An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday granted the request to provide B class in jail to Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) mayor-elect Waseem Akhtar.
During proceedings of the case to grant B class in jail to the former Sindh home minister, Akhtar’s lawyer argued that he was a political personality and a former member of the National Assembly. He said that Akhtar was also a literate person. At this, the Rangers’ lawyer said that people who became MNAs in the past had only passed their matriculation exams. It was during General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s regime that this flaw was corrected. He argued that without verification of educational documents, B class in jail could not be provided.
The court accepted Akhtar’s request and directed him to submit all relevant documents within 15 days. In case, Akhtar was unable to produce the required documents within the deadline, B class in jail would be revoked, the court warned.
Akhtar, former home minister and senior member of the MQM, was arrested by police for his alleged involvement in the May 12, 2007 incident in Karachi, where 50 people were killed and scores were injured. He was also booked in a couple of other cases, one which pertained to MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s instigating speech.
