--- title: "Anti-Terrorism Court acquits three in May 12, 2007 violence cases due to lack of evidence" description: "Most outlets reported that an Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi acquitted three accused in cases related to the May 12, 2007 violence, citing insufficient evidence. Dawn specifically noted the accused were associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, while Minute Mirror did not mention the political affiliation." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15764-atc-acquits-three-muttahida-activists-in-may-12-violence site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Anti-Terrorism Court acquits three in May 12, 2007 violence cases due to lack of evidence pakistan · updated 22 Oct 2026, 9:37 AM PKT · 21–22 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that an Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi acquitted three accused in cases related to the May 12, 2007 violence, citing insufficient evidence. Dawn specifically noted the accused were associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, while Minute Mirror did not mention the political affiliation. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [ATC acquits three Muttahida activists in May 12 violence cases for want of evidence](https://www.dawn.com/news/2038868/atc-acquits-three-muttahida-activists-in-may-12-violence-cases-for-want-of-evidence) · 22 Oct 2026, 9:37 AM PKT > KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday acquitted three men associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) in three identical cases related to the May 12, 2007 carnage for lack of evidence. At least 45 people were killed and dozens wounded when the MQM held a rally on the day the then deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, landed at the... - **Minute Mirror** — [May 12 tragedy cases: Three accused acquitted by K...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/may-12-tragedy-cases-three-accused-acquitted-by-karachi-anti-terrorism-court-648632/) · 21 Oct 2026, 6:37 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi has acquitted three accused in three cases related to the May 12, 2007 tragedy citing a lack of evidence. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Seven accused acquitted in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case due to lack of evidence](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10803-seven-suspects-in-naqeebullah-mehsud-case-acquitted-for-lack) · 27 Sep 2026 · 9 outlets · 80% related - [Court acquits 67 religious party activists for lack of evidence](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13099-court-acquits-67-religious-party-activists-for-lack) · 8 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 73% related - [Three men acquitted in PTI leader Tahir Hameed Qureshi murder case](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8473-multan-high-court-frees-three-men-in-pti-leader-tahir-hameed) · 14 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 71% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 21–22 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.