Pakistan

Zahra Shahid killed after Altaf’s ‘inciteful’ speech: Imran

Imran submitted a reply to defamation suit worth Rs5 billion filed against him by MQM

Web Desk April 15, 2015

PTI chief Imran Khan. PHOTO: INP

KARACHI: In reply to the defamation notice issued by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) against him, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Wednesday that party leader Zahra Shahid was killed after an ‘inciteful’ speech by Altaf Hussain.

Imran in his reply stated that terrorists were arrested by Rangers after a raid at MQM headquarters Nine Zero – something that proves the party is a terrorist organisation, Express News reported.

Read: MQM files Rs5b defamation suit against Imran Khan

Hence, added Imran, the defamation notice is baseless, non-maintainable.

In July 2013, the MQM had filed a defamation suit worth Rs5 billion against the PTI chairman.

Party leaders Farooq Sattar and Senator Farogh Naseem personally filed the suit in the Sindh High Court in the wake of PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain’s murder after Imran hit out at Altaf.

Read: PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in Karachi

On May 18, 2013, Just hours before re-elections in some polling stations of NA-250 were due to begin; Zahra Shahid was shot dead outside her house in Karachi.

COMMENTS (10)

Urban Legend | 9 years ago | Reply Imran Khan named Altaf Hussain as the killer of Zahra Shahid within hours of her murder. Now he has changed his mind and allegation is incitement causing the murder. IK is either a dumb headed or a person who can ridicule and blame anyway without proof. There is something which is called Court of Law - IK must go to courts instead of becoming media celebrity. Once the media dumps him, he would become another Sheikh Rasheed.

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply @sunny: Niazi and his party members should be dealt the way Nazis were by the Nuremberg commission. PTI is as fascist as the Nazi party and Niazi is the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler.

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sunny | 9 years ago | Reply Pakistan should ban mqm. Mqm is not a political party.

Napier Mole | 9 years ago | Reply @ MMB I dont know if you have ignored what was stated in my comments or if you have failed to understand it. Let me repeat - Imran Khan has failed to substantiate a single - repeat a single - of the wild allegations he has made against any person over the last year or so whether it was Iftikhar Chaudhry or Najam Sethi, Altaf Husain or any other. If he was really worth his salt, once his claims were put to ridicule and treated with contempt he should have gone to courts and submitted them. If he had no faith in the courts he could have gone to the media. To defeat mqm, PTI should have come up with a concrete agenda for the problems that plague Karachi not waffliing homilies like making Karachi a city of peace. Karachiites would like to see a sensible, alternate agenda - not a zero sum driven game to drive out mqm.

True Karachiite | 9 years ago | Reply I wish IK is told by someone that his bullshitting has started to bore us now. When IK opens his mouth, he is cursing someone or praising his ownself.

MMB | 9 years ago | Reply @Napier Mole: Wild allegations? Are you telling me that MQM is clean and even today after finding so many evidences of worse crime associated with MQM you are still giving this statement that "they were allegations"? Something must have been seriously wrong their with senses to understand logic? Imran Khan was not scared to speak up the truth which no one has done before. See the insafians walking around in Karachi!!! Hard to digest isn't it?

PTISupporter | 9 years ago | Reply @Napier Mole: First time in history an independent commission is probing the rigging in elections. Would it be happen without that stage in? No way!

Asad | 9 years ago | Reply Imran khan please make up your mind at times you are thanking him and then when not in karachi you give these statements. How can you thank a killer ? Please for once make a policy and stick to it, even if the policy is to make alliance with MQM just stick to it for once.

Napier Mole | 9 years ago | Reply And a party who incites people to attack parliament and openly appreciates those who attacked PTV and threatened to bring Pakistan to a halt has a state or God given immunity! It is the wild allegations of Imran Khan who are coming to haunt him. The fruits of these wild oats he has sown would certainly catch up with him one day.

Teeb | 9 years ago | Reply Imran Khan. Pride of Pakistan and role model of youth in the whole world. Long live the legend

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