The case pertains to the attack on “ARY” News’ office, vandalising of property, arson and pelting of stones at police. The raid followed an attack on TV stations in Karachi by MQM protesters. Hussain spoke over phone and videos featuring the audio of his speech went viral on social media.
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On Tuesday, Khwaja Izahrul Hassan, leader of the opposition in the Sindh assembly, told Dawn that the MQM leadership in London had not been consulted before holding the press conference – to indicate that the MQM in Pakistan was beginning to act on its own.
Pakistani civil society activists carry placards as they shout slogans against Altaf Hussain. Pakistan is headache for the entire world.
According to a police report, seen by AFP, he chanted “down with Pakistan” and called the country a “bastion of terrorism”.
The imprisoned politician who is nearly certain to be the next mayor of Pakistan’s largest and richest city of Karachi will run the teeming metropolis via “video link” from his prison cell, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Not only did he castigate Pakistan in terms that have been construed as treasonous (a case under Article 6 has reportedly been lodged against him and others), he instigated the hunger strikers to “attend” to the media houses that were refusing to broadcast his speeches.
Later, MQM chief Altaf Hussain apologised to Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and director-general Rangers Major General Bilawal Akbar for his anti-Pakistan speech Monday.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief has handed over all powers of party reorganisation as well as policy-making to the Coordination Committee, MQM spokesman Wasay Jalil said.
Waseem Akhtar, a former Pakistani MP who has been incarcerated for months, is likely to be sworn into office from his jail cell after his Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) sweeps the mayoral polls in Karachi.
Security forces have arrested scores of MQM members in the past year and accuse them of torture, murder and racketeering in a bid to keep their grip on the city. One person was killed and several others injured as police clashed with the angry mob.
Nisar also said that the British government has been contacted regarding the speech which incited violence in Karachi earlier this week.
Television footage shows dozens of men and women barging into ARY’s office, smashing doors, windows and equipment with rods and batons and setting fire to several vehicles.
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Several journalists of various media organisation were attacked by the activists of the MQM.
