ATC acquits Farooq Sattar, others in hate speech case
Karachi’s anti-terrorism court on Wednesday acquitted six MQM-P leaders, including Farooq Sattar in three cases of provocative speech.
The court acquitted Farooq Sattar, Waseem Akhtar, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Javed Rahim, Mehmood Abdul Razzaq and Amir Khan.
ATC court has acquitted Salman Mujahid Baloch in two cases, Rauf Siddiqui and Qamar Mansoor in one case each.
According to the police, cases were registered against the MQM-P leaders in Malir, Sachal and Brigade police stations of Karachi in 2016, over making, facilitating, and listening to provocative and contentious speeches by party chief Altaf Hussain.
