Pakistan charges MQM chief with treason

August 23, 2016 20:21

Pakistan today charged MQM chief Altaf Hussain with treason for his inflammatory speech that incited party workers to attack media outlets in Karachi.

Hussain, leader of Mutthaida-E-Qaumi Movement -- the single largest party in Karachi, was accused of raising anti-Pakistan

slogans at a protest rally that turned violent.

Several journalists of various media organisation were attacked by the activists of the MQM. The protesters pelted stones and resorted to heavy aerial firing that killed one person and wounded others.

Two cases have been filed against Hussain: one for treason for his anti-Pakistan speech to participants in the hunger strike organised by MQM and the other for inciting party workers to violent protests, Inspector General of Sindh AD Khawaja was quoted as saying by the Geo News.

The case pertains to the attack on 'ARY' News' office, vandalising of property, arson and pelting of stones at police.

MQM party workers took to streets yesterday after Hussain, in an address from London, incited them to storm media outlets and chant anti-Pakistan slogans during the hunger strike. The hunger strike was launched to protest the disappearance and arrest of their workers by the paramilitary rangers.

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