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<strong class="location" style="display: block; float: left;">LAHORE: </strong>Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Haider Abbas Rizvi, while speaking to the media in Lahore, said the party is not certain whether it would take part in Tahirul Qadri’s <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Inqilabi</em> march on August 14.</strong></div>
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“The extent to which we will be involved and the mechanisms we will use will be brought forward in the coming days,” he said in regard to MQM’s participation in the march. The MQM leader went on to add that people are concerned about PTI’s August 14 <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Azadi</em> march. However, he said, it is the right of every political party to stage a protest, but not to create chaos.</div>
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Responding to a question about Article 245, Rizvi said, “The impact of the decisions taken by the prime minister and the federal cabinet can only be spoken about once the results come to light.”</div>
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“Our paramilitary troops had already taken over parts of Islamabad to clear the area of militants. Article 245 was issued later, and the results and ideas of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar will only come forward in time,” he added.</div>
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In regard to the Model Town case, Rizvi said he did not think such an incident would occur in a city such as Lahore, adding “if such a trend develops, it will be a point of concern.”</div>
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“The Model Town incident should be a lesson for both the provincial government as well as the federal government.”</div>
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In response to a question about the possibility of mid-term elections, the MQM leader said, “I cannot say anything about this yet, because no concrete policy has been issued from MQM as yet. We will see how the situation develops and will speak about it accordingly.”</div>

MQM uncertain about participating in Qadri's long march: Haider Abbas Rizvi

Express News screengrab of MQM leader Haider Abbas Rizvi speaking to the media in Lahore. LAHORE: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leade...

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<b>KARACHI: After the rescue workers recovered six more bodies from the Karachi beach on Thursday morning, the toll of drowned persons has risen to eighteen since Wednesday night, Geo News reported.</b></div>
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Despite a ban on swimming in the sea, more than a dozen persons drowned off Clifton beach here in the provincial capital on the second day of Eid-ul-Fitr. Three of the victims were the members of the same family whose bodies have been sent to their ancestral area.</div>
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According to sources at rescue services, the bodies of the deceased were shifted to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre for completion of medico-legal formalities.</div>
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One of the drowned persons had been identified as 12-year old Manzar. The identities of the rest of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.</div>
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According to Geo News correspondent, citizens kept bathing and swimming in the sea throughout the day in violation of the ban imposed by the provincial administration on such activities in the monsoon season. This ultimately resulted in the death of eighteen people by drowning so far while the search for the rest is still continuing.</div>
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The tragic incident cast clouds of gloom on many families as festivities of Eid-ul-Fitr entered the third day today.</div>
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As a normal routine, people of all ages from the city and those coming from other parts of the country flock to seaside in large numbers to celebrate Eid with friends and family.</div>

Karachi beach incident: 6 more bodies found, toll rises to 18

KARACHI: After the rescue workers recovered six more bodies from the Karachi beach on Thursday morning, the toll of drowned persons ha...