Sattar, Rizvi among 9 MQM leaders booked for 'violations' during rally
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KARACHI: Nine leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have been booked for violating the loudspeaker act, section 144 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 'harassing commuters' here on Thursday night.
According to police sources, the cases have been registered at the Soldier Bazaar police station against Farooq Sattar, Haider Abbas Rizvi, Nasreen Jalil, Wasay Jalil, Faisal Sabzwari, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Waseem Akhtar and other leaders of MQM.
The case number 416/15 has been registered in connection with the MQM’s rally earlier on Thursday through which they registered their protest against the arrest of their party workers as well as raids conducted by Rangers at their party offices.
Also read: MQM leaders surrender, offer arrest after local body polls
The FIR cites that 1,500 to 2,000 workers of the MQM gathered at MA Jinnah Road to protest against the government, during which the Loud Speaker Act was violated as party leaders made speeches.
Police also booked the MQM leaders for creating hurdles for the general public through blocking roads. The case was registered under section 147/149/341/ Sindh Sound System section 6/7.
The rally was turned into a sit-in at Numaish Chowrangi after police barred the protesters from moving towards the Red Zone.
The protest rally, started from Liaquatabad, was scheduled to culminate at the Rangers Headquarters located near Sindh Assembly, but police stopped the participants near Numaish Chowrangi.
Later the sit-in ended after MQM leader Amir Khan ordered the party supporters and workers to disperse peacefully.
MQM claims that some forces are trying to portray that MQM follows the politics of violence and crime.
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Nov 27, 2015 02:18am
So funny
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Nov 27, 2015 02:20am
Political rallies cannot be curtailed jr because the administration does not like this or that party
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Nov 27, 2015 02:25am
Pushing MQM to the wall? Consequences...? Actions by the agencies lack common sense.
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Nov 27, 2015 02:28am
good job rangers.....
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Nov 27, 2015 02:28am
Good job
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Nov 27, 2015 02:31am
Never ever trust MQM they have been bad for Pakistan in history and they are bad now they think their cleaver politics can fool Pakistanis
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Nov 27, 2015 02:39am
Unjustified
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Nov 27, 2015 02:46am
What happened to Democratic Pakistan? PTI & PML can do whatever they want. Very obvious that a corrupt government want one political party to be banished so they can profit from Karachi.
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Nov 27, 2015 02:49am
Police blocks streets all the time and causes inconvenience to commuters.Both MQM and Police cause problems.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:02am
The establidhment is trying to change the general public opinion and perception in Karachi but MQM has gone more stronger and more aggressive than before ever, as people of the urban Sindh have seen the atrocities and humiliation at the hands of law enforcement agrncied of their beloved ones. MQM will shine will flying colors and will defeat all evil forces.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:03am
until you dont arrest the big fish , these small timers dont matter.
we need to bring the leader to justice. id altaf is clean than why not face the court in pakistan?
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Nov 27, 2015 03:05am
Why don't we get serious with these guys they are making a mockery of Pakistan
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Nov 27, 2015 03:08am
This was a horrible protest on one of the main roads of the city during peak traffic hours. MQM leadership should be indicted for such nuisance.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:08am
Wonder whatever happened to the cases registered against IK and TUQ who actually attacked government buildings?
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Nov 27, 2015 03:17am
MQM is trying to seek cheap attention. LEAs should leave them alone.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:29am
Why are Pakistani's still living in the 1960's and 1970's when the advanced world has moved on to do better things through better education, by educating the uneducated.
It is very discouraging to see these kind of of old fashioned way of arm twisting by very old fashioned way to suppress the political and good representation limiting the freedom and rights of a minority community.
Are we still not yet grown as an independent nation and yet not understanding how to make progress without subjugation of weaker and minority communities. When there is uprising it is always due to suppression, and oppression of minority communities.Let the law and order be managed by legislative system not by banishment of minorities.
Let Pakistan grow as a free and democratic state without using the force that's unnecessary. Let democracy prevail. Let people of Pakistan live in harmony under rule of law and good governance. As a Muslim state we must set an example of being just and fair nation.
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Nov 27, 2015 03:43am
When MQM will be submitting the next round of resignations?
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Nov 27, 2015 03:53am
MQM will clean sweap the LG Elections on December 5th no matter what all the opponents try to do. The opponents will face miserable and historical defeat.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:09am
Molana Abdul Aziz can use loud speaker, but these ppl cant.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:29am
Govt is out of options. Silly mistakes, unprofessional decisions is a status quo for this govt.
Loud speaker rule broken ? This is a big joke and a slap in the face of sanity.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:34am
@Najam What un-justification you have seen in this case. They violated the law and police has arrested them, it is so simple.
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Nov 27, 2015 04:49am
if you can not respect and abide by the existing law, then you can not be allowed to legislate rules/laws on either local or national level
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Nov 27, 2015 04:50am
In Karachi all the rules of law applies to MQM only.
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Nov 27, 2015 05:17am
Long Live MQM and Pakistan
MQM is a thread for Wadera, Sardar and dictators
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Nov 27, 2015 05:41am
What is the future of MQM party. ?
Party needed to be overhauled. New leadership with new agenda. I think MQM has many good workers and some highly educated leaders, but their approach is not quite right some time.
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Nov 27, 2015 05:59am
And where was the police during the 3 months of Dharna in Islamabad.
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Nov 27, 2015 06:07am
Good move. Go after all political party members who violate the laws of the land. Will set good example.
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Nov 27, 2015 06:08am
@Nazir Ahmed when MQM behaves they will be treated well.
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Nov 27, 2015 06:43am
Pushing MQM to the wall...this is really pathetic
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Nov 27, 2015 07:00am
and so on and so forth..
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Nov 27, 2015 07:14am
This awesome piece of work by rangers in order keep peace in the region so that people of karachi could live fearlessly and their business would be boost up!!!
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Nov 27, 2015 07:35am
The country is sinking in debts and corruption and our biased, politicized and partizan LEAs are busy in settling personal scores.
Absolutely no voilations were done during MQMs rally today. It was absolutely peaceful. This so called accross the board operation is getting exposed everyday.
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Nov 27, 2015 07:50am
We need a separate province so that we do not have a feeling that we are ruled by others.The reason for our backwardness and poverty is nepotism,injustice, dishonesty,centralisation, corruption and bad governance.Please make a reality.
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Nov 27, 2015 08:04am
Millions of commuters, ambulances stuck in traffic jam because of sit in by so called representative party of the city. Their supporters are now claiming that others parties also doing the same. Can two wrongs can make one right?
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Nov 27, 2015 08:33am
It pains to see my Mohajir brothers struggling. Love from India.
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Nov 27, 2015 09:13am
@Andrew smith We love our country Pakistan and we will fight for our rights in our country .
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Nov 27, 2015 09:30am
i am starting to feel sympathy for MQM now. I havent heard any case registered against PTI or any other party for similar sit ins or rallies. LEAs may be biased against MQM. I am really confused.
and it was a huge rally as per Dr. Shahid Masood. so may be authorities should listen to so many ppl.
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Nov 27, 2015 09:53am
this is ridiculous, PTI gave a dharna for months and were not booked for loud music or anti-government speeches.
On a different note, agencies or rangers should respect a political party's vote bank whether they are good or bad as people still vote for these political parties, MQM has come on top despite having rangers or army being deployed during elections.
Its time people accept rather than live in denial.
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Nov 27, 2015 10:32am
People of Karachi fully support Rangers.
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Nov 27, 2015 10:35am
@Andrew smith Please pain yourself with the atrocities committed against Muslims and minorities in India.
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Nov 27, 2015 11:24am
@Talha
People of Karachi Do Not Fully Support Rangers
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Nov 27, 2015 11:26am
@ Afridi
Who are you to determine who gets treated like what
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Nov 27, 2015 11:26am
This is exasperation and frustration in the wake of successful MQM rally. How far and how long the forces like to go in crushing MQM??
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Nov 27, 2015 11:41am
Itis not only nine MQM leaders are charged for violating sec 144, ranger is also charging two thousand more protesters. It is simply terrorizing tactics to scare off MQM supporters from being arrested. It is not a democracy at all.
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Nov 27, 2015 12:09pm
Why the same mistakes are repeated again and again. Despite having badly polarizing the law & order during 1992 operation, why again. Please let people of Urban Sindh vote as per their will. Do not impose IK or SH. Urban Sindh people know whom to be trusted.
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Nov 27, 2015 12:13pm
@sam You probably do not belong to KaRACHI
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Nov 27, 2015 12:30pm
why curb the voice of karachi
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Nov 27, 2015 01:09pm
The recent upsurge in this operation started following the Ittehad Town attack, nothing to do with mqm or Karachi's 'settled' areas. However, no headline over the last week relates to any operation, arrests or house to house search in Ittehad town.
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Nov 27, 2015 01:21pm
Things r not going well in Karachi, hope sense prevails!
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Nov 27, 2015 02:04pm
Salutes to the brave urdu speaking people of Karachi to reject the politics of loot & extortion by not participating in the MQM rally..... can MQM answer a simple question why is it that every criminal apprehended belongs to MQM .....
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Nov 27, 2015 02:12pm
@Haque Parast Can you answer a simple question that MQM has been in power directly or indirectly for more then 30 years & what has karachi & its people achieved by supporting MQM nothing but extortions & killings of innocents
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Nov 27, 2015 02:23pm
People reject the politics of extortion & killings ..... no more people of Karachi has to reconsider there priorities....
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Nov 27, 2015 02:48pm
@iffi btw people of Punjab got what in 68 years except meteros or people of KPK got what except terrorism? Why you think that progress should be made only in Karachi.
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Nov 27, 2015 02:48pm
@iffi correct your knowledge first.. MQM has never been in power. Learn the meaning of power. Merely being in coalition does not mean you have full control, just like merely sitting IN the car does not give you control of the car. The only 2 times MQM had the most power was during Mayor Farooq Sattar and Mayor Mustafa Kamal and the history/world is witness of development, peace and progress of Karachi.
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Nov 27, 2015 02:50pm
@iffi simple answer... because LEA are only raiding at offices and residences of MQM workers and supporters. Secondly.... 98% of those apprehended in illegal raids are later freed to go because there was no case against them.
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Nov 27, 2015 09:24pm
How many of our Pakistani's familiar with the word, "Déjà vu
Déjà vu, from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced, has already been experienced in the past,."
Look back and think carefully what are we doing to ourselves once again. Should we really do this to ourselves once again or Pakistan's enemies are at work again to further divide us into smaller splinter states. Let's immediately pull back and let the political system work without any prejudices.
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Nov 28, 2015 08:06am
This is very important to enforce the municipal act particularly on noise nuisance and loudspeakers use in public as the azans one after the other with loudspeakers from thousands of mosques that is another sort of noise pollution.May it help the MQM to follow the laws and when Karachiites will do it then rest of the country will too
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Nov 29, 2015 07:20am
this is not true. they were just all writing about how nothing happens to them..shenanigans!
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Nov 29, 2015 07:21am
@Mohammad Fida sorry, but there is and has been no change. nice try though.
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Nov 29, 2015 07:26am
@najeeb its fake, relax
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