Nationalist leader Zain Shah surrendered to court in Bahria case

Nationalist leader Zain Shah surrendered to court in Bahria case - with his daughter while surrendering

KARACHI, (June 20, 2021): Sindh United Party’s nationalist leader Zain Shah surrendered Saturday to an anti-terrorism court in the Bahria Town riot case.

Zain Shah. Grandson of late nationalist leader G.M Syed has been remanded into jail till June 26.

On June6, during peaceful protest held on call of Sindh Action committee, some people attacked Bahria Town Karachi and set fire to several shops and vehicles.

Sindh United Party chief Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah, Zain Shah, Sajjad Ahmed Chandio, Aslam Khairpuri, and Jan Mohammad Junejo had approached the Sindh High Court Hyderabad’s bench and applied for bail in the case. They were granted 10-day protective bail against a sum of Rs25,000 on June 10.

Protests were held across the Sindh province hence police also registered case against the protesters in different cities of the Sindh province.

Sindh Chief Minister had said 21 cases were registered for rioting at Bahria Town.

Sindh Action Committee is demanding judicial inquiry into the incident.

Meanwhile Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari took notice of dozens of arrests in the Bahria town case, and directed the Sindh government no innocent be arrested and jailed.

 

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