HYDERABAD: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-II on Wednesday remanded nine activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) to judicial custody in a case of sedition lodged at City police station.

The case was lodged under sections 123/-A, 124/A (sedition) and 34 PPC on the complaint of police Sub-Inspector Sajid Hussain Arain.

Those who were produced before the court included Ali Hamza Arain, Mohammad Faizan, Jamil Ahmed, Mohammad Naveed Qureshi, Moha­mmad Shah Rukh and Mohammad Shahbaz Qureshi. The arrested activists also included 14-year-old Moha­mmad Furqan, 16-year-old Moha­mmad Farhan Arain and 14-year-old Moha­mmad Aziz Arain. The case was registered against 17 persons, but nine of them had been arrested so far.

According to FIR, MQM-London activists had raised slogans against Pakistan and in favour of Altaf Hussain.

The complainant said that around 15 to 20 activists were present near Khalid School who raised the slogans. He said the accused told police during interrogation that they belonged to the MQM-London and that they did not recognise Pakistan where they were not given their rights.

He said that he and other witnesses had recognised some of the absconding accused including Mohammad Yusuf Malik, Zahid Ghauri, Anas Malik, Faisal Habib, Mukarram Jamali, Tariq Guddu, Imtiaz Arain and Iftikhar.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2022