May 12 protest: MQM chief, lawmakers booked over terror charges
KARACHI: Police on Saturday registered a case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain along with party's several lawmakers over charges of terror and criminal conspiracy against the country after their May 12 gathering in the memory of their 'martyred' and missing workers.
MQM on May 12 had set up a protest camp near the Quaid-i-Azam Mausoleum to demand arrest of killers of its workers, early recovery of the missing party members and to show solidarity with the families of the slain activists.
Brigade police Station House Officer (SHO), Ghulam Nabi Afridi told Dawn today that a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered on behalf of state against MQM chief Altaf Husain and party’s legislators Dr. Farooq Sattar, Rauf Siddiqi, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqi, Kanwar Naveed Jamil, nominated Karachi mayor, Wasim Akhtar under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act and other sections related to criminal conspiracy, waging or abetting war against Pakistan, condemnation of the creation of the State and advocacy of abolition of its sovereignty.
Explaining the move, the police officer claimed that the rally was not only held without the permission of Sindh government but it also defied the legal ban on MQM chief Altaf Hussain's speech.