May 12 incident: ATC indicts Waseem Akhtar, others in two cases
Last updated on: 08 December,2018 12:45 pm
Security personnel have arrested Umair Siddiqui while 19 accused including Karachi Mayor are on bail
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday has indicted Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Waseem Akhtar and other two accused in two more May 12 cases.
According to derails, the suspects had already been indicted in two cases.
The security personnel have arrested Umair Siddiqui while 19 accused including Karachi Mayor are on bail.
The case is running in court in context of the violence that brewed on the roads and streets of Karachi on May 12, 2012 after supporters of former chief justice of Pakistan, Chaudhry Iftikhar Muhammad rallied on his arrival in the city after unjust suspension and violent confrontations took place as Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which also had announced a rally the same day, converged its workers to Jinnah’s mausoleum where ex-CJP was to make a speech.
Firing at a private media house was shown live on the television while over 40 persons were killed and hundreds wounded that day.