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Altaf Hussain: Once ‘king’ of Karachi, he now wants asylum in India

November 22, 2019 8:48 pm

Altaf Hussain’s appeal Sunday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give him and his colleagues asylum, makes him perhaps the first British citizen to seek refuge in India.

MQM chief Altaf Hussain steps down, then withdraws resignation

September 14, 2014 11:55 am

Hussain and a loyal band of followers had formed the MQM and won support from the Urdu speaking population.

Fading of the strongman

July 03, 2014 12:02 am

Altaf Hussain is no longer the figure he was. Yet, the MQM draws support because its alternative is the Taliban.

City of the long siege

June 11, 2014 12:31 am

MQM founder Altaf Hussain’s arrest in the UK threatens Karachi’s relatively stable state of instability

Leading Pakistani politician arrested in London

June 03, 2014 4:29 pm

Hussain, who is 60, heads the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, or MQM, one of Pakistan's major political parties.

Decline of the MQM

January 25, 2014 3:05 am

Ironically, the fate of a party formerly seen as violent is now a barometer of what is happening to liberal-secular elements in Pakistan.

Pakistan: 21, including 19 children, killed in road accident after school van collides with truck

January 15, 2014 7:15 pm

Pakistan has a dubious record of fatal traffic accidents which can be blamed on poor roads and reckless driving.

MQM calls for fresh polls in entire Karachi

May 16, 2013 1:51 am

Pakistans MQM party has demanded fresh polls in an entire Karachi constituency,rejecting the Election Commissions decision to conduct re-polling only at 43 stations of the National Assembly seat.