"Pakistan: Peace in Karachi, but at What Cost?" (NEXIS) "Return of the Mafias." ( DIRB Indexed Media Review Vol. "Fatal Attrition." ( DIRB Indexed Media Review Vol. "Karachi Violence Causes More Casualties, Death Toll Rises to 13." (NEXIS) "Karachi Ethnic Violence Claims More Causalities." (NEXIS) "Death Toll Rises to Eight in Two Days of Violence in Karachi." (NEXIS) "Three Killed in Karachi Bomb Explosion, Policeman Shot Dead." (NEXIS) "Two Police Shot Dead in Karachi in Ambush by Armed Militants." (NEXIS) "Important Activist Killed in Karachi." (NEXIS) "Five Killed as Strike Paralyses Karachi." (NEXIS) "Strike Paralyses Karachi, Two Die in Pre-Shut Down Violence." (NEXIS) "Pakistani Court Orders Arrest of 14 Activities of Ethnic-Based Party." (NEXIS)Īgence France Presse (AFP). "Karachi Violence Claims Another 20 Lives." (NEXIS) Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.Īgence France Presse (AFP). This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. Sources consulted by the DIRB do not provide information on the current status of APMSO and the treatment of its members by Pakistani authorities and PPP members, nor do they provide information on the treatment by PPP members of MQM members. 1995) and alleged maltreatment by Pakistani security forces of MQM female activists (AFP 10 Sept. 1995) killing of MQM members (Inter Press Service 18 Aug. 1995) fighting between police and MQM supporters (AFP ibid. 1995) and MQM members of the Sindh Assembly (BBC AFP 29 Apr. These issues include the arrest of MQM activists (AFP 7 Mar. Other attached articles provide information on a variety of issues pertaining to the MQM and its relations with the Pakistani government. The two attached November 1995 Herald articles provide general information on the status of the MQM and its relations with the PPP-dominated Pakistani government. According to the 14 February 1995 AFP report, "the top leadership of the MQM has been in jail since last May under assorted charges of terrorism, arson and rioting." Yet another AFP report maintains that in September 1995 the MQM boycotted the Sindh Provincial Assembly session demanding the termination of the alleged "excesses" against Mohajir women and the release of MQM Jailed activists (10 Sept. Another AFP report states that the MQM and the Pakistani government have held seven rounds of negotiations since July 1995 to discusses the MQM demands (10 Sept. A 14 February 1995 AFP report states that the MQM has demanded "powersharing" with the PPP. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.Īccording to a 7 March 1994 AFP report, the MQM emerged as the second largest group in the PPP-dominated Sindh Assembly in the October 1993 elections. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, CanadaĬanada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Current information on the status of the Mohajir (Muhajir) Qaumi (Qomi) Movement (MQM) and the All Pakistan Mohajir (Muhajir) Student's Organization (APMSO), and on the treatment by Pakistani authorities and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) members of MQM and APMSO members, 1 January 1996, PAK22790.E, available at: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada