![]() The judge told the MQM founder that was under-bail conditions and must comply with the rules. Altaf Hussain pleaded not guilty when charges were read out to him. Hussain was presented on Thursday before the Westminster Magistrates court where the current Chief Magistrate and Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot oversaw the proceedings and imposed strict bail conditions on the MQM founder. He faces several years in imprisonment for the speech which was "likely to be understood" as encouraging supporters to acts of terrorism, or was "reckless" of the possible consequences. Hussain, a 66-year-old Pakistani political exile living in London for more than two decades, was charged with encouraging terrorism after a speech he made in 2016 to supporters in Karachi, which was also followed by violent protests. LONDON: The Westminster Magistrates’ Court has banned Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain from appearing on any form of media in the UK or Pakistan, after Scotland Yard charged him with a terrorism offence in the incitement speech inquiry against him.
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