Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar, others charged over May 12 mayhem

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Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar, others charged over May 12 mayhemKARACHI: An accountability court has charged
Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar and other suspects over May 12 mayhem
The mayor and others accused of involvement in the 20o7 violence appeared before the court on Tuesday.When the hearing began, ATC judge
indicted Waseem Akhtar and others in a May 12 case
They pleaded innocence
The accused could not be inducted in three more cases due to unavailability of lawyers
The ATC summoned witnesses in the next hearing and adjourning the case till June 23
Speaking to media persons outside the court, Karachi mayor Wasim Akhtar called for a fresh probe into the May 12 violence which left scores
of political workers killed in Karachi during daylong riots