A British court acquitted the founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in a case concerning his infamous words promoting terrorism in Karachi in 2016.
Altaf Hussain was found not to have violated UK anti-terrorist law on August 22, 2016, when he delivered separate addresses from London to his party workers in Karachi, according to a 10-2 majority decision at Kingston Crown Court.
“Altaf Hussain was charged with encouraging terrorism under section 1(2) of the Terrorism Act (TACT) 2006,” the Met Police said on its website.
According to UK police, Hussain “on August 22, 2016, published a speech to crowds gathered in Karachi, Pakistan that was likely to be understood by some or all of the members of the public to whom they were published as a direct or indirect encouragement to them to commit, prepare, or instigate acts of terrorism, and at the time he published them, intended them to be so encouraged, or was reckless as to whether they would be so encouraged, and
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