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 regarding 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 workforce headed by Anwar inside 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 have been present in courtroom all through proper this second's listening to, which was carried out by a three-member bench headed by the CJP on the Supreme Court docket docket's (SC) Karachi registry.

Khowaja knowledgeable the courtroom that after the first information report was lodged in direction of 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 had thus far been unable to take motion.

On being requested when the police can be succesful 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 sort a judicial payment to research 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 workforce and the police to proceed with their investigation.

"A judicial payment can't conduct a authorized investigation," Justice Nisar outlined to Naqeebullah's father.

Justice Nisar requested Khowaja if he was beneath any political pressure, to which the IGP replied inside the damaging. The CJP knowledgeable him to work "freely" and vowed that the courtroom will not let "reliable officers fail".

Report's findings


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

The report said that Naqeebullah Mehsud was picked up from a tea resort on Abul Hassan Isfahani Avenue along with two associates, Hazrat Ali and Qasim. The three associates have been saved in illegal confinement and subjected to torture, and whereas Ali and Qasim have been later launched, Naqeebullah was killed in a staged encounter.

The report said that no proof of Naqeebullah being a terrorist or a authorized was found and the report provided by Rao Anwar on the deceased's actions was really of a novel one who goes by the similar establish.

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

The report moreover said that whereas Rao claimed he was not present when the encounter occurred, title data current he was on the web site 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 strategy of justice.

The report revealed that 444 of us have been killed in encounters carried out beneath Rao Anwar, who was appointed in Malir four years prior to now.

It moreover found that "there's extreme concern prevailing amongst witnesses who're petrified of their security" and due to this "afraid to cooperate all through inquiries and investigations in direction of police."

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

The case will now be heard on February 1.

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


Speaking to the media exterior the courtroom, Khowaja said that he would try his best to uphold the courtroom's orders and arrest Anwar inside three days. Nonetheless, when answering a question regarding Anwar's whereabouts, Kowaja said, "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 knowledgeable 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 knowledgeable to substantiate the similar," Khowaja said.

Concluding his focus on, Khowaja said that his suggestion to Anwar might be for him to face the courtroom, "He must undertake the approved 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 have been amongst these remanded in reference to the 'encounter'.

SP (Investigation) Abid Qaimkhani said 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 regarding his involvement with the TTP and said that the deceased was, in fact, a retailer proprietor eager on modelling.

A press launch 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 associates, 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 to have the ability to assure a superb and clear inquiry into the incident, the earlier SSP and SP Investigation-II East Altaf Sarwar Malik must 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 a press launch to the media, warning that he has "secure proof" in direction of the officers who've been investigating the case. He moreover demanded a JIT comprising officers from intelligence firms conducts the investigation in direction of him.

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