An Express News screengrab showing Nasreen Jalil.
MQM leader Nasreen Jalil, while speaking to the media, said Adil was arrested from his house, tortured in police custody and released in a very bad condition.
According to Jalil, Adil was admitted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was on life support for a few days before he succumbed to his injuries on February 8.
The MQM leader claimed that 11 of the party members have become victims of extra-judicial killings while 45 others were arrested illegally and are now missing.
In the petition, Jalil called for compensation for the families of the victimised MQM members and supporters. She also prayed to the court to order concerned authorities to file a First Information Report (FIR) against AIG Karachi Police Shahid Hayat Khan and a few other officers who she claimed were responsible for the ongoing victimisation of MQM workers.
Jalil said these officers should be suspended until the court issues a final order and that their employment should be terminated if they are found guilty.
Another MQM worker Fahad Aziz was also allegedly tortured in police custody after being arrested on his wedding night. MQM had filed a petition against his arrest as well.
Sabzwari weighs in
"Karachi is not Fata where there is no writ of the state," said MQM representative Faisal Sabzwari, speaking about the allegedly unlawful arrest of the party's workers.
Speaking to the media in Karachi, Sabzwari said that of the 15,000 suspects that the government has arrested, thousands were MQM workers. He stated that while hundreds of these workers were kept in prison, the others were released soon afterwards, but not until after they were exposed to torture.
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Good going! take all oppressors to court and lets see how they prove their misdeeds. Not long ago we saw 19,000 Nato containers fiasco.
I respectfully second the demand, those named in the petition (AIG Shahid Hayat; SSP's, SHO's and other officers) should be suspended till the investiagation is completed.
Also, I believe a judical commison should be set-up to inquire this; how can we expect one corrupt police offical to inquiry upon another corrupt officer. WILL IT BE FREE & FAIR?
Good Job MQM....We Karachiites support you in this tought times of distress.
"public ka reaction samnay aaey gaa"....someone for file police complaint in london again for inciting voilence
MQM seems to be the only legitimate party with legitimate vision for the country.
Nasreen Jalil looks very graceful lady and all in all a reasonable person. Should replace "Bhai"
People tends to think otherwise always MQM prove that the party of substance with some good leaders if they are going to take a leagal rout should be encourage rather finding some loop hole or camparing things in the past one cannot satisfy everyone
Operations are good for Karachi but not for other parts of the country? Why the double standards? There should be operation in all places where extremists reside.
Don't know what they want from courts now when they have taken revenge by killing dozens of policemen in last couple of days already !
Good going MQM, keep it up
What about those 5k people who died in a coalation regime during past 5 years???? Weren't they human?? MQM did not file any petition even for their own workers during past 5 years, becuase they were in the government. Now they are not so they will call for strikes, shutdown the city, file the petitions. I don't understand these double standards. In my opinion MQM wants an immediate end of Karachi operation.