ATC grants Rangers 90 day custody of MQM leader Qamar Mansoor

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami movement (MQM) leader Qamar Mansoor was placed in the custody of the Rangers on a 90-day remand by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday.

During proceedings the lawyer for Rangers stated that Mansoor is accused of conducting inflammatory speeches and needs to be interrogated further.

Mansoor in his statement to the court said he was suffering from back pain for the last 17 years and required medication. The ATC directed that a medical report be submitted within seven days.

Earlier on Monday Mansoor was sent into Rangers custody on transit remand.

The senior MQM leader was arrested along with fellow Rabita Committee member Kaif-ul-Wara in a pre-dawn raid on the party's Nine Zero headquarters on July 17 on charges of 'arranging and facilitating' hate speeches against the people of Karachi.

Kaif-ul-Wara was later released on the assurance that he would report to the Rangers after Eid.