Zulqarnain’s family say they have received threats
November 28, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: The family of Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider have told police they have received threatening calls after the player said he would expose people involved in corruption in Pakistan cricket.
“Zulqarnain’s wife got three calls today, two from an unknown number and one from a number in Greece in which the caller speaking in Urdu threatened her of dire consequences if Zulqarnain said anything about anyone,” Aqeel Haider, the player’s brother, told Reuters.
He said the calls came after Zulqarnain said on his Facebook page on Sunday that he would soon expose people who had taken bribes.
“All these people who are saying negative things about me…they should wait for five more days then I will show them my background and status. After five days I will show them their background and place and also those who don’t take money and those who have taken
Altaf stops Governor Ebad from resigning
October 18, 2010 by Trend PK
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Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: MQM chief Altaf Husain barred Ishratul Ebad from resigning as Sindh’s Governor after President Asif Ali Zardari’s promised to address the concerns of his coalition party.
Earlier, President Asif Ali Zardari held a one-on-one meeting with Sindh’s Governor Ishratul Ebad in Islamabad.
According to sources, Governor Ebad appraised the President of MQM’s decision to part ways with the government. However, President Zardari refused to accept Ebad’s resignation.
Deploring the incidents of target killings in Karachi, the President said that an impartial inquiry would be conducted into the violence.
He said that people involved in target killings would be brought to the court of law.
On the other hand, Interior Minister Rehman Malik contacted Altaf Husain on the phone and informed him about the law and situation
No MQM Leader on ECL: Interior Ministry
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: The names of central leadership of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) including Dr Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghauri were not on the Exit Control List; nor are they on the List now, Interior Ministry sources.
The MQM voiced serious reservations with the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) over the reports regarding the inclusion of names of party leaders on the List.
The spokesman of the Interior Ministry underscored that no names of MQM’s central leadership including Dr Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghauri are on the ECL; nor were their names included in the List ever before.
According to sources privy to the Interior Ministry, the list of beneficiaries of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) received from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is being reviewed, so that the names of people involved in old cases could be put on the ECL.
No MQM Leader on ECL: Interior Ministry was first posted on December 20, 2009 at 8:06 pm.
