- Iqbal Kazmi
Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi is a prominent lawyer, Human rights activist and Journalist and is based out of city of
Karachi . He is known to have registered cases against Karachi Electricity Supply Company,Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Government of Sindh andMQM .Kidnapping
Amnesty international reported that Iqbal Kazmi was abducted on 6 June 2007. He was reportedly tortured and. He later regained consciousness the following day in a park in the Clifton area of Karachi. His kidnappers told him that he would be killed unless he left the city by 12 June 2007. cite web|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA330092007|author=AI Index: ASA 33/009/2007
publisher=Amnesty International|date=11 June 2007|title=?]On August 1st 2007, the wife of Iqbal Kazmi was kidnapped while she was on her way to high court to meet her husband who had been arrested on fraud charges on 12 June 2007. Sadia Kazmi, wife of Iqbal Kazmi, said that her kidnappers beat her up and asked her to tell her husband to withdraw cases against the
MQM . [cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/02/local7.htm|author=Ali Hazrat Bacha|title=KARACHI: Kazmi says wife, relative kidnapped, wounded|publisher=Dawn.com|date=August 02, 2007]The Police refused to register an FIR against the assailants. However, the Additional District and Session Judge, Karachi, South, Mohammed Azeem, the police regiseter an FIR against those involved in the attack. Kazmi also stated that the police has tried to bribe his wife to the tune of Rs. 100,000 to not nominate
Waseem Akhter , Sindh Home Adviser in the attack. She also stated that members of theSindh police were also involved in the kidnapping. [cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=68031|author=The News Correspondent |title=Iqbal Kazmi case: SHC orders registration of FIR|publisher=The News |date=August 12, 2007]Arrest
On June 12th 2007, Iqbal Kazmi was arrested by police in cases of cheating, and was sent to
Judicial Remand until June 16 by a judicial magistrate at theMalir Cantonment Courts . Police stated that Mr. Qazmi had given checks to individuals that were dishonored later. Kazmi’s lawyers alleged that the cases were fabricated against him. Mrs. Sadia Kazmi also alleged that she had not been provided with theFirst Information report about the crime. [cite web|url=http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southasia.asp?parentid=71934|author=Dawn|title=PAKISTAN: Civil rights campaigner sent to jail
publisher=AsiaMedia|date=June 13, 2007] .In court Mr Kazmi stated that he had been jailed because he had threatened that he would go on
hunger strike in front ofSindh Chief Minister house to protest against the 12 May 2007 killings inKarachi . [cite web| url=http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=65732 |author=The News |title= Rain casualties: CDGK, KESC
publisher= Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman|date=June 13, 2007]Iqbal kazmi was granted bail by the Sindh High court on 18th Aug-2007. His next hearing is expected to be heard on 22nd Aug-2007. [cite web| url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=68898= |author=The News |title= Kazmi granted bail
publisher= Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman|date=August 19, 2007]The Case
ee also
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2007 Karachi Riots
*MQM
*Human Rights in Pakistan
*Supreme Court of Pakistan References
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