MQM PEACEFUL RALLY BEGINS

11.50pm (Pakistan Time): On the night of the announced MQM Peaceful Rally, thousands of MQM workers, supporters and people from all over the province and country have begun taking out rallies from their respective areas. According to news reports received at the MQM International Secretariat more than 46 buses have entered Karachi. These include 20 buses from Hyderabad, 18 from Nawabshah, 8 from Sanghar and 8 from Mirpurkhas. Thousands of people of Karachi have already gathered at the Tibet Centre. Moreover delegates from all over Pakistan, i.e. Punjab, Balochistan and NWFP have also reached the MQM Head Office Nine Zero in Karachi. Numerous other rallies and processions have also started their journey from Interior Sindh for Karachi and they will be reaching the city in the early hours.