KARACHI: The police on Saturday pledged before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) to declare two cases of facilitating and listening incendiary speech against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leadership and workers as A-Class.
Accused MQM leaders Farooq Sattar, Waseem Akhtar, Khawaja Izhar, Raud Siddiqui and Qamar Mansoor were present in the court during the hearing of the case.
The investigation officer informed the court that there was no evidence against the accused about facilitating and listening to an incendiary speech of their absconded former leader Altaf Hussain.
The police pledged the court to declare the two cases A-Class, which were registered at Sohrab Goth police station against the accused.
The court extended interim bill of Farooq Sattar, Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar and others.
The court ordered the investigation officer to present the statement of the complainant and his identity card. To which he maintained that the identity card of the complainant was not available with the police.
The judge expressed resentment over the absence of an identity card and ordered the official to produce it in the next hearing.
The court also said the arguments on the interim bail of the accused and the plea to declare the case A-Class will be held in the next hearing.
The court then adjourned the hearing of the case till March 30.
MQM’s senior leaders including Farooq Sattar, Waseem Akhtar, Amir Khan, Federal Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Rauf Siddiqui, Khawaja Izharul Hasan, Qamar Mansoor, Kanwar Naveed along with several party workers have been booked in the aforementioned cases.
