MQM would continue its struggle -Afaq Ahmed
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Afaq Ahmed told to leave Pakistan
the Director General of Pakistan Rangers demanded Afaq Ahmed leave the country,
along with party stalwart Amir Khan, and threatened “dire consequences” if they refused.
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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
There were reports of violence between political factions in the country. For example,
the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, an urban Sindh-based political party that in the past used
violence to further its aims, claimed that its rival the Muttahida Qaumi
Movement now a member of the national and provincial governing coalition, used
security forces to carry out extrajudicial killings of its members .
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Demonstration at Governor House
Hundreds women workers and sympathizers of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement staged a
demonstration at Karachi Press Club KPC in the evening and staged a demo.
Raising anti-government slogans and carrying portraits of MQM chief Afaq Ahmed
as also placards, the women demanded immediate removal of the "terrorists of the
Muttahida Qaumi Movement", from the strongholds of MQM and vacation of party
headquarters, Bait-ul-Hamza.
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MQM Press Conference in Lahore
Abid Jaffiri said that the government withdrew criminal and murder cases against the Sindh Governor
and dealt unfairly with the MQM by closing their offices in Karachi
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HRC Report "Pakistan Mass Arrests Condemned"
Police began detaining members of the MQM ( Mohajir Qaumi Movement) in raids on their homes
at dawn, reportedly using list of party members that had been compiled in advance.
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Journalists Rights Report
On 18 August 2002, Hamid Mian Shaikh, correspondent with the daily Roznama in Hyderabad
(south of the country), reported in the newspaper that police had seized a large cache of
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Freedom House Report
Having consolidated his hold on power through a dubious referendum that
extended his term as president, as well as a series of constitutional amendments
that cemented the future role of the military in governance, General Pervez
Musharraf held flawed elections in October 2002,
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Amir Khan Secretary general of Mohajir Qaumi Movement has
been arrested....more
Amir Khan showing "Victry Sign"
Karachi Police arrested Younus Khan, MPA of MQM after the session of provin- cial assembly.
Some police men caught him by his hair; others got hold of his clothes and arms
and dragged him outside the bus.
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An elected assembly member got seized by eight policemen.
Women activists of Mohajir Qaumi Movement, started a hunger struck, they dema- nded the release of
party leaders and workers. At this time 100s of women chan- ted slogans against the government and
rival factions in a demonstration outside the Karachi press club.
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Hunger Strike of female activists. They demanded the release of Party Leaders.
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