Karachi: The Sindh government issued orders to release 14 people detained under the MPO in the May 9 incidents.
The Sindh Home Department has issued separate orders to release 14 persons in this regard. It should be noted that these persons were detained from different districts of Karachi under the MPO for blocking roads, inciting sit-ins and disrupting peace and order.
The review committee headed by Sindh Home Secretary Syed Ijaz Ali Shah received 20 requests for release, out of which orders were issued for the release of 14 people.
The review committee includes Additional Inspector General of Police Karachi Range, Additional Secretary (Judicial) Sindh Home Department and Registrar ATC/ATA Home Department as members. The persons detained under the MPO who have been ordered to be released.
Among them are Syed Farrukh Shah, Salman Mohammadi, Waqas, Zaid Hussain, Asif Kamran, Muhammad Usman, Ahmed, Munsif Ali, Abdul Basit, Kamaluddin, Muhammad Faisal, M. Farooq, Mona, and Fauzia Siddiqui. In the orders issued by the Sindh Home Department, the District Jail Superintendents of Larkana, Sukkur, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur Meris, Badin, Jacobabad and Nowshahrofiroz have been told that if these persons are not wanted in any other case, they should be released.
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