Chairman Afaq Ahmed released

My doors are open for everybody who left me and the party. Chairman Afaq Ahmed
Mohajir Qaumi Movement Chairman Afaq Ahmed on Saturday reached his residence in Landhi No 6 in the form of a convoy of his party supporters and personnel of the law enforcing agencies after he was released from the Central Prison, Karachi.

His detention was challenged in Sindh High Court by his brother, Amjad Shafqat, and a Division Bench of SHC on Friday struck down his detention und... ... more

HSC declared MQM Chairman Afaq Ahmed's imprisonment illegal.

The Sindh High Court declared Muhajir Qaumi Movement Chairman Afaq Ahmed's imprisonment illegal and ordered to release him if not wanted in any other case. The MQM chairman has been detained under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).

Sindh Minister for Home Manzoor Wassan said on Friday that the MQM Chairman Afaq Ahmed was a free man and the government would respect the Sindh High Court’s order for his release. ... more

The MQM demanded foolproof security to its chairman, Afaq Ahmed

Afaq Bhai was attacked for four times by the MQM-Altaf’s terrorists in the past. Shamshad Khan Ghauri
The Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan has demanded of the government to provide foolproof security to its chief, Afaq Ahmed, after his expected release from jail.

Vice Chairman Shamshad Khan Ghauri while addressing a press at the Karachi Press Club (KPC), said the court has accepted the bail of Ahmed and now his security is the only remaining hurdle on the way to his house.

MQM workers and leadership do not trust police and we d... ... more

Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) orders release of Chairman Afaq Ahmad

Anti Terrorist Court has accepted the bail plea of MQM Chairman Afaq Ahmad in the kidnapping case of Jamil Baloch on deposit of five lac surety bonds and ordered his release.

Anti Terrorism Court Judge Khalida Yasmin conducted the hearing into Afaq Ahmad case here on Saturday and ordered his release.

Discarding the prosecutor’s contention that the applicant was a proclaimed offender and did not deserve normal rights under the law, the court ruled Ahmed was in prisons for the past s... ... more

After releasing, I would vanish all No-Go-Areas.

I am going to submit Azeem Tariq murder case against Muttahid in High Court soon. Afaq Ahmed
Chairman Afaq Ahmed was brought to the court for appearing in his cases. Sindh High Court (SHC) ruled that due to lack of evidences, Afaq Ahmed didn’t need bail in the case as his name was put on Column B, and remarked that the prosecution has already submitted that the MQM chairman would not be arrested in the case.

Talking to media, Afaq Ahmed said that many people h... ... more

The Sindh High Court restrained the police from arresting chairman Afaq Ahmed.

I have been asked to leave Pakistan or remain incarcerated in prison. Chairman Afaq Ahmed
Chairman Afaq Ahmed, who was brought to the Sindh High Court amid extraordinary security, stated that he had been behind bars since April 4, 2004 and implicated in nine cases and was arrested in cases one after another. He said that he has been asked to leave Pakistan or remain incarcerated in prison. "Any lawyer who had the courage to defend me was assassinated," he to... ... more

A writ petition has been filed in SHC, seeking registration of FIR against Altaf Hussain.

Mohajir Qaumi Movement chaiman Afaq Ahmed has filed the petition in the court, stating that Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Anwar, Anees Qaimkhani and Haider Abbas Rizvi had hatched a conspiracy for his assassination in 2007 and it had proved in Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report of the alleged target killer Ajmal alias Pahari. They also were involve in murder of vice chairman Akhtar Hussain.

The petition noted that Muttahida's terrorists accepted that they attacked on MQM central office Baitul Hamza in 1997 and two party workers Shahid and Naveed were also killed.

He pleaded ... ... more

Sindh High Court has given permission chairman Afaq Ahmad to pursue his cases.

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday granted permission to Mohajir Qaumi Movement chairman Afaq Ahmed for pursuing his cases in-person in the court.Afaq Ahmad told the court that his lawyers were being threatened from different people and one of his counsels also had been gunned down. That is why no counsel was ready to provide him legal services. Chief Justice has nominated Sidh High Court Bar’s President and Secretary for his assistance.

A murder case regarding pre-arrest bail was heard in the court ... ... more

Vice chairman Shamshad Khan Ghouri's press conference

If Afaq Ahmed is not released by Monday, we will give our party workers a go ahead. Shamshad Ghouri

Addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club on Thursday, MQM vice chairman Shamshad Ghouri said that the Sindh High Court(SHC) had ordered the release of chairman Afaq Ahmed on a bail, but Additional Home Secretary Sindh Waseem Ahmed had issued a notification to detain Ahmed under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) for a month.

Shamshad G... ... more

Chairman Afaq Ahmed’s detention challenged in High Court

The Sindh High court has issued notices to the Advocate General (AG) Sindh, Sindh Home Secretary, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh and Jail Superintendent Landhi.

Petitioner Syed Iqbal Kazmi, a civil rights campaigner and representative of the Human Rights Commission, South Asia, approached the SHC requesting it to declare the MQM Chairman Afaq Ahmed's detention illegal and order his immediate release.

He submitted in his petition that Mr Ahmed was not released from jail despite being given bail in the last of the four cases a... ... more