KARACHI – An anti-terrorism court in Karachi sentenced a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for possession of illegal weapons.
Shakeel alias Banarsi was arrested in a Rangers’ raid on MQM headquarters Nine Zero in 2015 and he was tried in an ATC which in its verdict also imposed a Rs100,000 fine besides imprisonment.
According to the prosecution lawyer, the illegal weapons had been recovered from Federal B Industrial Area upon identification by the accused.
Other cases of recovery of latest automatic weapons from MQM headquarter Nine Zero are also ongoing against the activist while he has also been indicted in two murder cases from 2012.
Banarsi was among the 100 suspects picked up during the raid, in which party leader Amir Khan was also arrested.
