ATC acquits Farooq Sattar, Wasim Akhtar, others in hate speech cases.

KARACHI -- AntiTerrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi acquitted Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders in nearly two dozen cases against pertaining to incendiary speeches on Monday. ATC acquitted Dr Farooq Sattar, former Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar, Rauf Siddiqui and Qamar in two cases. These cases were registered by Suhrab Goth Police in 2015 in which MQM leaders filed acquittal petitions. Latif Pasha, the lawyer of MQM leaders, maintained in the court that 23 cases could be registered in different areas. In October 2018, the ATC-I judge had amalgamated around 23 identical FIRs registered at different police stations in the city against the MQM leaders for allegedly facilitating a highly provocative speech of their London-based...

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