Non-bailable arrest warrants issued for Farooq Sattar, Karachi mayor

A court issued on Saturday non-bailable arrest warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar and 11 other leaders, in cases pertaining to rioting and other offences while protesting in front of Chief Minister House against water crisis last year.

The court heard the case against Sattar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Mehfooz Yar Khan, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar and others, local media reported. The hearing has been adjourned to December 30.

The non-bailable arrest warrants have been issued against the party leaders for their repeated failure to appear before the court, despite repeated summons and issuance of bailable arrest warrants.

Akhtar, Izhar, other MQM-P leaders indicted in rioting case

The MQM-P leaders were shown absconders in the case registered in June 2016. They had been booked under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Pakistan Penal Code.