MQM militancy

MQM militancy
	Clockwise from top left: MQM protesting against arrest of its workers. Rangers in Karachi while MQM headquarters, Nine Zero, is raided. Sindh Rangers under attack in Karachi, November 2015. MQM protesting for extra-judicial killings of their workers.
Date	1978–2025 (47 years) First Phase (high-scale):; 1978–1992 (14 years); Operation Clean-up (peak):; 1992–1994 (2 years); Second Phase (mid-scale):; 1994–2016 (22 years); Third Phase (low-scale):; 2016–2025 (9 years);
Location	Karachi and Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Result	Sindh government victory Success of Operation Clean-up, Operation Lyari, and Karachi Targeted-Action; Exile of Altaf Hussain; End of MQM-related violence; Closure and demolition of Nine Zero, MQM's headquarters; MQM strongholds in Karachi and Hyderabad within Sindh dismantled; Splitting of MQM-H, PSP and MQM-P from MQM-L;
Territorial; changes	Government control, law and order restored in Karachi
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Casualties and losses
	1,770–1,990 killed (1995); 700–750 killed (1994); 2,000 killed (1995); 748 killed (2010); 1,244–1,345 killed (2012); 2,909 killed (2014);

The MQM militancy referred to the militancy in Pakistan associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party, formerly known as the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, and even further back known as the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organization (APMSO).