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Pakistani Taliban Claim Karachi Attack on Political Camp
[AnNahar] The Pak Taliban on Saturday grabbed credit for an attack on a political party camp in the southern city of Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... which maimed at least 15 people. Three provincial politicians were among those maimed when gunnies hurled hand grenades and opened fire on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) membership drive meeting in the city's restive eastern district of Orangi Town late Friday. Ehsanullah Ehsan ...formerly the front man for the Pak Taliban, now the lips and tongue of the Jamaatul Ahrar splinter group in Mohmand Agency... , front man for the Jamatul Ahrar faction of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain, said the attack was in Dire Revenge for the arrest and killing of Taliban members in Karachi. "We will keep on targeting MQM, Awami National Party founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism.... (ANP)and Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) in Karachi," he told Agence La Belle France Presse by telephone from The PPP rules southern Sindh province while the MQM represents the city's dominant Urdu-speaking population. Karachi, a city of 18 million people which contributes 42 percent of Pakistain's GDP, has been plagued by sectarian, ethnic and political violence for years. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-23 |
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