Ally MQM asks Zardari to resign

Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s ally MQM asked him to quit over a controversial law that allowed him to return home in 2007 by scrapping graft cases. MQM’s London-based chief Altaf Hussain said Zardari should be “prepared to make major sacrifices” to save Pakistan’s democratic system. Senior MQM leader Mohammad Anwar said that Hussain had sent a message to Zardari through a minister of the PPP, advising that he should resign to save the democratic system.

8 Indians in Australia escape building fire

Melbourne: Eight Indians had a narrow escape when an Internet cafe below their apartment caught fire following an explosion, minutes after a similar incident at a nearby warehouse. Residents sharing an apartment above the Internet cafe in Brunswick, were woken by a loud bang, reported The Age. Metropolitan Fire Brigade acting commander said the Indians made a narrow escape on hearing smoke alarms as the cafe’s windows blew out and the brick building caught fire.

Woman Beefeater bullied by colleagues

London: Yeoman Warder Moira Cameron, 42, the first woman protector of the Crown Jewels, known as Beefeaters of the Tower of London, since the corps of tower guards was created in 1485. Two male colleagues have been suspended for allegedly bullying Cameron, and a third has been subject to an internal investigation over alleged harassment.

Boat carrying 40 sinks off Australia

Melbourne: Nearly 23 people were feared dead after a boat carrying about 40 suspected asylum seekers sank on Monday, hundreds of nautical miles off the Cocos Islands, west of Australia. It is feared there were at least 40 suspected asylum seekers on board and they were trying to reach Australian waters, the media report said.

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