Summary ATC rejects bail petition of MQM's worker accused of terrorism.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi rejected on Saturday a petition seeking bail of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s political worker who was accused of being involved in terrorist activities, Dunya News reported. Other than murder charges, the convict has been accused of carrying prohibited firearms and involvement in terrorist activities.
The convict who identifies as Islam Ul Haq was taken into custody by Rangers from the Surjani Town of Karachi which houses people from different ethnicities. There were some severe charges against the MQM worker arrested by Rangers. Rejecting the petition seeking bail of the terror accused, the court declared that striking similarities have been recorded between the weapons revealed from the accused and the bullets that hit the murder victim. With the present evidences at hand, permission for bail cannot be granted, therefore, the bail plea is cancelled, the court ordered.
According to MQM’s website, the personnel of Super Market Police Station raided the house of Islam Ul Haq and arrested him in March 24, 2001. Islam Ul Haq 27, son of Anwar Ul Haq was a worker of MQM Unit 2, Sarjani Town Sector, Karachi.
Earlier in the year 2013, MQM chief Altaf Hussain had condemned the arrest of MQM Surjani Town’s Sector in-charge Islam Ul Haq and said that his party which had been making efforts for peace and order in the country and the province was being targeted and its leaders were being arrested on trumped-up charges. According to Hussain, the supporters of killers who had killed thousands of policemen and army jawans were freely roaming about and carrying out their political activities. These terrorists have attacked our defense installations and released the videos of executions of our soldiers. Hussain demanded that Islam-ul-Haq should be produced before the court and put in jail custody.
Moreover, the leader of MQM had also strongly condemned the Pakistan Protection Ordinance and demanded its withdrawal from the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif terming the ordinance authoritarian, undemocratic and unconstitutional. Addressing the prime minister in his speech, he said, “ We had tried to persuade you not to establish special courts in 1988, but you rebuffed our pleas and requests. We saw that one such special court awarded you a sentence. Now, you have committed the same mistake again by promulgating this undemocratic and unconstitutional ordinance. This ordinance can be used to persecute you and your friends in future.”
