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ATC sends MQM leader Gul Faraz Khattak to prison for 14-day

KARACHI:  The administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts has sent MQM Rabita Committee member Gul Faraz Khattak to prison on 14-day remand by rejecting police plea to hand over him to police on 14-day physical remand in anti-state speech cases of MQM founder.

Khattak was arrested from outside an anti-terrorism court on Friday by law enforcement agencies. On Saturday police produced the accused before the administrative judge of ATC courts.

Police pleaded the court to handover Khattat to them on 14-day physical remand. However, the court while rejecting police plea sent the accused to prison for 14-day.

The court also directed police to present challan in next hearing of the case.  Khattak was arrested in cases of attacking media houses on August 22, arson and working against country’s integrity.

Meanwhile, the ATC granted bail to MQM leader and Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Khwaja Izhar-ul-Hassan in a case of acting as facilitator in anti-sate speeches of Altaf Hussain.

The administrative judge of ATCs while granting bail of Khwaja Izhar ordered him to submit Rs50,000 as surety bond. It is to be mentioned here that Izhar had secured protective bail in the case from Sindh High Court. The SHC while granting him protective bail had ordered him to approach the trial court for bail.