Tag: Hyderabad
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Fakhrul Islam, MQM candidate for PS-47 shot dead in Hyderabad
Fakhrul Islam, MQM candidate for Sindh provincial assembly seat PS-47 was shot dead in Hyderabad. According to Express News, Fakhrul Islam was shot dead outside his home in Halah market by two unidentified gunmen. People in the area reported this incident as the second or third target killing in the area. An Express News reporter…
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Misery and Havoc Wreaked By Pakistan Floods in 2011
– 5,800,000 people have been displaced due to the rains and floods (that’s about 65% of the population of New York City or twice the population of Chicago) – 1,200,000 homes have been devastated – 31,000 villages destroyed – 5,300,000 acres of land has been damaged (that’s an area bigger than the state of Connecticut)…
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Violence erupts after MQM MPA Raza Haider assassinated in Karachi
The city of lights bleed again yesterday evening as erratic incidents of violence erupted in Karachi subsequent to assassination of Raza Haider, an MQM leader and member Sindh Assembly who was shot dead at a mosque in Nazimabad along with his guard by unknown assailants. He was preparing to attend a funeral prayer and was…
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Guantanamo like Prisons of Sindh
Cries of shutting down the Guantanamo prison have been around for some time now, reason being the inhuman conditions at the prison which rather than reforming the prisoners is forcing them to become hardcore terrorists once they are released. Numerous examples could be quoted in this context. Such huge global outcry in this regard had…