Summary The court has also given exemption to Haidar Abbas Rizvi in the same case.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Local court in Karachi on Wednesday extended bail of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and nominated mayor Waseem Akhtar in two cases while the court has also approved the plea of Haidar Abbas Rizvi, seeking exemption from appearing in court.
MQM leaders were presented before magistrate court after which the authorities accepted extension in bail of Waseem Akhtar in violation of loud speaker act and also gave exemption to Haidar Abbas Rizvi in the same case.
Earlier, non-bailable arrest warrants for Farooq Sattar, Haidar Abbas Rizvi, Waseem Akhtar and others were issued under load speaker act.
It is pertinent to mention here that the nominated mayor of Karachi Waseem Akhtar has been named in 27 cases for assisting MQM chief Altaf Hussain and Dr Asim Hussain.
However, three cases have been filed against Haidar Abbas Rizvi.
The MQM leaders and 200 unknown party workers were named in 23 FIRs in which the complainants alleged that the accused had attended a public gathering and facilitated the MQM chief in his speech against the security agencies on July 12 last year.
Altaf Hussain had accused the paramilitary Rangers of torturing and killing his party workers in ongoing targeted operation against criminals in the city.
Recently, several cases were registered against him at different police stations under terrorism laws over a speech criticising the military establishment.
