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After six years, Karachi ATC gives verdict in Nine Zero raid case
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KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi acquitted MQM workers accused of illegal possession of explosives.
The court gave its verdict six years after the 2015 raid at Muttahida Qaumi Movement headquarters Nine Zero.
Suspected high profile target killers Mota, Obaid K2, Nadir Shah, Amir Sarpatta and others are among those who have been acquitted.
According to the verdict, Mota has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegal possession of arms, while Shabbir has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
The court said that the prosecution failed to prove the allegations against MQM workers in 52 cases.
Karachi court acquits MQM workers six years after Nine Zero raid
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Court has been hearing the case for the last six years.
Prosecution failed to prove allegations against MQM workers in 52 cases, court rules.
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi acquitted MQM workers in a case relating to illegal possession of explosives.
The verdict came six years after the 2015 raid at Muttahida Qaumi Movement headquarters Nine Zero.
Rangers arrested many suspected target killers and criminals, including Faisal Mota, Obaid K2, Nadir Shah, Amir Sarpatta, Nauman, Farhan Shabbir, during a raid at Nine Zero in Azizabad on March 11, 2015. A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized too.