Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday gave a three-day deadline to the Sindh police to arrest former Malir senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rao Anwar.

The deadline was given all through a listening to of a suo motu case referring to the extra-judicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsood.

Naqeebullah, a 27-year-old hailing from South Waziristan, was amongst four males killed in an 'encounter' with a police group headed by Anwar throughout the Usman Khaskheli Goth on the outskirts of the metropolis.

Anwar had insisted on the time that Naqeebullah was a militant affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Inspector Primary of Police (IGP) Sindh A.D. Khowaja and Additional Inspector Primary (AIG) Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) Sanaullah Abbasi had been present in courtroom all through instantly's listening to, which was carried out by a three-member bench headed by the CJP on the Supreme Courtroom's (SC) Karachi registry.

Khowaja instructed the courtroom that after the first information report was lodged in opposition to Anwar, the police had traced his location to Islamabad. Nonetheless, the IG was unable to tell the chief justice the current whereabouts of the earlier SSP.

Khowaja claimed that the police had "tried their best" to arrest Anwar nevertheless needed to date been unable to take motion.

On being requested when the police could be able to arrest and produce Anwar in courtroom, Khowaja remained silent.

Naqeebullah's father, who had moreover appeared in courtroom, expressed his lack of perception in Sindh police and requested the courtroom to kind a judicial price to analysis his son's extra-judicial killing.

Nonetheless, the CJP assured him that the courtroom trusted the Sindh police and urged him to allow the joint investigation group and the police to proceed with their investigation.

"A judicial price cannot conduct a felony investigation," Justice Nisar outlined to Naqeebullah's father.

Justice Nisar requested Khowaja if he was beneath any political pressure, to which the IGP replied throughout the damaging. The CJP instructed him to work "freely" and vowed that the courtroom shouldn't be going to let "reliable officers fail".

Report's findings


The three-member police committee, investigating the encounter beneath AIG Sanaullah Abbasi, submitted its report throughout the courtroom instantly saying that the incident "appears to be a coordinated fake encounter".

The report talked about that Naqeebullah Mehsud was picked up from a tea lodge on Abul Hassan Isfahani Road along with two buddies, Hazrat Ali and Qasim. The three buddies had been saved in illegal confinement and subjected to torture, and whereas Ali and Qasim had been later launched, Naqeebullah was killed in a staged encounter.

The report talked about that no proof of Naqeebullah being a terrorist or a felony was found and the report provided by Rao Anwar on the deceased's actions was actually of a definite one which goes by the similar establish.

It phrase that though the earlier SSP Malir claimed to have carried out the contaminated Naqeebullah 'encounter' on intelligence experiences, no proof was accessible to corroborate this declare.

The report moreover talked about that whereas Rao claimed he was not present when the encounter occurred, identify information current he was on the net website of the encounter when it occurred.

It confirmed that the earlier SSP Malir tried to flee abroad and did not cooperate with the committee, which portions to misconduct and obstructing the tactic of justice.

The report revealed that 444 people had been killed in encounters carried out beneath Rao Anwar, who was appointed in Malir four years up to now.

It moreover found that "there could also be extreme fear prevailing amongst witnesses who're scared of their security" and consequently "afraid to cooperate all through inquiries and investigations in opposition to police."

Officers from the Civil Aviation Authority had moreover been summoned and had been ordered by the CJP to submit a report throughout the subsequent listening to on whether or not or not the earlier SSP had flown out of the country on a private airplane.

The case will now be heard on February 1.

'If I knew the place he is I may need arrested Anwar by now'


Speaking to the media exterior the courtroom, Khowaja talked about that he would try his best to uphold the courtroom's orders and arrest Anwar inside three days. Nonetheless, when answering a question referring to Anwar's whereabouts, Kowaja talked about, "If I knew the place he would run to, I would already have caught Anwar and launched him proper right here."

"The chief justice has instructed us that he has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to take a certificates from all private (airline) operators that Anwar has not left the nation. The within ministry has moreover been instructed to substantiate the similar," Khowaja talked about.

Concluding his focus on, Khowaja talked about that his advice to Anwar might be for him to face the courtroom, "He must undertake the licensed course, I am sure the judicial system will safeguard his rights."

5 policemen remanded in police custody


An anti-terrorism courtroom in Karachi on Saturday remanded six policemen into police custody for five days in reference to Naqeebullah case.

Sub-inspector (SI) Yaseen, Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) Supurd Hussain, ASI Allahyar and others had been amongst these remanded in reference to the 'encounter'.

SP (Investigation) Abid Qaimkhani talked about that the accused have 'accepted' their crimes all through an preliminary investigation.

Naqeebullah's murder and Rao Anwar's disappearance


Anwar has been beneath scrutiny over his involvement in a police "encounter" that led to the extrajudicial killing of aspiring model Naqeebullah Mehsud and three others.

Naqeebullah's family negated Anwar's claims referring to his involvement with the TTP and talked about that the deceased was, the reality is, a retailer proprietor eager on modelling.

An announcement reportedly issued by a spokesperson of TTP's South Waziristan chapter had moreover termed Anwar's declare as "baseless", clarifying that the deceased had no hyperlinks with the banned militant outfit.

Following protests from the deceased's family and buddies, the Sindh police chief had ordered an inquiry into the matter and requested a committee to submit a report.

Anwar was removed from his post after the committee concluded that with a view to ensure a great and clear inquiry into the incident, the earlier SSP and SP Investigation-II East Altaf Sarwar Malik have to be suspended.

The earlier Malir SSP has been on the run since then. Whereas the police carried out raids to hunt for him, Anwar launched an announcement to the media, warning that he has "secure proof" in opposition to the officers who had been investigating the case. He moreover demanded a JIT comprising officers from intelligence firms conducts the investigation in opposition to him.

Chatting with Dawn, he had claimed that he was solely "following orders from the IGP to level out no leniency to terrorists".