Alamgir Khan of Fix-It campaign acquitted

A court acquitted Alamgir Khan of the Fix-It campaign and his driver on Saturday in a case related to charges of disturbing law and order and staging a demonstration outside the Chief Minister's House in February.

He was later released on bail and then indicted in a case of disturbing law and order in March, but the prosecution had failed to produce any evidence and witnesses against the Khan and his driver.

After his release, Khan announced that he would set up four new offices of the Fix-It. 

He paid rich tributes to Karachi deputy mayor Arshad Vohra saying that when he held a meeting with him, he was highly impressed by his abilities.

He pointed out that Vohra was a man of great vision and had many plans for the development of the city.

Khan said he would never give up his campaign. He added his opponents had used all means to discourage him but failed in his fulfilling their nefarious designs.

As the accused had pleaded not guilty, the prosecution was ordered to produce witnesses before the court of the judicial magistrate (South) in April but none were produced.

Khan, who had launched the Fix-It campaign in January this year to attract the chief minister’s attention to the metropolis’ civic issues, was arrested along with his driver, Saifullah, on February 25 outside the Chief Minister’s House under Section 341 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

A day after their arrest, the two were presented before the court of the judicial magistrate (South), where their bail plea was accepted against surety bonds of Rs5,000 each.

The social media campaigner was arrested by the Civil Lines police after he attempted to set up a symbolic garbage bin outside the Chief Minister’s House.

He was onboard a tractor and was moving towards the PIDC traffic intersection into the Red Zone when police took him and his driver into custody.

A video posted on the campaigner’s Facebook page showed Khan and his driver riding a tractor along with a garbage filled trolley on Sharea Faisal, heading towards the Chief Minister’s House, to install what he said was a symbolic garbage bin.