Wasay Jalil, a London-based spokesman for MQM, said that the MQM supporters were protesting peacefully and police fired first.
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Karachi s last mayor, Mustafa Kamal, a renegade of MQM ended his tenure in February 2010.
Pakistani protesters attacked TV stations and clashed with police in the southern city of Karachi on Monday, leaving one person dead and eight others wounded, including three media workers, officials said.
Pakistan on Tuesday (Aug 22) charged Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain with treason for his inflammatory speech that incited party workers to attack media outlets here.
In his statement he once again apologized for what happened following his speech and reiterated that Pakistan is, and will forever remain his country.
The Rangers, a paramilitary force that polices Karachi, also arrested a number of local MQM leaders and lawmakers. He is up against Pakistan People’s Party’s Karamullah Waqasi.
Karachi’s newly elected mayor vowed to work alongside other political parties to solve the issues facing the metropolis.
Voting to elect mayor and deputy mayor of Karachi along with chairmen and vice chairmen of local councils across Sindh has begun, reported Wednesday.
For Deputy Mayor, Irshad Wohra of MQM, Amanullah Afridi of PML-N and independent candidate named Naveed Javed are contesting.
He said that the returning officer was also not in the polling station and workers of MQM had controlled the entire process of polling.
Being imprisoned, Akhtar said he would request Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to either give him an office at the Central Jail or pass a law so that he can exercise his mayoral duties.
Talking about cases against him, Waseem Akhtar said that all cases against him are politically motivated and there is no evidence against him.
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Even if he succeeds in getting bail in a case or two, he will have many other charges in which he will have to secure such facility from relevant courts.
