KARACHI: On Monday, an anti-Treverism Court (ATC) leader of the Muttahida National Movement of Pakistan (MQMP) and former Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar and two others were tortured on May 12, 2007. One of the seven cases was acquitted.
On May 12, 2007, attacks on rallies organized by members of political parties and legal brothers killed close to 50 people and injured more than 100, who then tried to receive after the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP). Had A gathering of lawyers. Justice Chaudhry was forced to return to Islamabad after being restricted to the airport for nine hours.
ATC-VII judge, who heard the trial inside the Judicial Complex in the Karachi Central Jail premises, acquitted Mr Akhtar, Amir Siddiqui and the components Shah Qadri due to lack of evidence against them.
The court ruled that the prosecution failed to prove the allegations beyond the reasonable doubts against the accused.
The ATC pardoned them all the charges due to lack of evidence. Six uniform cases have also been pending since 2007
MQM founder Altaf Hussain and several others have already been fled in the matter. The court ruled that the case file was inactive until his arrest.
The three accused appeared in court on bail and the court canceled their bail bonds after hearing the verdict.
According to the case of legalization, a meeting was chaired by the Home Advisor Mr Akhtar on May 10, 2007 at the party’s Zero Headquarters, which was attended by party workers and charges in the sector. The purpose of the meeting is to destabilize the city and prevent the former CJP from reaching Karachi and also to ensure that lawyers do not reach the airport to welcome it.
Mr Akhtar, who was formally arrested in the current case in 2016, was charged with the offenses of Auronat, who hid the design to commit a crime and tortured May 12. The facility was provided when he allegedly confessed to the police to preside over the alleged police meeting.
During the trial, Defense Lawyer, Defense Ahmed, argued that the prosecution failed to present any evidence or witness to support the allegation that Mr Akhtar, who was the chief minister’s adviser in 2007, stopped. A meeting was held for Tam. Former CJP arrives in Karachi.
He said that there was no evidence on the record that his client was involved in the May 12 riots or facility.
The advisor added that the accused, Amir and Aeges were involved in the matter based on Mr Akhtar’s alleged confession.
At the airport and other police stations section 146 (riots), 147 (riot penalty), 148 (riot, equipped with deadly weapons), 149 (every member of the illegal assembly commissioned the offense of the crime. Each member of the legal assembly registered a total of seven similar cases. Goes and where there is no clear clause for its punishment) and read with 34 (joint intentions) of the Pakistan Code of Conduct, with Section 7 of the Anti -Act, 1997.
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