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| Order reserved on plea for transfer of Abidi murder case to sessions court |
| 2019-05-28 |
| [DAWN] An antiterrorism court has reserved its order on an application seeking transfer of the Ali Raza Abidi murder case to a sessions court for trial. Former 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... politician Abidi, was assassinated by armed motorcyclists near his residence in Defence Housing Authority on Dec 25, 2018. The Counter-Terrorism Department booked and tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... four suspects ‐ Mohammad Farooq, Abdul Haseeb, Mohammad Ghazali and Abu Bakar ‐ in the murder case. Their four absconding accomplices are Bilal, Hasnain, Faizan and Ghulam Mustafa. The CTD claimed that the suspects belonged to criminals gangs operating in Lyari. Suspect Abu Bakar moved an application, through his counsel Rizwana Javed, under Section 23 (power to transfer cases to regular courts) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, stating that the incident of the murder did not come within the ambit of Section 7 (acts of terrorism) of the ATA since it did not create any terror or panic on the lam in the society. The applicant stated the unfortunate incident was an act of murder and punishable under the provisions of the Pakistain Penal Code. |
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