Pakistan

MQM leader Qamar Mansoor sent on transit remand

The senior MQM leader was arrested along with fellow Rabita Committee member Kaif-ul-Wara on July 17

Web Desk July 20, 2015

Accused to be presented in ATC after Eid.

KARACHI: A court in Karachi on Monday sent Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Qamar Mansoor into Rangers custody on transit remand.

The senior MQM leader was arrested along with fellow Rabita Committee member Kaif-ul-Wara in a pre-dawn raid on the party's Nine Zero headquarters on Friday on charges of 'arranging and facilitating' hate speeches against the people of Karachi.

Kaif-ul-Wara was later released on the assurance that he would report to the Rangers after Eid. Presenting Mansoor in the court of the Judicial Magistrate Central today, Rangers officials requested for transit remand of the suspect. The court approved the request and remanded the MQM leader into Rangers custody.

Rangers officials said a case has been ledged against the MQM Rabita Committee member under anti-terrorism laws. They said the suspect would be presented before an anti-terrorism court after Eid holidays to obtain a 90-day remand.

Read: MQM chief to go on hunger strike

Earlier, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain demanded Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Home Minister Anwar Sial to issue orders allowing Qamar Mansoor to be admitted into a hospital immediately as, according to Altaf, he had been suffering from inhuman torture since his arrest on July 17.

Meanwhile, Altaf Hussain on Sunday announced to go on a hunger strike till death against the exploitation of Muahjirs.

Read: Rangers raid MQM headquarters Nine-Zero, take two leaders into custody

COMMENTS (7)

Karachiwala | 9 years ago | Reply difference of being classified son of soil... i know we are not!

ZAK | 9 years ago | Reply The Khi operation was going in right direction suddenly I do not what has gone wrong that they have arrested recently elected MNA. Be mindful of fact that he was elected in one of most fair election of a constituency. These type of moves will only increase sympathies for MQM.

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S.R.H. Hashmi | 9 years ago | Reply I think it is just too much when people get picked up on the charge of ‘arranging and facilitating hate speeches against the people of Karachi by top leader of a party which has not been banned. Absurdity of part of the charge - arranging the speech - can be judged by the fact that the men picked up were in no position to ‘arrange’ the speech which would imply that the men picked up either wrote the speech, helped in its drafting or were in a position to put words into speaker’s mouth. And just about every one knows that Altaf Hussain has a mind of his own and says what he wants to say without obtaining prior clearance from MQM members picked up from Nine Zero.. The men, Qamar Mansoor and Kaif-ul-Wara were picked up on the last day of Ramzan and while Kaif-ul-Wara was released allegedly on the promise that he will report to Rangers after Eid, Qamar Mansoor was detained. And even if the Rangers had made up their mind to detain Qamar Mansoor, couldn’t they defer implementation of the decision for a few days in order to allow him to celebrate Eid with his family. After all, he would not have disappeared in the meantime – like some belonging to other parties have been allowed to do - and the government had suspended even hangings for the duration of Ramzan. So Couldn’t Qamar Mansoor’s detention be held back a few days or was his crime worse than that of the convicted killers awaiting hanging?’ By taking high-handed and discriminatory action against a particular party while leaving other worst offenders and criminals untouched, the Rangers and those behind them stand to lose the goodwill they have earned in recent months by bringing, together with Karachi police, relative peace to the city at the cost of great personal sacrifices, even losing life and limb in the process. Isn’t some thinking done at the higher levels to study and examine the pros and cons of such moves or is the whole thing – policy-making as well as its implementation – left with the juniors who do it according to their whims and fancies and to the best of their ability, whatever it is? Karachi

umar | 9 years ago | Reply Qaid-e-Azam directed to whole pakista that KAM KAM KAM then how court keep close@Qamar:

Nasir Mahmood | 9 years ago | Reply Peace is inevitable in Karachi.

Qamar | 9 years ago | Reply Seriously !!!courts are open in rid holidays ?????

salman | 9 years ago | Reply I don't see any escape for MQM now .

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