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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Pakistan's Karachi in lockdown after politician arrested in London

Supporters of Muttahida Quami Movement political party hold posters with a picture of their leader Altaf Hussain during a rally to demonstrate their solidarity to their leader in Karachi By Belinda Goldsmith and Maria Golovnina LONDON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - One of the most divisive and feared figures in Pakistan was arrested in London on Tuesday, sparking fears of a violent backlash in Pakistan and sending the country's biggest city of Karachi into lockdown. Altaf Hussain, leader of the powerful Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and wanted in Pakistan in relation to a murder case, was arrested in northwest London where he has lived in self-imposed exile since the early 1990s. ...




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