The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has handed over the wanted Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) leader Hammad Siddiqui to Pakistani authorities, according to reports. According to a local media outlet, Siddiqui has already arrived in Pakistan and is in the custody of intelligence agencies, his deportation was conducted by mutual intelligence coordination between Pakistan and UAE. The visa bears his name Hammad Siddiqui Masih ul Haq Siddiqui. The main accused of the Baldia factory tragedy, Abdul Rehman alias Bhola, had admitted before the investigation team that he had deliberately set ablaze the Ali Enterprises on the instructions of MQM leader Hammad Siddiqui. On November 28 during the hearing of the case, an anti-terrorism court grilled authorities for not being able to arrest Hammad Siddiqui and Rehman alias Bhola, the other two suspects in the case.

Source: Pakistan Today December 08, 2017 09:56 UTC