KARACHI, July 15: The central joint secretary of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, Iqbal Qureshi, was picked up the police shortly after his release from the Landhi Jail on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the MQM-H said that Mr Qureshi was released by the jail authorities on court orders. However, he said that Mr Qureshi had just come out of the Landhi Jail, when police mobiles of Landhi PS took him into custody. They shifted him to an undisclosed location, he added.
When his relatives contacted the Landhi police, they denied taking Mr Qureshi into custody and told them that he might have been detained by the Gulshan-i-Hadeed police, the party spokesman said.
He said that Mr Qureshi was recently arrested by the police under Section-11/E of the Presidential Ordinance.
The spokesman for party expressed concern over the undisclosed detention of the central joint-secretary of MQM-H.
REMANDED: The Acting Administrative Judge of Anti-terrorism Courts (ATCs), Karachi division, Justice Feroz Mehmood Bhatti on Tuesday remanded Amir Khan, the secretary- general of Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-H) till July 18 to Landhi police custody, adds APP.
The accused was arrested in murder case of Anum Aziz, a worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
According to prosecution, the accused came to a polling camp of Muttahida and at his instigation, his accomplice opened fire on workers of MQM. Anum Aziz died on the spot while several others were injured.
