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ATC Extends Farooq Sattar, Others’ Bail Till Aug 25

Karachi (August 5, 2017) An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday extended interim bail granted to Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chief Dr Farooq Sattar and other leaders in around 25 cases pertaining to inflammatory speech by MQM founder Altaf Hussain till August 25, 2017.

The ATC heard the inflammatory speech, attack on media houses and other cases against Farooq Sattar, Rauf Siddiqui, Amir Khan and others.

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The court extended the interim bail granted to Sattar and other MQM-P leaders in media houses attack and case by August 25, 2017.

In the inflammatory speech cases the bail of Farooq Satter and other leader was extended till August 19, 2017.

The cases were filed against the MQM-P chief, the party founder and other leaders at various Karachi police stations after Hussain in a speech critical of the army and other state institutions.

The MQM founder, in speeches delivered over the telephone, had criticised national security agencies. Following Hussains’ provocative statements, some workers also raised anti-Pakistan slogans outside the Karachi Press Club, where the party had staged a hunger strike for recovery of its ‘missing’ activists on Aug 22, 2016.

After the speech, suspects also attacked the offices of a private news channels and rioted near Fawwara Chowk, causing the death of at least one person.

Talking to media after the hearing, he defended MQM-P’s decision to vote PML-N candidate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in recent election for Prime Minister.

He said that PML-N had assured MQM-P to resolve the issues of Karachi.

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