June 07, 2007

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan complainant goes missing

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan complainant goes missing: "A man who went to court in Pakistan blaming senior administration and police officials for last month's Karachi riots has gone missing.

Iqbal Kazmi's wife, Sadia, says she has not heard from him since Wednesday.

Mr Kazmi allegedly blamed Sindh chief minister Arbab Rahim, MQM party chief Altaf Hussain and other senior officials for the 12 May riots.

At least 41 people died in street clashes aimed at stopping the country's chief justice from visiting Karachi.

Suspended by President Pervez Musharraf in March, Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has become the rallying point for the anti-government movement in the country." Read complete post here.