Pak exiled MQM chief charged with treason

Pakistani police yesterday charged exiled Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, which rules Karachi, with treason and inciting terrorism. Altaf Hussain was accused with a dozen other party leaders of shouting anti-Pakistan slogans at the demonstration Monday. MQM activists clashed with police and ransacked a private television station in the southern port city leaving at least one man dead and seven others injured.