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Posts Tagged ‘MQM chief’

Brigadier Imtiaz - a ghost from the past

By Salman Latif • Aug 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics

In a time when there’s been a lot of talk over Mr. Musharraf’s trial and PML N has been pursuing the case determinedly, suddenly a ghost from the past comes on the media and spills few so-called secrets which entirely turns the tide. While at one side it acquits, in an immediate sense, Mr. Musharraf [...]



Touching on Taboo | Partition a Blunder

By Tanzeel • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Lahore: MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said the Partition of India in 1947 weakened Muslims, as it divided their power. In an interview with Najam Sethi on Duniya News, Altaf said there would have been no Partition had the Congress accepted Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s 14 points. Altaf said few people knew that even Allama Iqbal [...]