March 21, 2016
News
Rangers arrest MQM deputy convener
Arrested Shaid Pasha is key leader of MQM's organisational structureKARACHI – Rangers personnel arrested Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita Committee Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha during a raid early on Monday morning in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Karachi.
The news was confirmed by MQM spokesperson Wasay Jalil in a message posted on Twitter.
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Breaking News: Just now #MQM Deputy Convener Shahid Pasha arrested by Rangers at 3.00am during a raid on his flat Gulistane Jauhar #Karachi
Reason behind the arrest could not be ascertained yet and there is no official statement from the Rangers in this regard. Shaid Pasha – an important figure in the MQM’s organisational structure – was appointed as deputy convener of the coordination committee last year.
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Earlier, the MQM Coordination Committee member Dr Farooq Sattar accused the Rangers of torturing party workers imprisoned at the Karachi Central Jail.
He said that he had received reports that a heavy contingent of Rangers on Friday evening ‘conducted an operation’ at the Karachi prison – in barracks 18, 19, 24 and 25 – and took away 40 under-trial ‘MQM prisoners whose cases are pending hearing’. “We heard they were tortured and intimidated,” he said, adding that jail administration cooperated with the Rangers.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk