Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar and other leaders were indicted in Loudspeaker Act Violation (LAV) case. During the hearing the judicial magistrate of city court on Wednesday also indicted Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Haider Abbas Rizvi and other MQM leaders in the case.
All accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. Summoning witnesses on October 17, the court adjourned the hearing. Speaking to journalists outside the city court, Sattar demanded that false cases against workers of MQM should be dismissed. "We want our missing workers to be recovered. Our partnership with the government should not be just all words and no action."
The MQM-P leader also commented on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan. "This project is a game changer. China and Pakistan are partners but India is finding ways to disrupt the CPEC project. The Indian army chief's statement is also a link in the same chain," he said.