KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday ordered Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Dr Farooq Sattar, Amir Liaqat and Khalid Mqbool Siddiqui’s name be put on the exit control list (ECL).
The ATC-II ordered the authorities to put the names of Farooq Sattar, Aamir Liaquat and Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on ECL in cases pertaining to the August 22 incendiary speech of party founder Altaf Hussain.
The judge ordered police to arrest the accused and produce before the court.
Last month, an ATC once again issued non-bailable warrants of arrest for Sattar, his second-in-command and other leaders of the party in five amalgamated cases pertaining to Altaf Hussain’s hate speech.
ATC-II ordered the police to arrest Sattar, Amir Khan, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and other top leaders of the party absconding in the cases and present them in court till January 31.
This time the ATC-II directed that warrants should be issued through the additional inspector general, a post equivalent to the city’s police chief, as investigation officers submitted that they were unable to arrest the absconders due to their political stature.
