Summary The court once again issued non-bailable warrants of Farooq Sattar, MQM founder and 20 others.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday has granted bail to Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar in inciting speeches case over surety bond of Rs 25,000.
According to details, Waseem Akhtar, Rauf Siddiqui and opposition leader in Sindh Assembly Khawaja Izhar-ul-Hassan were presented before court.
During the hearing, Rauf Siddiqui’s lawyer said fake cases of same nature were registered against his client on which the court extended Siddiqui’s bail till December 1.
Talking to media outside ATC, Rauf Siddiqui said that no MQM leader has left the country due to judicial proceedings against him.
Meanwhile, the court once again issued non-bailable warrants of Farooq Sattar, MQM founder and 20 others.
It is pertinent to mention here that the mayor has been bailed out in 37 cases so far.
Waseem Akhtar was arrested for ordering a crackdown on city riots on May 12, 2007, when he was serving as provincial home minister, that resulted in a bloody massacre.
The former minister and parliamentarian of the influential Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), won the mayoral poll in August this year by a landslide with 196 of the total 294 votes cast by the city’s municipal authorities.
