Karachi violence: Asma says MQM started extortion

KARACHI: The President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Asma Jehangir, said Tuesday that different political, religious and banned outfits were involved in extortion in the city, Geo News reported.
Speaking outside the Supreme Court Karachi Registry, Jehangir said intelligence agencies have the list of criminals and their addresses.
Earlier, during proceedings of the Karachi violence suo moto case, Asma Jehangir said that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) introduced extortion in Karachi. She added that this party has a huge terrorist network which has been creating havoc for the last ten years, but no action was taken against them.
Further, she said that the MQM would be the initiator and other parties would follow suit. The SCBA President said the court would have to assess its jurisdiction otherwise in the future people might say that the Supreme Court should also have proceedings in Waziristan. To this Chief Justice, Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry replied that if she gave support than the court would also go to Waziristan.
Asma Jehangir was also critical of PEMRA, stating that it would only act against misreporting on the government, MQM and army.