Pakistan

Rangers question Farooq Sattar’s guards

There were reports that the troops were there to pick up MQM MPA Kamran Farooqui

Faraz Khan June 07, 2016

Farooq Sattar. PHOTO: APP

KARACHI: Paramilitary troops Tuesday night surrounded streets leading towards the residence of Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) senior leader Farooq Sattar in PIB Colony, Karachi.

Witnesses said a heavy contingent of Rangers closed off at least three streets leading towards Sattar’s residence before closing in on the house.

Rangers siege Farooq Sattar's home in Karachi

They knocked on Sattar’s door and asked his wife for some person who was inside the house. The MQM lawmaker was in Islamabad to attend the National Assembly session earlier in the day.

Sattar’s wife reportedly asked the paramilitary troops to produce a warrant if they wanted to search the home. But the Rangers did not enter the house.

They questioned security guards posted outside Sattar’s house and other neighbours for around an hour and left without detaining anyone.

While the Rangers did not issue any statement about the raid, there were reports that the troops were there to pick up MQM MPA Kamran Farooqui.

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Following the Rangers’ raid, the MQM leader said that it was up to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to decide whether they are Pakistanis or not.

“I have been living there [PIB Colony] for the last 30 years. A [former] deputy convener cannot even think of keeping a criminal inside their home.”

“This is not Pakistani law which is being enforced on us. If they had come to arrest me, would have to seek permission from the speaker.”

Published in The Express Tribune, June 8^th, 2016.

COMMENTS (6)

Asif Maalik | 7 years ago | Reply Raid on Dr. Farooq Sattar’s house is a shocking act of the force. They could not produce a search warrant when Mr. Sattar’s wife asked about it. They could not make any arrest. It seems spreading harassment was their only purpose. What they have got after such unreasonable action? More frustration and alienation will be sprouted among the Mohajir community. Dr. Sattar is a seasoned parliamentarian and the leading politician of the third biggest party of the country. Sanctity of his residence has been violated. Can we imagine such kind of action against any other political party?

Mujtaba Gujjar | 7 years ago | Reply I am a Karachiite by birth and have seen atrocities of MQM a lot. After Rangers operation there is a remarkable betterment in the law & order situation of Karachi. MQM looted the resources of Urban Sindh and allowed PPP to plunder the rural Sindh. MQM did not do any favor for Urdu speakings as the quota bill was also signed bu MQM.