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- ↑ "MQM MPA Raza Haider killed, violence ensues". Express Tribune. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "MQM MPA Raza Haider assassinated". DAWN.COM. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "Bloodshed in Karachi after MQM MPA Raza Haider killed". DAWN.COM. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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