Treason case lodged against MQM chief, other leaders for anti-Pakistan slogans
IG Sindh said legal action would be taken against Altaf Hussain for his inflammatory speeches.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A treason case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and other leaders for raising anti-Pakistan slogans has been lodged, reported on Tuesday.
According to Inspector General Sindh A.D Khawaja, the case has been filed under the provisions of Pakistan Penal Court at Artillery Maidan Police Station.
He said that legal action would be taken against Altaf Hussain for his inflammatory speeches outside Karachi Press Club.
Leaders and workers who chanted slogans and statements against the sovereignty of Pakistan during MQM hunger strike have also been named in the case.
On the other hand, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan contacted senior British officials and demanded action against Altaf’s derogatory speeches that sparked strife in Karachi.
He also denounced that the MQM chief was using British land to provoke hostility in Pakistan.
Nisar also called on Directorate General (DG) Rangers and directed him to launch stern action against the violators. He also instructed to beef up security arrangements of all the media houses.
A.D Khawaja said the final decision to file cases against MQM was taken during police officials’ high-level meeting in the city.
Earlier, Ranger took MQM’s Farooq Sattar, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Aamir Liaquat and Amir Khan into custody after violent MQM workers clashed with police and surrounded the office of a private news channel in Karachi by taking down the gate of Madina Mall and broke the windows of the building.
The violence erupted soon after the powerful exiled leader of MQM chief Altaf Hussain, gave a telephone address to his supporters in which he castigated the media for not giving due coverage of his workers.
