Pakistan: Information on the MQM-Haqqiqi group
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK13875 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Information on the MQM-Haqqiqi group, 1 April 1993, PAK13875, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac731c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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According to sources available to the DIRB in Ottawa, the Haqiqi group is a pro-government breakaway faction of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) (Reuters 10 Sept. 1992). The MQM is an urban party run by Urdu-speaking Indians who migrated to Pakistan following the partition of British India (Far Eastern Economic Review 6 Aug. 1992, 18). Dissension appeared within the MQM when a personality cult developed around its founding leader Altaf Hussein and the organization began to exert coercion on the Mohajir business community (Ibid.). On 19 June 1992, fighting broke out between the two factions in Karachi, and following army intervention, MQM leaders went underground (Ibid.).
For further information on the Haqiqi and the circumstances leading to June 1992 army crackdown in the Sindh, please refer to the attached documents.
No additional and/or corroborating information on this topic is currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.
Reference
Far Eastern Economic Review [Hong Kong]. 6 August 1992. Hamish McDonald. "Things Fall Apart." Reuters. 10 September 1992. BC Cycle. "Kidnapped Pakistan Politician Reappears." (NEXIS)
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Agence France Presse (AFP). 11 April 1993. "Nine Attacks Rock Karachi, at Least Seven Injured." (NEXIS)
Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. 3 July 1992. "Street Fighting."
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 1 December 1992. "MQM Chairman Comes Out of Hiding." (NEXIS)
Far Eastern Economic Review [Hong Kong]. 6 August 1992. Hamish McDonald. "Things Fall Apart."
. 2 July 1992. Salamat Ali. "Streets of Fire."
. 18 June 1992. Salamat Ali. "Military Solution."
Reuters. 5 January 1993. BC Cycle. "Five Killed in Party Rivals' Shootout in Pakistan." (NEXIS)
. 10 September 1992. BC Cycle. "Kidnapped Pakistan Politician Reappears." (NEXIS)