Supreme Court Orders Abrar to Modify

May 28, 2007

As I feared at the time of Abrar’s new Album’s Launch that it will get a ban or will go into a controversy.

Supreme Court today has ordered Abrar ul Haq to modify the song and remove the words ‘Parveen‘ & ‘Namkeen‘. Court in its ordered has said that new generation listens keenly to Abrar’s Songs, so Abrar should be very careful with the wordings & lyrics using in his songs and he should produce songs which are positive in nature.


Pakistani Bloggers to be watched?

May 15, 2007

I, a while ago was checking blogstats. Came across a comment whose IP address said pie(.)net(.)pk. PIE is a state run authority to monitor cyber activities across Pakistan. On searching further, I came across following information.

IP Address belongs to Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited.
Domain as mentioned earlier is pie(.)net(.)pk
City is Karachi
Region is Sindh
Country is Pakistan

I suspect that I am personally being very pessimist but as always, one should also consider darker side of things as well.

Yesterday, GEO News website was hacked by some persons and was filled with nasty and filthy remarks for President Parvez Musharraf.

Today, when I came back home after dropping my family members, I sat down with my father outside main door of my house on a cement bench, and started reading newspaper, like I do, almost daily. On the last page of Lahore’s Jang, I saw a news that Government has now decided to watch News Websites of Newspapers & TV Channels.

The same day, some one from Pakistan Internet Exchange has visited my blog – which for sure rings a bell. I don’t know but I am sensing something is going to happen to such blogs, websites which utter things that are not acceptable to our Government and sooner or later there is going to be a crack down on such bloggers, writers, hosts etc.

I again & again tried to go through my blog that I shouldn’t leave any contact information which can be traced to my location. Thanks to my company that I am not using Pakistan’s Internet Services so that I can not be tracked with IP address.

Is it just my fear or something is in the air?


Bomb Blast in Peshawar

May 15, 2007

BBC Reports a bomb blast in Provincial Capital of NWFP Peshawar’s Hotel Marhaba on Naz Cinema Road. Atleast 15 have died and severals are injured. Blast took place near centuries old mosque Masjid Mahabat Khan.

 Eye Witnesses say that more than dozens have injured. Naz Cinema Road is one of the most busiest economic center of Peshawar.

French News Agency has reported 17 casualities. AFP Reports that 6 are injured.

News Courtesy : BBC Urdu Service

Update 1

Atleast 24 are now confirmed dead and 30+ are injured.


Court News from Pakistan

May 15, 2007

News related to court matters gathered through various sources are below.

Petition against Parvez Elahi & Sheikh Rasheed submitted in Lahore High Court

A petition against Chaudhary Parvez Elahi (Chief Minister Punjab) and Sheikh Rasheed (Minister of Railways) has been filed in Lahore High Court. Both of them addressed a rally in Islamabad on 12-May-2007 and specifically targetted their voices against Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. Supplicant has written in his petition that Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhar is still the Chief Justice of Pakistan and as per constitution no one is allowed to directly address Chief Justice of Pakistan.  Both Mr. Elahi & Mr. Rasheed have been accused of Contempt of Court.

Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani sworn in as Acting CJ of Sindh High Court

Senior Judge of Sindh High Court, Mr. Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani has been sworn in as Acting Chief Justice of Sindh High Court in Karachi. Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Mr. Justice Sabeeh ud Din Ahmed is on a foreign tour of 1 week.

Proceeding of Suo Moto Action of Hammad Raza’s Murder

Supreme Court of Pakistan, yesterday took suo moto action over murder of Mr. Hammad Raza, Additional Registrar of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Mr. Hammad Raza was killed in his home yesterday early morning.

Full Court Bench of Supreme Court to start its proceedings today

Full Court Bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan would start its proceedings on 23+ petitions filed against the filing of reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary is also amongst the persons who have filed such petition. President and Army Chief of Pakistan, General Parvez Musharraf sent this reference to Supreme Judicial Council on 9th March, 2007. Its pity that in our country – Chief Justice is asking for Justice and Chief of Army Staff is insecure. 

Some more news from Supreme Court of Pakistan

Full Court Bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the stay order issued by a bench earlier constituted to halt Supreme Judicial Council. Full Court Bench has issued an order that unless there is a decision of CJP’s petition is announced – SJC is advised to stop its proceedings.

Supreme Court has also said that apex court itself is monitoring the investigations of the murder of Hammad Raza.


How do astronauts use toilets in space?

May 15, 2007

An interesting read sent to me by a colleague. I always thought that instead of taking normal food, astronauts/cosmonauts consume some sort of special food, may it be multivitamins et al.

Courtesy : BBC News

A tour of a space facility in the US apparently prompted Prince Philip to ask how astronauts deal with “natural functions” in space. So how exactly do they go to the toilet (or should that be the loo)?

It’s all to do with air flow. On earth, in the West at least, your standard toilet is a water-flush affair, that takes waste and washes it down a pipe.

The lack of gravity on the shuttle and the space station mean a water-flush system is not an option. You don’t need a particularly vivid imagination to see the potential problems.

Instead, on the shuttle, urine and faeces are carried away by rapid flow of air.

The unisex toilet resembles a conventional loo, but with straps over the feet and bars over the thighs to make sure that the astronauts don’t drift off mid-go. The seat is designed so the astronaut’s bottom can be perfectly flush to make a good seal.

The good news for fans of convenience is that, on the shuttle at least, urinating standing up is possible. A funnel-on-a-hose contraption is included so that astronauts – both male and female – can urinate standing up. Or sitting down if they prefer. They just attach it to the toilet using a pivoting bracket.

The system separates solid and liquid waste. Solids are compressed and remain on-board to be unloaded after landing. Liquids are released into space. Nasa hopes one day to recycle waste productively.

Researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada have said such recycling will be key to tackling any future mission to Mars in order to feed the astronauts.

The air used in the space shuttle’s toilet system has to be filtered to get rid of the smell and bacteria before it is returned to the living area.

Incinerated waste

On the International Space Station, the fundamental principle is similar. The fan-powered air-flow toilet system stores waste. Urine is sucked up and stored in 20 litre containers which are dumped into the Progress resupply craft. The ship is later ejected into the atmosphere, where it burns up.

For solid waste, a plastic bag covered in holes is placed inside the toilet. Air is sucked through the holes so everything ends up in the bag. The elasticised top closes and the bag is pushed into a metal container. A new bag is popped in for the next visitor. Again the waste heads off to Progress.

Space toilets have come a long way. In the book The Right Stuff and its film adaptation, an astronaut on an early mission feels the need to urinate during a massively delayed take-off. With no facilities provided – and no adult nappies, as used today during take-off and landing – he is eventually allowed to urinate in his suit, causing his sensors to go haywire.

And Prince Philip is among good company in wondering how astronauts attend to their bodily functions.

A spokesman for Nasa confirms it is a question much asked by children and journalists alike.


Microsoft, Google Battle on

May 15, 2007

Received this in a daily e-newsletter.

Gartner: Microsoft after Google’s advertising jugular
[Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer]
ltucci(at)techtarget(dot)com

The battle between Microsoft and Google Inc. took a lively turn last
week, when reports surfaced and then were quickly batted down that
Microsoft was once again in merger talks with search firm Yahoo Inc.

Whether the discussions are happening or not, any doubts that
Microsoft — not Google — is the company on the offensive can be
dismissed, said David Mitchell Smith, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in
Stamford, Conn.

“Microsoft is clearly going after Google’s core business,
advertising,” Smith said. “Google is trying to distract Microsoft, so
a company with its resources can’t apply 100% of its focus on the
attack.”

The chatter in recent months has been that Google is going after
Microsoft where it hurts — in the realm of work. Last year’s
acquisition of Writely by Google shows that office applications –
albeit Web-based, free and available at the click of a mouse — are
of interest to the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine firm.

Continue reading on Tech Target


Hammad Raza – Target Killing?

May 15, 2007

Widow of Hammad Raza, the deceased additional registrar of Supreme Court of Pakistan, has said that his husband is a victim of target killing by the state. Shabana Hammad told BBC that 2 persons entered their house in Sector G-10/2 of Islamabad and were looking for Hammad Raza.

She has categorically rejected that persons entered were dacoit. Killers knocked at the bedroom, when door was opened they instantally killed Hammad Raza and within a minute or two they were gone.

Hammad Raza belonged to the District Management Group (DMG) of Civil Services of Pakistan. Hammad Raza was one of the main persons who were interrogated by agencies to find any evidence to support the notorious reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary.

Shabana Hammad, who is british nationlist have also sought help from British High Commission in Islamabad.

Justice (R) Tariq Mehmood, a lawyer representing Chief Justice of Pakistan, has said that Hammad Raza was an important cogent evidence of Chief Justice of Pakistan. He also said that government agencies were pressurising Hammad Raza to say anything that goes against Chief Justice of Pakistan but he refused to do so.

Last night, Hammad was buried in graveyard of Lahore.

Courtesy: BBC Urdu Service


Police was not weaponized on Bloody Saturday

May 15, 2007

Various reports and inside information have now proved that Police wasn’t weaponized on Last Saturday in Karachi – A Saturday, when MQM had to play its filthy game, it was ordered that police should not be equipped with any weapons.

A plan made by Karachi Police for May 12, 2007 suggests that it was feared that on 12th May 2007, city can face suicide bombing, bomb blasts, firing and even attacks on political leaders. Astonishingly it was ordered that Police would not be given any type of weapon.

Such a security plan was sent by Karachi Police’s chief Azhar Farooqi with signatures of SSP Security Karachi, Dr. Muhammad Amin Yousaf Zai. It was distributed to all TPOs, Police Stations, SHOs. BBC holds a copy of the plan.

In the plan, it was instructed that police should hold its position as early as 5 AM on 12-May-2007. BUT, POLICE would only be given bamboo sticks along with rifles which can only fire tear gas. It is written in the security plan that police wouldn’t be given any wepaon what so ever. However, it was advised to the Town Police Officers that wherever they feel it necessary they should bear utmost care in providing weapons to Police. But its worth mentioning that when city was burning, roads were blocked and filled with deadbodies – Town Police Officers didn’t feel it necessary to provide any weapon.

News Courtesy : BBC Urdu Service

However, BBC doesn’t mention that if such instructions were also given to Rangers or not – Rangers are the paramilitary forces. Rangers were also deployed alongwith police to safeguard the city.


Musharraf’s leadership challenged in court

May 14, 2007

ISLAMABAD ( 2007-05-14 17:46:37 ) : Opposition alliance petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday, calling for the removal of President Pervez Musharraf from office as well as from his position as army chief.

The move by Qazi Hussain Ahmed, President of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) alliance, came amid a deepening judicial crisis that represents the greatest challenge to Musharraf’s authority since he took power in a military coup in 1999.

“We have challenged both of Musharraf’s positions because he is not capable of holding either office,” Shahid Shamsi, a spokesman for Ahmed, told Reuters.

In his petition, Ahmed pleaded that President Musharraf be dismissed from the army because he had violated his oath by taking part in politics while remaining in uniform.

He said President Musharraf had also disqualified himself from holding the office of president by “dragging the army into politics”.

President Musharraf promised to stand down as army chief by the end of 2004 as part of a deal with MMA but later backed out of his commitment.

Constitutionally, he is due to quit the army by the end of December this year, but is believed to be reluctant to do so.

President Musharraf is expected to stand for a second term as president in September or October and wants to be re-elected by the national and provincial assemblies before they are dissolved for elections due around the turn of the year.

Many analysts say Musharraf’s move to suspend the country’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in March might be motivated by a desire to have a more pliable man at the head of judiciary in case of a constitutional challenge to his plans.

Courtesy : Aaj TV


Geo News website hacked

May 14, 2007

Geo News website has been hacked by someone. Geo, is one of the leading private channel of Pakistan

Geo News hacked

Geo News hacked

watch it for yourself

http://www.geo.tv/news/


Karachi violence to cost Musharraf heavily

May 14, 2007

Karachi violence to cost Musharraf heavily: analysts

ISLAMABAD ( 2007-05-13 21:29:25 ) :
President Pervez Musharraf’s grip on power has been dangerously weakened by the involvement of his political allies in violence that killed dozens of people, analysts said Sunday.

Musharraf faces a major challenge to put the lid back on the opposition movement that has formed around the country’s suspended chief justice.

More than 36 people, most of them opposition workers, have died in ongoing clashes between pro-government and pro-judge parties that have turned the streets of Karachi into a battleground.

“I think his (Musharraf’s) power is now diminishing rapidly. There is no doubt about it,” retired Pakistani army general and political analyst Talat Masood told AFP.

General Musharraf’s position has become increasingly tenuous as he seeks another five-year term as president-in-uniform before November 16 from the outgoing parliament, which is stacked with his supporters.

Opponents say the president, a key US ally in the “war on terror,” dismissed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on March 9 to ensure a pliant judiciary in the event of any legal challenges to the manoeuvre.

After two months of protests involving lawyers and opposition parties, the crisis turned violent on Saturday in Karachi.

The main bloodshed was sparked when Musharraf’s local ally, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party, prevented Chaudhry from addressing a bar association function in Karachi.

Musharraf blamed the judge and his supporters for the carnage, saying that they had politicised Chaudhry’s fate and stoked up tensions.

But Human Rights Watch accused police and the provincial government, which is run by the MQM, of being “silent spectators” to the breakdown in law and order and of deliberately “fomenting” trouble.

“It was a great blunder, a major mistake of horrendous proportions. It was a sure recipe for confrontation,” Masood said.

Masood said the current situation could lead to early elections, but Musharraf was unlikely to be able to retain his position as chief of the huge army, his main source of power.

“All actions subsequent to March 9 reflect a sense of insecurity in government ranks leading to a situation where elections could be held ahead of time,” Masood said.

Political commentator Najam Sethi said the violence in Karachi, an ethnic tinderbox wracked by political fighting in the 1990s, had set the scene for a national confrontation.

“The battle lines are now drawn. There is Musharraf and the ruling political party and the MQM on one side and the rest of Pakistan on the other. He is facing the worst period of his rule,” Sethi told AFP.

As Karachi was in flames, Musharraf was addressing a massive rally in Islamabad organised by his cronies to demonstrate public support for the military-led administration.

Musharraf has conveyed a message to the chief justice that “we will use the machinery of the state to stop you and you will not be allowed to reach out to people,” Sethi said.

“It is very depressing. We are more divided as a nation than we were in 1999 when he took over in a coup.”

A senior security official who worked in Sindh province during the late 1990s feared that the current spate of violence in Karachi could hurt the commercial hub and home of the Pakistani stock market as in the past.

“There was an uneasy calm in Karachi since the MQM government came into being. That calm has been broken,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The official said that it was distressing to see that law enforcement agencies did not intervene at all. “They looked to be part of the whole carnage,” he added.

Aaj TV


Supreme Court News from Islamabad

May 14, 2007

Islamabad : Justice Falak Sher, one of the members of full court, constituted by acting CJ Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, has refused to sit in the full court. As per Mr. Justice Falak Sher, there is pending case in Supreme Court over Seniority Issue of Mr. Justice Falak Sher and Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary – hence he can not sit in court which has to hear the case of Mr. Justice Iftikhar Chuadhary.

Justice Khalil Ur Rehman Ramday has sent the case back to Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwan Das to re-constitute the full court. Mr. Justice Rana Bhagwan Das has now constituted full court excluding Mr. Justice Falak Sher. Full Court will now start its proceeding from tomorrow, Tuesday 15-May-2007

S. M. Zafar, one of the most prominent lawyer of the country has advised Government to not to send another reference against CJP. He also advised CJP to postpone his addresses to the bar councils of the country till the judgement of Full Bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Islamabad: Additional Registrar of Supreme Court of Pakistan was murdered earlier around 3 AM in Islamabad. As per reports, some dacoits entered his house in Islamabad and on resistance shown by Hammad Raza, the additional registrar of Supreme Court of Pakistan – they opened fired, Hammad was rushed to PIMS (Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences) but couldn’t succumb to injuries and died.

Update on Murder of Additional Registar of Supreme Court : Unidentified gunmen killed a senior Supreme Court official in Islamabad early Monday after a weekend of deadly violence over the suspension of the chief justice, police said.

Syed Hamid Raza was shot dead hours before the court was due to start a hearing into the legality of charges against Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

“Unknown gunmen broke into the house of Supreme Court additional registrar Raza and shot him dead,” Islamabad police officer Mohammad Aslam told AFP.

Police were still investigating the motive for the killing, he said.

Syed Hammad Raza was serving in Baluchistan High Court and he was brought to Supreme Court in the era of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary – it might be another killing by the state???

Throughout the country, lawyers have staged protests and have boycotted the proceedings of the court in protest to killings of innocent civilians by the ruling party in Karachi.


Bring Back Naseer Ullah Babar

May 14, 2007

The current state supported terrorism, brute use of heavy arms on innocent people including media asks for some extraordinary measures to be taken. Government & its allied party in Provincial Government of Sindh as well as in Federal Government used all of its power to kill dozens of innocent people to stop them from welcoming Chief Justice of Pakistan.

MQM was given freehand to kill anyone and everyone on Saturday. The only motto was to stop people coming on streets to welcome Chief Justice of Pakistan. CJP was scheduled address professional attendance of Sindh High Court Bar Association on Golden Jubilee of Sindh High Court.

Polie, Rangers and other paramilitary forces were asked to be a silent observer and let the MQM do whatever it wanted to do. City was burning, roads were filled with deadbodies but Home Secretary Sindh and Inspector General Sindh Police was enjoying tea & smoking next to CJP’s arrival lounge.

Sindh High Court took suo moto action and called IG, Home Secretary & Corps Commander. IG & Home Secretary simply said that this is out of their control and orders were from high ups. Corps Commander Karachi simply didn’t take any notice whatsoever of Court’s order and put the orders under his boots.

While the economic hub of Pakistan, the city of Founder of the Nation, the city once termed as ‘the city of lights’ was filled with deadbodies, ruling party was celebrating their show of ‘power’ in Islamabad. They were beating drums, they were dancing over their show of powers.

Let me tell you inside about this show of powers. Provincial & City Government in Lahore paid amounts ranging from 400 to 1,800 rupees per participants including 3 times food, water and sweets, air-conditioned buses to participate in the rally of ruling party. On Saturday morning I was on my way to drop my family members to their offices, Daewoo buses were on the roads and people were openly calling that ‘Go to Islamabad and get 1500 rupees’ – is this what we call ’show of Powers’?

In Karachi, MQM staged its so called ‘peaceful rally’ and about 2-3 km ago from that area, A TV Channel (Aaj TV’s) building was under heavy fire with automatic weapons. All the world saw the visuals. The firing continued for 6+ hours and no security whatsoever was provided to them. They contacted everyone possible, they called for help but no one took notice.

This is what we call state-terrorism. None other that General Parvez Musharraf, the great US Ally on war on terror was doing. It was all ordered by him.

There is one and only solution this crisis. Restore CJP on his position unconditionally. Governor rule should be imposed in the province of Sindh and Gen (R) Naseer Ullah Babar should be given freehand, the way he was given authority and powers a few years back. Musharraf should resign. A care-taker government should be there to conduct free & fair elections. Army should do what it is supposed to do – they should go back to barricks.


Tony Blair announces Resignation

May 10, 2007

Tony Blair, British PM has announced that he would step down as PM on 27th June 2007 thus ending an era of 10 years.  more to follow http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6639945.stm

Tony Blair has announced he will stand down as prime minister on 27 June.

He made the announcement in a speech to party activists in his Sedgefield constituency, after earlier briefing the Cabinet on his plans.

He acknowledged he had not always lived up to expectations but said he had been very lucky to lead “the greatest nation on earth”.

He will stay on in Downing Street until the Labour Party elects a new leader – expected to be Gordon Brown.

In an emotional speech, Mr Blair said he had been prime minister for 10 years which was long enough for the country and himself.

Brown tribute

Mr Blair earlier told the Cabinet he did not want ministers paying tribute to him, adding “that can be left for another day”.

But as the meeting was breaking up, Mr Brown said he “did not think it would be right to let Cabinet finish without offering thanks to the prime minister”.

He praised Mr Blair’s “unique achievement over 10 years and the unique leadership he had given to the party, Britain and the world”.

His comments were greeted by “much thumping of tables” by Mr Blair’s colleagues, the prime minister’s official spokesman told reporters.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said it had been a “cordial, comradely” meeting with “quite a lot of laughter” and “leg-pulling”.

Mr Hain, who is a candidate for Labour’s deputy leadership, said Mr Brown would now “take up Tony Blair’s mantle in the next period of our government”.

The chancellor later made a joke about Mr Blair’s departure plans in the Commons.

Answering a question on employment, he said: “There are of course 600,000 vacancies in the economy as a result of the… actually there’s one more today as a result of announcements that have just been made.”

‘Good years’

Mr Blair’s election agent and close friend John Burton said he expected Mr Blair to continue as Sedgefield’s MP until the next general election, unless he was offered a major international job.

Former Cabinet minister and Blair ally Alan Milburn said thought the prime minister “slightly regretted pre-announcing his retirement” by saying he would not seek a fourth term.

I think he would have preferred to stay longer,” added Mr Milburn but he said the prime minister had had “a good 10 years” and had “fundamentally changed the country for the better”.

Mr Blair’s official spokesman insists he will remain “focused” on being prime minister until Labour has chosen his successor – a process expected to last seven weeks.

He said Mr Blair still has lots of work to do on domestic issues and had a number of international commitments in the run-up to this summer’s G8 and EU summits.

But with a new prime minister expected to be in place by the beginning of July, attention at Westminster has already shifted to his succession.

Mr Brown is unlikely to face a Cabinet-level challenge for the leadership as all of the likely contenders have ruled themselves out.

But he could still face a challenge from one of two left wing backbenchers – John McDonnell and Michael Meacher. The pair are meeting later to see if one of them can muster enough support to get on to the ballot paper.

‘Paralysis’

Candidates need the signatures of 45 Labour MPs to enter a contest.

Six deputy leadership hopefuls will also be battling for nominations to enter the race to replace John Prescott, who is due to stand down with Mr Blair.

Conservative leader David Cameron has said the country faces seven weeks of “paralysis” until Labour chooses a new leader, accusing Mr Blair of running a government of the “living dead”.

The Liberal Democrats have, meanwhile, tabled a Parliamentary motion urging the Queen to dissolve parliament and call a general election.

But European Union Trade Commissioner and close Blair ally, Peter Mandelson, denied that Mr Blair’s last weeks in office would be as a lame duck leader.

“‘He’s going of his own choice. He’s doing it at a time which he thinks is good for the country, is good for the government.”


Firing @ Munir A. Malik’s House

May 10, 2007

Some unidentified persons opened heavy firing with machine guns on House cum Office of Mr. Munir A. Malik. Mr. Munir A. Malik’s residence cum office was sealed by Karachi Building Control Authoriy last day. Later in the day, Sindh High Court ordered the authorities to unseal it. Mr. Munir A. Malik is a prominent lawyer, lawyer of Chief Justice of Pakistan in Supreme Judicial Council, President of Supreme Court Bar Association. Firing incident took place around 3 AM in morning today. This incident comes ahead of Lawyers & Opposition’s welcome of Chief Justice’s visit to Karachi on 12th May 2007. On same day, MQM, one of the main ally of Government in Federal as well as provincial assembly has announced to stage a rally in favor of President’s reference against Chief Justice.

Update 1

Dr. Imran Farooq, leader of MQM has condemned the incident. Dr. Ishrat ul Ibad, Governor Sindh, has also denounced it.  Its worth mentioning that most of Karachi’s administration is in hands of MQM & also they share a large amount in administration of Province of Sindh.

Update 2

A police case has been registered against unknown persons. As per Mr. Munir A. Malik, he was watching some special tv transmission at 3 in night when firing took place. At that time, his son & daughter were in the upper story of the house and several bullets have hit their rooms as well. Glasses of windows were shattered. Munir A. Malik then called his friends and colleagues and then called at emergency police number 15. Police reached but Munir A. Malik didn’t trust them so didn’t open the door until the media teams started to reach his residence.