KARACHI: Two bodies recovered in the Korangi area of the city

KARACHI: Two bodies recovered in the Korangi area of the city Friday morning have been identified.

MQM leader Faisal Sabzwari says the deceased were party workers. According to police the deceased were identified as Muhammad Ali Khan and Syed Qasim Ali.

The MQM has been critical of the extra judicial killings and disappearances of party workers. A protest was staged in Karachi on Thursday and across the country on Friday. The party has alleged that workers are being abducted by personnel in plainclothes



Meanwhile, the three-day-old body of a woman was also recovered from a flat in Bahadrabad has been identified as Shabana.

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MQM to stage protest demonstration Thursday

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement will organize a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on Thursday against ‘extra judicial killings and forced disappearances’ of its workers.

Deputy Convener and members of Rabita Committee, families of victims, MQM workers and party supporters will attend the protest demonstration which will be held at 4:00 pm, Geo News reported.

The MQM has appealed to the people to attend the protest demonstration. The party has also planned protest for Friday.

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Death toll in Ebola outbreak rises to 121

DAKAR:An outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has been linked to the deaths of more than 120 people, according to the latest World Health Organization count.

There is no vaccine and no cure for the deadly virus, and its appearance in West Africa, far from its usual sites in Central and East Africa, has caused some panic.

Health workers are trying to contain its spread, tracking down anyone with whom the sick have had contact. Mali announced Tuesday that samples from all its suspected cases had tested negative for the disease.

Malian Health Minister Ousmane Kone said that the country had sent out 10 samples for testing at labs in the United States and Senegal, and all were declared negative for Ebola. There are no other known suspected cases in the country.

As of Monday, the U.N. health agency said it had recorded a total of 200 suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola, the majority of which are in Guinea. That figure includes some of the Mali cases that the government now says are negative. The organization said the deaths of 121 people in Guinea and Liberia have been linked to the disease.

Officials have said the current outbreak could last months.

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