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Summary Sindh government has invoked MPO to continue detaining MQM-H chairman Afaq Ahmad.
A notification read that the provincial government has decided that Mohajir Quami Movement (Haqqiqi) chairman Afaq Ahmad will not be released from the district jail Malir under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).According to the notification issued by the Home Department, Afaq Ahmad will remain detained for one month. The notification further states that his release could hamper peace in Karachi.Earlier the Sindh High Court ordered the release of Ahmad on bail in the Atiq-ur-Rehman murder case, the last case against the MQM-H chief.Afaq Ahmad was booked in the murder case of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist Atiq-ur-Rehman by the Nabi Bux police in June 2009, and the trial court had rejected the acquittal plea of the applicant.During proceedings his counsel Mohammad Farooq contended before the court that no evidence against the MQM-H chief was found by the police and his client had nothing to do with the offence because he had been in jail since April 2004, and a case was registered on June 20, 2009.There were about 12 cases registered against him in various police stations.He was acquitted in 11 cases, out of 12. He was also convicted in a murder case and got life imprisonment. The SindhHigh Court declared the verdict against him null and void and accepted his bail application.Between 2009 and 2011, 9 more cases were registered against him, out of which 6 were withdrawn by the police. In the rest of three cases, the courts accepted his bail plea.On Tuesday, the SHC accepted his bail plea for Rs 1 million security bond.
