem
We see how different events in Karachi contribute towards growing tension and a general sense of mayhem in the city.
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ANP submits adjournment motion against target killings
ANP senators submit adjournment motion saying the rejection of its demand to deploy the army resulted in the killings.
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Media watch: Karachi violence
Media recount and analyse the events over the weekend which resulted in the killing more than 30 people.
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Karachi death toll rises to 43
Death toll in Karachi target killings rises to 43, police arrest 61 suspects from different parts of the city.
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Women turn up in their Sunday best for polling day
Security workers only deter registered voters who moved away because of violence.
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Ghutka and niswaar not the only symbols
Piano-key dental displays of stained teeth set apart presiding officers at the MQM and ANP-dominated areas in Orangi.
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While the kites soared, the black ribbons fluttered
MQM voters come out in force, 'peaceful protest' by the ANP.
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‘Not even America can control target killings’
Zulfiqar Mirza says no one can control “target killings” - even if contract given to US it would fail to ensure peace.
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Coalition break-up unlikely
MQM considers severing its ties with the PPP, but Zardari rejects Governor Sindh's resignation.
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Hitting out at PPP, ANP pulls out of PS-94
The Awami National Party (ANP) has decided to boycott the elections for PS-94 Orangi Town, Karachi.
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Car taken at gunpoint outside minister’s house
MQM minister was not present inside the car when it was snatched from outside his residence.
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Preparing for polls
The PS-94 by-election has inspired fear among many residents of Orangi Town.
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MQM chief urges government to respect judiciary
Altaf Hussain urges govt and judiciary to “respect and protect each other”.
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Government and judiciary should stop conspiring against each other: Altaf Hussain
The MQM leader said this while addressing the election campaign at PS-94 constituency in Karachi's Orangi Town.
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A worthy proposal
Let's put aside contentions that MQM's propsoal for a land reform bill is their attempt to make inroads into Sindh.
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MQM says ‘political forces’ behind killings
Farooq Sattar says criminal elements from Lyari gang wars are involved in the killing and abduction of MQM workers.
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Four MQM workers gunned down
Bodies of three MQM workers were found in a car in Malir Halt, Karachi.
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Land reform back on the agenda
Land reform is back on the national agenda which, until now, has not reflected the concerns of the ordinary people.
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ANP demands rangers presence for by-polls
Shahi Syed says rangers need to be deployed at all polling stations ahead of the 17th October by-polls in Karachi.
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Media watch: Land Reforms Bill
The media discusses the move by the MQM and whether there is a possibility for such a bill to be approved.
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Six killed in Karachi
Police recover three bullet ridden bodies near Karachi Airport, another man killed in Pirabad.
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Farooq Sattar attacks British newspaper
Sattar says allegations that differences within MQM may be reason behind killing of Dr Imran hurt MQM supporters.
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MQM's Land Reforms Bill un-Islamic: JUP
Islam has not fixed any limit for holding land as personal property argues the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan.
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MQM submits land reforms bill
MQM tables land reforms bill in National Assembly Secretariat, bill named after Dr Imran Farooq.