No criminal arrested from Nine Zero during Rangers raid: Farooq Sattar
MQM says criminals have been arrested from adjoining areas of Nine-Zero
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ISLAMABAD:
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar denied on Friday that criminals were arrested by Rangers during the raid on party headquarters, Nine Zero, Express News reported.
“We have neither given refuge to any criminal nor was any offender arrested from Nine Zero,” Sattar said while talking to media after meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday afternoon.
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"Criminals have been arrested from the adjoining areas of Nine Zero," Sattar clarified, adding that MQM was not an intelligence agency that it would know about the presence of criminals.
"If there are 3,000 houses in neighborhoods across Nine Zero, how are we responsible if an offender is living there?" Sattar said.
Farooq further said that intelligence information should be shared with the party, adding that it cannot be held responsible for the arrests.
The senior party leader said that MQM has fully cooperated with the law enforcement agencies in their fight against criminal elements in the city.
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"We have never created obstacles in the operation, including the raid by Rangers on our party headquarters, Nine Zero."
He said that by conducting a raid on Nine Zero, an impression was given that offenders were arrested from the headquarters. In reality, Sattar said, the raid has only damaged MQM's political credibility.
Speaking about the weapons found in Nine Zero, Sattar said they were put on public display and from that point on a media trial against MQM began.
Read: Disappointed: MQM expresses concerns over ongoing 'media trial'
"I reject the impression that there were illegal weapons at Nine Zero," Sattar said.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar denied on Friday that criminals were arrested by Rangers during the raid on party headquarters, Nine Zero, Express News reported.
“We have neither given refuge to any criminal nor was any offender arrested from Nine Zero,” Sattar said while talking to media after meeting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday afternoon.
Read: One dead, several injured as Rangers raid MQM headquarters
"Criminals have been arrested from the adjoining areas of Nine Zero," Sattar clarified, adding that MQM was not an intelligence agency that it would know about the presence of criminals.
"If there are 3,000 houses in neighborhoods across Nine Zero, how are we responsible if an offender is living there?" Sattar said.
Farooq further said that intelligence information should be shared with the party, adding that it cannot be held responsible for the arrests.
The senior party leader said that MQM has fully cooperated with the law enforcement agencies in their fight against criminal elements in the city.
Read: PM to approve second phase of Karachi operation
"We have never created obstacles in the operation, including the raid by Rangers on our party headquarters, Nine Zero."
He said that by conducting a raid on Nine Zero, an impression was given that offenders were arrested from the headquarters. In reality, Sattar said, the raid has only damaged MQM's political credibility.
Speaking about the weapons found in Nine Zero, Sattar said they were put on public display and from that point on a media trial against MQM began.
Read: Disappointed: MQM expresses concerns over ongoing 'media trial'
"I reject the impression that there were illegal weapons at Nine Zero," Sattar said.