Photonews Logo Photonews logo
  • Home
  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Azad Jammu Kashmir
    • Balochistan
    • Gilgit – Baltistan
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
    Gen V Season 2 trailer
    Videos

    Gen V Season 2 Trailer Cast, Plot, Premiere Details

    July 26, 2025 3 Min Read
    IShowSpeed Daniel La Belle race
    Videos

    IShowSpeed Beats Daniel La Belle in 40-Meter Race, Hits 41M Subscribers

    June 24, 2025 2 Min Read
    Cardi B new single Outside
    Videos

    Cardi B’s ‘Outside’ Single Sparks Buzz Over Offset and Stefon Diggs

    June 20, 2025 2 Min Read
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Offbeat
  • Blog
  • Contact
Reading: Rangers sealed MQM headquarters, offices in Karachi after Altaf speech
PhotoNews Pakistan PhotoNews Pakistan
Font ResizerAa
Search
  • Home
  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
    • Sindh
    • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Balochistan
    • Azad Jammu Kashmir
    • Gilgit – Baltistan
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Videos
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Offbeat
  • Blog
  • Contact
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© 2022 Photonews. All Rights Reserved.
MQM Nine Zero
PhotoNews Pakistan > Top News > Rangers sealed MQM headquarters, offices in Karachi after Altaf speech
Top News

Rangers sealed MQM headquarters, offices in Karachi after Altaf speech

Web Desk
By Web Desk Published August 23, 2016 2 Min Read
Share
SHARE
Rangers sealed the headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), after party chief Altaf Hussain delivered an anti Pakistan  speech to his party workers, instigating attacks on media houses.

The Rangers and police have launched a crackdown against the party, sealing many offices in different parts of the city and arresting many workers. The crackdown was widened to other parts of Sindh as police raided its offices in Hyderabad and elsewhere.

Altaf Hussain in a telephone speech to his supporters in which he castigated the media for not giving due coverage of his workers and ordered them to attack Geo News, ARY and Samaa.

The MQM chief, who is already banned for his rants against the state and military, went on to instigate violence against media after the party ended its hunger strike against what it said excess meted out to the party during the course of on-going operation against criminal elements in Karachi.

Read: Rangers detain top MQM leaders after provocative speech

Following the speech, the authorities took Farooq Sattar, Amir Liaquat, Izharul Hassan and many other leaders and workers of the party with Director General Sindh Rangers assuring private media channels of security.

Political parties condemned the Altaf Hussain’s speech and called for action against those who attacked media houses.

Irum Farooqi, a female MQM lawmaker in Sindh Assembly, decided to resign from the party and the assembly after Hussain’s anti-Pakistan speech.

MNA Abdul Rashid Godil, Babur Ghori, Faisal Subzwari and Senator Tahir Mashhadi also seemed to detest the speech delivered by their boss against Pakistan as they Tweeted about their feelings for the country.

TAGGED:MQM
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Whatsapp LinkedIn Email Copy Link Print
Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement

HBL Saving Made Easy
HBL Saving Made Easy

Recent Posts

Air India AI171 crash compensation

Air India Releases Rs25 Lakh Compensation to 166 Families of AI171 Crash Victims

FBR digital ecosystem

PM Shehbaz Sharif Approves FBR Digital Ecosystem for Tax Reforms

Pakistan Steel Mills Land

NIRC Issues Arrest Warrants for Pakistan Steel Mills CEO and Director

Post Archives

More Popular from Photonews

Pakistan AAAI chapter launch
Pakistan

Pakistan Launches AAAI Chapter, Joins Global AI Ecosystem

2 Min Read
Pakistan foreign loans FY25
Pakistan

Pakistan Secures $12.4 Billion in Foreign Loans for FY25, Up $2.6 Billion from FY24

3 Min Read
Sydney Sweeney American Eagle campaign
Entertainment

Sydney Sweeney Stars in American Eagle’s Boldest Fall Campaign

3 Min Read
Sports

Ibrahimovic Calls Out IShowSpeed for Ignoring Messages: “Players Made You Famous”

Football legend Zlatan Ibrahimović recently called out American streamer IShowSpeed for not responding to his Instagram…

July 22, 2025
Pakistan

ATC Sentences PTI’s Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar to 10 Years in May 9 Riots Case

On July 22, 2025, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Sargodha sentenced Malik Ahmed Khan Bhachar, the…

July 22, 2025
Tech

Apple Offers Glimpse Into Its AI Model Training With New Technical Report

Apple released a technical document on July 21, 2025, detailing its next-generation AI models introduced at…

July 22, 2025
Top NewsWorld

Bryan Kohberger Sentenced to Life for Idaho Student Murders

Bryan Kohberger, who confessed to the November 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, was…

July 24, 2025
PhotoNews Pakistan

Always Stay Up to Date

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

Categories

  • World
  • Pakistan
  • Punjab
  • Sindh
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Balochistan
  • Azad Jammu Kashmir

 

  • Top News
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Videos
  • Tech
  • Offbeat
  • Blog

© 2024 Phototnews
All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?