According to the suspect, a meeting presided by senior MQM leaders Haider Abbas Rizvi and Kunwar Naveed in which they issued directions for terrorizing school owners. During the meeting, orders were issued to attack a school with crackers and also issue threatening pamphlets.
Amir also revealed that the real intent behind the cracker attack was to divert the operation towards outlawed and banned organizations in Karachi. He revealed that the directives to carry out the attack were issued in January this year.
Arrested suspect claims MQM involved behind Karachi school attacks
Haider Abbas Rizvi grilled
According to sources, after Amir made such startling disclosures against the top MQM leader, Rangers personnel grilled MQM’s Haider Abbas Rizvi and asked him that he could not leave the city until investigations of these allegations were completed.
MQM hits back
MQM’s representatives Wasay Jalil and Ali Raza Abidi were quick to respond to the latest allegations against their party and its leader Haider Abbas Rizvi. Taking to twitter, Jalil and Abidi tweeted:-
After NA2426 great victory of #MQM Follow #DailyStoryAndInkeshafat Thursday started wid Rao Anwar Friday started wid Amir alias Sar Phata
— Wasay Jalil (@WasayJalil) May 1, 2015
MQM gets punished for standing against the TTP. Well done NAP. — Syed Ali Raza Abidi (@abidifactor) May 1, 2015