Iran’s Khatami may run for presidency again

Iran’s reformist former president Mohammad Khatami has revealed he is considering running for the post again next year, the local press reported on Sunday. A number of reformist parties and prominent figures have called on Khatami to stand in the June…

Altaf asks Nawaz to ‘forget and forgive’

LONDON, Oct 4: MQM chief Altaf Hussain has made an impassioned appeal to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to forget and forgive and join hands with the PPP-led coalition government to steer the ship of the nation out of troubled waters.

Speaking at a function to celebrate his 55th birth day on Friday, Mr Hussain warned that Pakistan was on the verge of disintegration and that only a unified national stand could save it from the twin challenge of economy and terrorism.

He said it was only through unity that Pakistan could persuade its western friends and the US to desist from violating the country’s sovereignty.