KARACHI: The bail extension pleas of Muttahid Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders Waseem Akhtar, Rauf Siddiqui, and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Anis Qaimkhani were rejected on Tuesday, with reports of police preparing to arrest the Karachi leaders from the court premises.
The leaders had appeared in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) for the hearing of the Dr Asim Hussain case.
According to reports, the gates of the anti-terrorism courts had been shut, with police personnel not allowing the suspects in the case to leave the court premises.
Sources told Geo News that jail warrants were being prepared for the three leaders, and that they would shortly be shifted to jail.
Speaking to Geo News via telephone, MQM leaders Waseem Akhtar said, "Today is a dark day in the history of Pakistan. We are being framed on the basis of a fake JIT report".
"The judge herself admitted today that there are certain things in the JIT report which she is being forced to accept. There are a lot of personnel in plain clothes inside the courtroom. The gates have been closed and we are not being allowed to leave. Even our lawyers who wants to go to the Sindh High Court to appeal is not being allowed to leave," he said.
"I request the chief justice of Pakistan to take notice of this mockery of the law," he added.
Meanwhile, there were reports that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Abdul Qadir Patel, who was also one of the suspects in the case, was able to escape the court premises.
But, speaking to a Geo News correspondent, Patel said that he had not fled the law, but had arrived at the court and left when he saw that the gates were shut.
He said that he was a political worker, and that he was not going anywhere and would face the courts.
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