May 12, 2007 cases: Karachi mayor’s absence angers ATC
- 19-Jan-2019
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday expressed displeasure over Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar for failing to appear before it in four cases pertaining to the May 12, 2007 mayhem, ARY News reported. As the ATC judge resumed hearing of the cases, more than 20 accused appeared in the court. When the judge asked about the […]
ATC hears May 12, 2007 mayhem cases
- 12-Jan-2019
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday resumed hearing of four cases pertaining to the May 12, 2007 mayhem, ARY News reported. Mayor Waseem Akhtar and 20 other accused nominated in the cases appeared in the court. Police produced an absconding accused, Abdul Zahid, before the ATC judge who ordered provision of a copy of […]
Waseem Akhter, others indicted in two more cases related to May 12 carnage
- 08-Dec-2018
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday indicted Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhter and others in two cases pertaining to the May 12, 2007 carnage in Karachi, ARY News reported. According to details, Waseem Akhter, along with 21 other accused appeared before the court today and was indicted. Waseem Akther and all others pleaded ‘not guilty’ to […]
Court defers hearing of May 12 violence case
- 17-Nov-2018
KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar reached an anti terrorism court on Saturday to attend hearing of the May 12 violence case, ARY News reported. Twenty other accused were also produced before the court during the hearing. However, one of the accused, Zulfikar didn’t turn up and his lawyer informed the court that his client was […]
Musharraf, MQM killed PPP workers during May 12 carnage in Karachi, says Bilawal
- 12-May-2018
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday heavily criticised rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for what he termed their plans to bring back “politics of ethnicity” in Karachi, ARY News reported.
PPP, PTI change venue from Hakeem Saeed Ground for rallies on May 12
- 08-May-2018
KARACHI: Following a bloody clash last night over holding a public gathering on the same date and at the same venue, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) both on Tuesday announced to change the venue from Hakeem Muhammad Saeed Ground “in the best interest of the residents of Karachi”, ARY News reported. […]
Former MQM official Hammad makes shocking revelations regarding May 12, Baldia fire incidents
- 06-Nov-2017
KARACHI: Former in-charge of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s Karachi Tanzeemi Committee Hammad Siddiqui has made some shocking revelations regarding incidents of May 12 and Baldia factory fire, ARY News reported. Sources said Hammad had provided some crucial evidences regarding both the tragic incidents and the disclosures were likely to put the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) […]
Police officer among five arrested over target killings
- 13-Jul-2017
KARACHI: Counter-Terrorism Department of Sindh police on Thursday announced the arrest of an on-duty police officer on the charges of taking part in targeted killings across Karachi including the May 12, 2007, carnage, ARY News reported. According to SSP CTD Muneer Sheikh, the police constable who was posted in Additional IG Karachi’s office was a […]
‘Party leadership ordered to kill people in Karachi on May 12, 2007’
- 10-Dec-2016
KARACHI: Two recently held suspects of a Karachi based political party have confessed to have killed scores of people on the roads of the city on May 12, 2007, on the orders of their party leadership, official sources told ARY News. Two days back, law enforcement agencies took Adnan Goshi and Wajid alias Wajih into […]
Huge arms cache unearthed in Karachi was bought to fight army: Ibad
- 19-Oct-2016
KARACHI: The Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that a huge cache of arms and ammunitions hidden in a water tank of a house in Azizabad neighbourhood of the city earlier this month was bought to fight the Pakistan army. Speaking to media representatives for a second time on Wednesday, the provincial governor […]