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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:53:39 +0500</pubDate>
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      <title>MQM founder Altaf Hussain secures legal victory against MQM-P</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The UK Court of Appeal has ordered the MQM-Pakistan (MQM-P) to pay MQM founder Altaf Hussain £65,000 (approximately Rs23.3 million) in legal costs, &lt;em&gt;Geo News&lt;/em&gt; reported.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The ruling comes after a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal’s Civil Division, which accepted Hussain’s appeal and overturned an earlier decision that had favored the MQM-P leaders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The court has also permitted the release of £77,760 into Hussain’s lawyer’s account, which he was previously asked to deposit after a single bench judge had ruled against him.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is common practice for courts to order the losing party to pay costs to the claimants or winning party, especially when the defendant opposes requests or applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MQM-P spokesperson Mustafa Azizabadi stated that Hussain would soon be launching a claim of over £100,000 against the MQM-P for the legal costs incurred during the initial stage of the trial before the insolvency and companies Judge.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MQM-P leader and the claimant in the case, Syed Aminul Haque, has confirmed that he would instruct his London-based lawyer to comply with the court orders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The legal battle stems from the 2016 defection of MQM-P leaders from Altaf Hussain, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK since the early 2000s.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last year, the MQM-P had triumphed over Hussain when the court said that seven London properties valued at about GBP10 million were the possession of the MQM-P. The party was declared to be the beneficiaries of the trusts and therefore of the properties.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>The UK Court of Appeal has ordered the MQM-Pakistan (MQM-P) to pay MQM founder Altaf Hussain £65,000 (approximately Rs23.3 million) in legal costs, <em>Geo News</em> reported.</strong></p>
<p>The ruling comes after a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal’s Civil Division, which accepted Hussain’s appeal and overturned an earlier decision that had favored the MQM-P leaders.</p>
<p>The court has also permitted the release of £77,760 into Hussain’s lawyer’s account, which he was previously asked to deposit after a single bench judge had ruled against him.</p>
<p>It is common practice for courts to order the losing party to pay costs to the claimants or winning party, especially when the defendant opposes requests or applications.</p>
<p>MQM-P spokesperson Mustafa Azizabadi stated that Hussain would soon be launching a claim of over £100,000 against the MQM-P for the legal costs incurred during the initial stage of the trial before the insolvency and companies Judge.</p>
<p>MQM-P leader and the claimant in the case, Syed Aminul Haque, has confirmed that he would instruct his London-based lawyer to comply with the court orders.</p>
<p>The legal battle stems from the 2016 defection of MQM-P leaders from Altaf Hussain, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK since the early 2000s.</p>
<p>Last year, the MQM-P had triumphed over Hussain when the court said that seven London properties valued at about GBP10 million were the possession of the MQM-P. The party was declared to be the beneficiaries of the trusts and therefore of the properties.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:45:33 +0500</pubDate>
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