Rauf Siddiqui, an MQM-Pakistan leader with the Bahadurabad faction, celebrated his Valima which was attended by leaders of the PPP and PSP. Agha Siraj Durrani, Nisar Khuhro and Sharmila Faruqui from the PPP and Anis Qaimkhani, Anees Ahmed Advocate and Waseem Aftab from the PSP were among those who attended. No leaders from the rival…

MECCA: The leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan Abdur Rauf Siddiqui got married with a woman named Sofia here at Mecca. Samaa learnt that the rituals were said by Sheikh Saleh Zain ul Abidin during a simple gathering in Mecca city. Rauf Siddiqui, who would turn 57 on 15th April wedded first time, while the…

KARACHI: Five years on, the perpetrators of the Baldia factory fire in which more than 250 people were burned to death, are still at large.  September 11, 2012 was an ill-fated day for more than 250 workers of Ali Enterprises’ factory where a fire erupted and 260 people burned to their death subsequently. Initially attempts…

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) – Pakistan leader Rauf Siddiqui speaks on PS-114 Karachi by-elections.

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday adjourned the bail applications by Dr. Asim Hussain, Anees Qaimkhani, Rauf Siddiqui and Qadir Patel in case regarding medical treatment of terrorists till September 5. Dr. Asim Hussain’s counsel Latif Khosa said his client has been handed into police custody after 90-day remand by the Rangers. Requesting the…

KARACHI: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Wednesday rejected the bail pleas filed by Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Rauf Siddiqui and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Anees Qaimkhani in a case against former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain. According to our correspondent, the ATC heard the case in which Dr Asim is accused of providing shelter and medical aid…

JIT KARACHI: MQM leader Kanwar Naveed has alleged that Waseem Akhtar and Rauf Siddiqui have been arrested on the basis of findings of biased JIT. Addressing a hurriedly-called press conference at Nine Zero on Tuesday, Kanwar Naveed said that the arrest of Waseem Akhtar and Rauf Siddiqui is a continuation of Karachi operation. “JITs are…

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday convened an urgent press conference to present party’s stance over arrest of Waseem Akhtar and Rauf Siddiqui in Dr Asim Hussain case. The two MQM leaders along with Anis Qaimkhani, a senior PSP leader, were arrested moments after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) rejected their interim bail. On the…

KARACHI: In a dramatic progress in Dr. Asim Hussain’s corruption case, authorities on Tuesday arrested two senior leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and one from Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) who were accused in the case, Samaa reported. According to our correspondent, MQM’s Waseem Akhtar and Rauf Siddiqui and PSP’s Anees Qaimkhani were arrested at a local…

The sore hearts could not get healed even at the occasion of Abdul Sattar Edhi’s funeral prayers. Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) leader Dr. Sagheer held out hand toward former companion Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Rauf Siddiqui. But, what happened next? Watch the video.

MQM leader Rauf Siddiqui wished well for the life of Dr. Farooq Sattar, saying, “We wish him a very long life.” “We know that against whom we should lodge an FIR if ‘something’ happens to Farooq Sattar,” Siddiqui said while talking exclusively to SAMAA at Karachi Press Club. What else he said? Watch this video.

Rauf Siddiqui, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, termed cases against the party leaders “unique and absurd”. Watch what he had to say.

MQM’s Dr. Rauf Siddiqui rejected the statement of former Petroleum Minister Dr. Asim Hussain and said, “He is a friend of PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari but he names us.”

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court Saturday extended the interim bail granted to member of the provincial assembly (MPA) Rauf Siddiqui till September 2. Dozens of cases were registered in different police stations of the city against Siddiqui after the MQM chief Altaf Hussain speech against the security institutions. The ATC had granted him protective pre-arrest bail…

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) suspended its Sindh MPA Abdur Rauf Siddiqui from the party’s organizational membership. The Muttahida's Coordination Committee took up this decision in its simultaneous meetings in Karachi and London, saying, “Rauf Siddiqui is thoroughly paralyzed mentally and ideologically. Hence, he is suspended from the party's organizational membership.” The MQM’s central decision-making…

KARACHI: Rauf Siddiqui, the senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on Wednesday secured protective bail from the Sindh High Court in six different cases registered against him, Samaa reported. Cases against Siddiqui were registered in police stations of Sohrab Goth, Quaidabad, Super Highway and Gaddap City. Sindh High Court granted bail to the MQM leader…

KARACHI: Responding to a report about the Baldia Town factory arson, former provincial minister for industries, Rauf Siddiqui Friday said that had the owners lodged a complaint about the extortion, the government would have had the culprits thrown in the jail, Samaa reported. “Yes, the bail of the factory owners was cancelled after I had…