Hyderabad, Pakistan News

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on May 20, 2013.

HYDERABAD: May 21,2013. Pakistan Election Commission which is accused by almost all political parties of its inefficienty and incompetency to hold free and fair elections and which is now widely being termed as Pakistan Selection Commission and not Election Commission.

According to a party leader based at the MQM headquarters Nine-Zero, the party fielded candidates from almost all the National Assembly and Punjab Assembly seats with local seat adjustments in South Punjab, but none of them could succeed due to the well-entrenched tribal and clan system in the province.

From left: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrive for a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, on May 20, 2013.

Pakistanis cast ballots in Karachi on Sunday, a day after the slaying of a well-known political leader who had accused rivals of vote rigging.

Hyderabad, May 18 : Police tightened security in Hyderabad Saturday for the sixth anniversary of the bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid, officials said.

Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan has appealed to the UPA government to change its pro-US foreign policy and work for friendly relations with key neighbouring countries like China and Pakistan.

Hyderabad, May 16 : CPI former General Secretary A B Bardhan today said the border dispute between China and Nepal will be resolved through talks.

And how many rains must fall before the stains are washed clean? This question, posed by Pakistani poet Salima Hashmi , is at the heart of Imran Quereshi 's latest work, created for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's roof garden .

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A large-scale site-specific work of art by Imran Qureshi -an artist known for his unique style of combining the motifs, symbolism, and ornamental techniques of Islamic art with modern conceptual approaches-is the 2013 installation on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, opening today, May 14.

RK Business School - the first business school in India that offers two years full time Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Finance and Analytics, invites applications for admissions for the year 2013-2015. RK Business School is approved by All India Council for Technical Education , Ministry of HRD, Government of India, New Delhi.

Islamabad, May 13 : Pakistan witnessed protests by losing candidates who alleged rigging Monday, but delighted investors gave such a thumbs-up to the winners that the KSE-100 index zoomed up and breached the record in the country's history of stock trading.

Being perturbed at the prospect of re-elections in Karachi over the poll rigging allegations, MQM chief Altaf Hussain has said if the 'establishment' doesn't like the mandate of his party, it should detach Karachi from the rest of the country.

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University has rescheduled final exams of CT and B Ed programmes for the Autumn semester 2013 and they would now be held on May 14 and 15.

Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday announced it would boycott elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, accusing rival MQM of rigging and violence.

In an emergency press conference Saturday, the Jamaat-e-Islami announced that it was boycotting elections in protest against what they called the threatening and scaring of voters in several constituencies of Karachi and Hyderabad.

Pakistan's right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party today decided to boycott the general elections for national and provincial assemblies, claiming massive rigging and mismanagement at several polling stations.

Veero Kolhi , a freed bonded labourer turned election candidate, at rally in Hyderabad, Pakistan.

With Pakistani elections looming on May 11, it seems like every day brings a new report about destabilizing attacks in the country.