The MQM’s politics have caused harm to Karachi and the MQM itself, says the party’s leader Nazim Hussain Sial. Speaking at the Karachi Literature Festival about the different stages of his life, Sial said that when MQM was facing a difficult time, his children were also involved. He further stated that when Musharraf came to power, MQM showed willingness to meet him, but Musharraf refused, calling MQM a terrorist party. Sial said that Musharraf used MQM for his own stability purposes. He also mentioned that MQM had given Muhajirs an identity in Karachi. In a recent interview, MQM leader Nazim Hussain Sial spoke about the results of the 2024 elections, claiming that in 2018, PTI founder Imran Khan was supposed to win, and MQM was given seats. Sial also mentioned that during the 2002 elections, a candidate from the Jamaat-e-Islami was given a seat on the Defence constituency because MQM was defeated.
The three-day Karachi Literature Festival is coming to an end on its final day, with a session on the topic of “Emerging Media in a Globalizing World.” The festival will conclude with a poetry recitation session. Sindh Senator and PML-N leader Pervez Rashid said that the opposition should learn from its own mistakes. A trader from Shahdadkot was robbed by dacoits in Karachi while buying a mobile phone.
Professor Muhammad Masrur, the treasurer of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, has dismissed all the allegations made recently by the British media, particularly in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and The Daily Mail, about the International Training Fellowship (ITF) program. The Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh is hosting the World Defense Exhibition, where 80 countries, including Pakistan, have participated. Federal Minister for Energy Awais Leghari said that Pakistan’s industrial electricity rate has been reduced to a level comparable to other countries in the region.
Opposition leader Senator Raja Nisar Abbas said that the Islamabad Police and Ministry of Interior are responsible for the mosque bombing. Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail met Anna Bierstedt, the Managing Director of the World Bank, in the Saudi Arabian city of Al-‘Ula. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that despite laws being enacted, there has been no progress in the abolition of interest in institutions. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail met Saudi Minister for Investment Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud in the Saudi Arabian city of Al-‘Ula.
Amir Jamaat-e-Islam Pakistan Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has termed the recent wave of terrorism as alarming. PTI’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter head Javed Akbar said that unfortunately, the incumbent federal government has been imposed on us. Member of the Pakistan Bar Council Ahmed Bhoon said that some lawyers have used the successful 2007 movement for their own gain. Murad Ali Shah said that the Fire Brigade is split in different parts, and they are trying to gather it in one place. The administrator of Hafizabad, Hamdal, said that five municipal committee employees have been fired due to corruption.
