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2016-11-07 India-Pakistan
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Ex-PPP senator Abidi held for ‘facilitating sectarian killings’
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[DAWN] KARACHI: Faisal Raza Abidi, former Pakistain Peoples Party senator, was picked up from his 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...
residence in the early hours of Saturday morning and was being grilled for his alleged involvement in certain cases of sectarian killings in the city, official sources said.
Heavy contingents of police and Rangers raided Mr Abidi’s house in New Rizvia Society, took him into custody and shifted him to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location.
During the day, a police brass hat told Dawn that the ex-senator was formally jugged
Please don't kill me!
in a case pertaining to the killing of two members of the Tableeghi Jamaat. "We have arrested Faisal Abidi for his alleged involvement in the double murder case," said SP Jamshed Quarters Tahir Noorani.
But in the evening, a top-ranking police officer said that Mr Abidi was "detained" and being investigated in some previous cases of sectarian killings. "He will be released if found innocent," he said, asking not to be named.
Sources told Dawn that the issue of his "arrest" also came under discussion at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to review the breakdown of law and order in the city.
They said that the police authorities informed the CM that he was picked up on suspicion of being a "controller" in some cases of sectarian killings. The CM told them that it was their job to take such action against any suspect and all he cared about was the result.
Mr Abidi’s arrest triggered a strong reaction on the social media and by late evening #FaisalRazaAbidi was trending on Twitter.
The Majlis Wahdat-e-Moslemeen and even the the increasingly addiposeAltaf Hussain
..The head of MQM in Pakistain, who has lived in London and hasn't laid eyes on Pakistain since Caesar made corporal. Judging from the size of him,he may be a Hutt...
-led 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...
also condemned the arrest and demanded his immediate release.
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