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Nisar meets British High Commissioner to discuss FIR against Altaf
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Philip Barton on Wednesday to discuss the matter of the FIR registered against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain yesterday.
In a meeting at the Punjab House in Islamabad today, the interior minister said that the MQM chief made objectionable statements against the Pakistan armed forces during a television programme.
He went on to say that, no one should be allowed to sit in UK and deliver statements against security agencies of Pakistan.
Nisar also shared a copy of the FIR with Barton, which was registered against Altaf a day earlier.
A case against Altaf Hussain was registered on Tuesday in Civil Lines Police Station, on the request of Rangers spokesman Colonel Tahir.
The case was registered under the section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
Following the raid on MQM Headquarters Nine-Zero in Karachi last week, the MQM chief had allegedly threatened Rangers officials while speaking in Geo News programme "Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath", the complainant maintained.
Responding to a question regarding Rangers personnel, Altaf Hussain referred to them as a thing of the past.
Dozens of MQM workers including wanted suspects were apprehended from and around the Nine-Zero in Azizabad in the March 11 raid.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk