KARACHI: A first information report (FIR) was lodged against Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz by Muthida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on charges of threatening party chief Altaf Hussain, terrorism, provocation and cyber crime on Sunday.
This is the second FIR against the Lal Masjid cleric in a span of two days, the earlier one being filed by civil society activists in Islamabad.
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Slamming Aziz's video message where he threatened the MQM chief, Rabita Commitee leaders said that those running away in burqas must not threaten Altaf Hussain who is the leader of millions of Pakistanis.
On Sunday, a large number of MQM leaders including MPAs, MNAs, Senators, and workers reached the Azizabad police station.
The case against the cleric was lodged by Advocate Arif Khan. The complainant submitted as proof the video message as well as the written document where in the Lal Masjid cleric threatened Altaf.
Later, MQM also held a protest outside the Karachi Press Club.