2007 Karachi Riots - Kidnapping of Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi

Kidnapping of Syed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi

Civil Rights actvist Iqbal Kazmi was kidnapped by some unknown person but was later freed on the condition that he and his family would leave Karachi. Kazmi had filed petitions in the Sindh High Court on 12 May violence and the new Pemra ordinance in which major political and government figures were named as respondents.

The list include Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, federal Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah, MQM chief Altaf Hussain, the Sindh CM’s Adviser on Home Affairs Waseem Akhtar, Chief Secretary Shakeel Durrani, Home Secretary Ghulam M. Muhtaram Naqvi, Provincial Police Officer Niaz A. Siddiqui, CCPO Azhar A. Farooqui, the SHO City Courts police station, SHO Jamshed Quarters, and others.

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