Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain confirmed MQM(A)s previous office at Colindale. Later MQM shifted their office from Colindale because they couldnt afford expensive place.
UNHCR DECLARES MQM AS TERRORIST Original source: www.unhcr.org Pakistan: Information on MohajirMuttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) Query: Provide information on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) in Pakistan. Response: SUMMARY- The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Altaf (MQM-A) has been widely accused of human rights abuses since its founding two decades ago. It claims to represent Mohajirs- Urdu-speaking Muslims who fled to Pakistan from India after the 1947 partition of the subcontinent, and their descendants. In the mid-1990s, the MQM-A was heavily involved in the widespread political violence that wracked Pakistans southern Sindh province, particularly Karachi, the port city that is the countrys commercial capital. MQM-A militants fought government forces, breakaway MQM factions, and militants from other ethnic-based movements. In the mid-1990s, the US State Department, Amnesty International, and others accused the MQM-A and a rival faction of summary killings, torture, and other abuses (see, eg, AI 1 Feb 1996; US DOS Feb 1996). The MQM-A routinely denied involvement in violence. BACKGROUND The current MQM-A is the successor to a group called the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) that was founded by Altaf Hussein in 1984 as a student movement to defend the rights of Mohajirs, who by some estimates make up 60 percent of Karachis population of twelve million. At the time, Mohajirs were advancing in business, the professions, and the bureaucracy, but many resented the <b>…<b>
Nusrat Javed, one of the senior most journalists and host of Bolta Pakistan at AAJ TV has been reportedly fired from AAJ TV and his program was taken off air after 10 minutes of airing. Nusrat said that MQM threatened the owners or management of AAJ TV that if they want to guarantee safety of 600 employees, then Nusrat should be fired. More details coming shortly …
