Suspicious man found snooping around Nine-Zero booked

KARACHI: A suspicious man was detained near the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters Nine-Zero in Azizabad on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference MQM MPA Iftikhar Alam said, the suspicious man an Uzbek who doesn’t speak any Urdu was found while he was conducting reconnaissance of the lanes surrounding the party headquarters. Alam added that upon being apprehended the Uzbek man offered 100,000 US Dollars to secure his release, which the MPA said should be investigated by the authorities.

Iftikhar Alam told journalists that they found a mobile phone, a bag, cash, batteries and documents from the suspicious individual.

The MPA demanded that the security around the party headquarters be beefed up adding that if any untoward incident takes place the party will hold the government responsible.