KARACHI – Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar isindicted in 3 decades-old case pertaining to loudspeaker abuse.
The court, during the hearing, also indicted, Sattar, Karachi Mayor WaseemAkhtar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Haider Abbas Rizvi and other MQM leaderswere indicted for violating Loudspeaker Act in a separate case registeredin 2015. All accused have pleaded no guilty to the charges.
In 1987, police registered a case against MQM leaders when they violatedthe Act during a gathering organised by Mohammad Shahid in PIB Colony. MQMhead Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar and other were present in the event.
“Altaf Hussain slammed an Urdu newspaper and urged the people to boycottthe publication over the loudspeaker,” stated the FIR, adding that armedguards were also present in the meeting.
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In this 31-year-old case, Sattar had been granted interim bail in June 2018by a district court.
