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| India-Pakistan |
| Altaf in focus as British envoy, Nisar meet |
| 2015-03-19 |
| [DAWN] British High Commissioner to Pakistain Philip Barton held a meeting with Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali in Islamabad on Wednesday and discussed matters pertaining to Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) Chairman Altaf Hussain ...think of the head of the Barzini clan, only in Urdu... , according to BBC Urdu. During the meeting, which took place at the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... House, Nisar shared a copy of the case registered against Altaf in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... by Rangers. On Tuesday, Rangers officials filed a case against Altaf Hussain for threatening the paramilitary force. Rangers spokesperson Col Tahir Mehmood, who filed the case against the political party, claimed that following the raid on MQM Headquarters in Karachi's Azizabad neighbourhood, Altaf -- in an interview on Geo News -- threatened members of the paramilitary force who were involved in the operation. The interior minister also informed the British High Commissioner about other details of the Rangers' raid at MQM headquarters including the arrest of top hit mans and recovery of a huge cache of arms and ammunition. Last week, Rangers officials conducted an unprecedented raid on the MQM's headquarters. A number of party workers, including MQM's Rabita Committee member Amir Khan, were detained during the raid. Two convicted criminals and a huge cache of arms and ammunition were also recovered during the raid. |
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