Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s fugitive chief Altaf Hussain was on Monday sentenced to 81 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan for making anti-state speeches and inciting violence.
ATC Judge Raja Shahbaz Khan in Gilgit city sentenced the politician, living in london since 1992 on self-imposed exile, to 81 years imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 2.4 million on him.
The judge ordered the Inspector General of Police of Sindh province to execute the court order as 62-year-old Hussain has permanent residence in Karachi.
The judge also ordered authorities to confiscate the properties of the MQM chief and open the same for auction. The MQM leader this year repeatedly criticised the
Army and other security institutions while in July he asked NATO and the United Nations to send troops to Karachi.