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| MQM's Nadeem Hashmi freed from Karachi police custody |
| 2013-09-18 |
| [Dawn] Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) leader and former Sindh politician Nadeem Hashmi has been sprung from police custody and acquitted Tuesday from all charges including killing of two coppers in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... last week. A Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed to probe charges against the MQM leader, has submitted their investigative report to the Inspector General Sindh Police declaring him not guilty. According to sources, Hashmi has reached MQM headquarters "Nine-Zero" in Karachi following his acquittal. An anti-terrorist court in Karachi on Thursday had ordered a seven-day-long physical remand of Hashmi. MQM chief Altaf Hussain had condemned the arrest followed by a complete shutdown observed in the port city and in some areas of Hyderabad on Wednesday last week. Hashmi, in charge of the MQM's North Nazimabad unit, was handed over to the police following the order of the ATC. The former politician was nabbed Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! for his alleged involvement in the Tuesday killing of two coppers in a North Nazimabad locality. He was apprehended in a raid on his house and booked under the anti-terror law, killing of two coppers and snatching their official rifles. |
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