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Former Pakistan lawmaker Syed Ali Raza Abidi shot dead by gunmen outside his Karachi home; bodyguard arrested
•Two armed men on a motorbike shot dead Pakistan lawmaker and MQM leader Syed Ali Raza Abidi outside his house in Khayaban-e-Ghazi neighbourhood in Karachi Tuesday night
Pakistan General Elections: On eve of polling, campaigning intensifies, security beefed up
Fp Staff •According to the Pakistan Election Commission, over 3,400 candidates will contest on 272 general seats of the National Assembly, while 8,400 are running for 577 general seats of the four provincial assemblies
Fearful for decades under reign of MQM's Altaf Hussain, Pakistan's national parties now openly campaign in Karachi
•The country’s three main national parties now campaign openly in the teeming, financial hub, once considered one of the world’s most dangerous cities and dominated for decades by Hussain’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
Indian Muslim clerics' detention is symptomatic of a disturbing, systematic attack on Sufism in Pakistan
Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi •The recent case of the detention of two Indian Muslim clerics shows how Sufi-oriented people and Sufism is being systematically targeted in Pakistan today.
Pakistan sends formal reference to British govt against MQM chief Altaf Hussain
•Pakistan has sent a formal reference to the British government against self-exiled Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain for inciting violence in Karachi last week, interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Jailed MQM leader Waseem Akhtar takes oath as Karachi's new mayor
•Waseem Akhtar, a jailed leader of Mutthaida-e-Qaumi Movement in Pakistan, on Tuesday took oath as Karachi's mayor after the Sindh High Court allowed him to attend the ceremony.
Waseem Akhtar, Pakistan's probable next mayor, to run Karachi via video link from prison
•The imprisoned politician who is almost certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan's largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via "video link" from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
US reminds Pakistan to stay within rule of law in MQM crackdown
Ians •As the Pakistan government demolishes Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) offices and arrests activists in Karachi in a crackdown on the Sindh-based political party, the US said it continues to support government efforts to maintain law and order in the port city.
Karachi soon to be run from inside prison: Newly elected mayor Waseem Akhtar requests for office in jail
•Jailed leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement in Pakistan was on Wednesday elected as Karachi's new mayor by a big margin with his party sweeping the local municipal elections.
US criticises Pak's crackdown on MQM leaders, says critical opinion should be encouraged in a democracy
•A day after Pakistan charged MQM chief Altaf Hussain with treason for his inflammatory speech, the US has said in a democracy, critical opinion should be encouraged, not silenced.