KARACHI: The anti-terrrorism court sent disgraced and suspended SSP Rao Anwar to jail on judicial remand till the 2nd of May in the case of the Pashtun youth Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was killed by police in a fake encounter in Karachi on the 13th of January. Rao Anwar was presented before the court on Saturday […]
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Constable part of Rao Anwar’s encounter team in Naqeebullah murder case arrested
KARACHI: Police on Thursday arrested an officer part of Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar’s encounter team in Naqeebullah Mehsud’s murder case. Former SSP Rao, Anwar along with a team of ten policemen, was charged for the extra-judicial murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud. The policemen are also accused of killing three other people in […]
Rao Anwar sent on 30-day physical remand in Naqeebullah murder case
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has approved a 30-day physical remand of former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah murder case. Anwar was presented before the court amid tight security. During the in-camera hearing of the case, the investigation officer pleaded the court allow a 30-day saying the accused cant […]
Infographic: Timeline of Naqeebullah Mehsud case
Following his appearance before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, suspended SSP Rao Anwar, who spearheaded Naqeebullah Mehsud’s alleged ‘encounter’, was arrested. The suspended SSP was since then at large. He appeared before the SC earlier today after which he was taken into police custody. Naqeebullah, 27, hailing from South Waziristan and residing in Karachi since […]
Rao Anwar arrested from Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD: Following his appearance before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, suspended SSP Rao Anwar, who spearheaded Naqeebullah Mehsud’s alleged ‘encounter’, was arrested. During a case hearing regarding Naqeebullah ‘encounter’ case, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar inquired the ex-SSP over his abscond. “Where were you hiding and why did you not trust the […]
Rao Anwar to be given protection if surrenders: Chief Justice
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar on Monday assured granting protection to Senior Superintendant Police (SSP) of Sindh Rao Anwar in Naqeebullah encounter case if he surrenders to the court. Nisar heading a three-member bench conducted hearing of a suo moto notice of Naqeebullah murder case. CJP stated that Anwar will be granted […]
Rao Anwar urges SC to unfreeze accounts
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) declared on Wednesday that Rao Anwar, the high-profile absconding police officer in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case, had requested to unfreeze his detained accounts in a letter. Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, was among three killed on January 13 on the orders of Malir SSP Rao Anwar, being accused […]
Naqeebullah murder case: Suspended DSP sent to jail on judicial remand
KARACHI: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday ordered judicial remand of suspended DSP Qamar Ahmed Sheikh in Naqeebullah Mehsud encounter case. The accused was presented before the administrative judge of ATC in Sindh High Court, where the court ordered to send him to jail on judicial remand. Sheikh, who accompanied former SSP Rao Anwar during […]
Naqeebullah’s friend found dead in DI Khan
DI KHAN: Aftab Mehsud, an acquaintance of Naqeebullah Mehsud, was found dead within premises of a construction site on Saturday. Aftab, one of the leading participants of the Islamabad sit-in seeking arrest of Rao Anwar in Naqeebullah encounter case, was found dead in DI Khan. According to the family, Aftab left home on Friday but […]
Rao Anwar a no-show in SC, Court issues contempt notice
Islamabad: Rao Anwar failed to show up in the Supreme Court today despite being issued a protective bail in the extrajudicial murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud. A three-member bench headed by the Chief Justice Saqib Nisar presided over the case, Naqeebullah’s father was also present in the Court. Rao Anwar called me on Whatsapp after the last […]