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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicAltaf Hussain

Topic: Altaf Hussain

UK acquits MQM supremo Altaf Hussain. Pakistan questions motive, jokes he is asset to MI6

Hussain's lawyer told the jury that the yardstick of UK law isn't the same as that of Pakistan. It has heated up dialogue in the country.

Rise and fall of Altaf Husain, the ‘terror of Karachi’ who’s asked Modi for asylum

Altaf Hussain, the self-styled leader of the Mujahir community in Pakistan, practically ruled Karachi for nearly 36 years.

Massive rigging in Pakistan polls; Imran Khan is army’s baby: MQM’s Altaf Hussain

Former PM Nawaz Sharif celebrates I-Day in jail; Pakistani band ‘Junoon’ reunites after 13 years.

Transgender persons to get a school of their own in Lahore, two more to follow

Pak elections to get a Facebook transparency twist, and Urdu newspaper booked for publishing MQM chief’s statement. Here’s what’s happening across the border.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.