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Senior police official Rao Anwar, who is under scrutiny over his involvement in the alleged extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, was removed from his post as the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Malir on Saturday.

The decision was taken by Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khowaja soon after an enquiry committee looking into the alleged murder of Mehsud submitted its initial report to the Sindh police on Saturday morning.

"The committee is of unanimous opinion that in order to ensure fair and transparent enquiry of the incident and investigation into the case, SSP Malir Rao Anwar and SP Investigation-II East Altaf Sarwar Malik may be transferred and placed under suspension," reads the press release issued by IGP Khowaja, adding that a letter has been sent to the Sindh government chief secretary to suspend Anwar and Malik.

The committee has also recommended that Anwar and Malik be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL). A letter to this effect has been sent to the Interior Ministry.

A notification regarding the transfer of Rao Anwar, a copy of which is available with DawnNews, says: "Mr Anwar Ahmed Khan, an officer of Sindh Police (**-18), Senior Superintendent of Police, District Malir, Karachi Range, is transferred and directed to report to CPO Sindh, Karachi with immediate effect and until further orders."

The same notification also states that SP Malik has been removed from his post and given the same directives.

According to a separate notification, SSP City Adeel Hussain Chandio will replace Anwar on his post, while SSP Shiraz Nazeer will take on the role of SSP City in Chandio's stead.

The committee, headed by Additional IGP Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department Dr Sanaullah Abbasi and comprising DIG East Sultan Ali Khowaja and DIG South Azad Khan, was formed on Thursday to investigate the veracity of the "police encounter".

Anwar had appeared before the committee on Friday and submitted 'evidence' supporting his claim that Mehsud was a TTP militant.

Editorial: Murder or encounter?

Dr Sanaullah Abbasi on Saturday said that the report contains statements from police officials present at the scene of the 'encounter'. The investigation is underway and will be concluded after speaking to Mehsud's family. The committee will submit its conclusive findings in five days, says the report.

"Everyone on this investigative team is honest and the nation will see justice be served," Abbasi said after submitting the report.

Innocent or a terrorist?
Mehsud, a 27-year-old hailing from South Waziristan, was allegedly among four suspects killed in an 'encounter' with a police team headed by Anwar in the Usman Khaskheli Goth on the outskirts of the metropolis last week.

Anwar has stuck to the claim that Mehsud was a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant but so far, no evidence has emerged.

A statement reportedly issued by a spokesperson of TTP's South Waziristan chapter, however, had termed Anwar's claim as "baseless", clarifying that the deceased had no links with the banned militant outfit.

Mehsud's family also disputed Anwar's claim, saying that the 27-year-old, who hailed from Waziristan, had no links with any militant organisation.

Naqeebullah Mehsud — whose name is given as Naseemullah on his national identity card — was a shop owner fond of modelling, relatives of the deceased had told DawnNews.

Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had taken notice of Mehsud's death on Thursday following an uproar on social media over the alleged staged encounter.

The next day, the Supreme Court of Pakistan also took suo motu notice of the incident. The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has asked the Sindh IGP to submit a report on the matter within seven days.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1384137/r...-involvement-in-alleged-extrajudicial-killing
 
Naqeebullah was killed in ‘fake encounter’, had no militant tendencies: police inquiry finds

An inquiry team of senior police officers probing the alleged extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud has found that the Waziristan native was killed in a "fake encounter" which was "staged" by SSP Malir Rao Anwar on January 13, well-placed sources said on Saturday

The high-level inquiry committee also concluded in its initial report submitted to the Sindh police that the deceased 27-year-old man had no militant tendencies.

During its two-day probe, which included a visit to the site of the alleged 'encounter', the committee found no sign of an exchange of gunfire, leading the inquiry team to declare Naseemullah, better known as Naqeebullah, an aspirational man who had no history of militancy or criminal activity.

The committee, headed by Additional IGP Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department Dr Sanaullah Abbasi and comprising DIG East Sultan Ali Khowaja and DIG South Azad Khan, was formed on Thursday to investigate the veracity of the police 'encounter' in which four suspects were killed earlier this month.

On the committee's recommendation, SSP Anwar was earlier in the day removed from his post as the senior superintendent of police Malir.

Sources familiar with preliminary findings of the inquiry told Dawn that the committee members during the probe visited the site of the 'encounter' in Shah Latif Town off National Highway where they recorded statements of half a dozen policemen, including SHO Shah Latif Town Amanullah Marwat, who had taken part in the alleged shootout.

The SHO told the probe team that the police party had carried out a targeted raid in the area acting on a tip-off from an intelligence agency. The inquiry committee discovered that the place where the purported encounter took place was an abandoned poultry farm, sources said.

SHO Marwat claimed that they had come under attack from suspected militants when they encircled their hideout and four suspects were killed in the ensuing exchange of fire, including one suspect who was later identified as Naseemullah alias Naqeebullah Mehsud.

After a thorough examination of the poultry farm, the inquiry team was of the considered view that the encounter was "fake" and "staged", the sources told Dawn.

The committee found no signs of gunfire which would have come from inside the poultry farm during the 'encounter'. Besides, there were different firing marks in a room and on walls of the poultry farm, which the team members declared as "post-incident and fabricated", the sources added.

The inquiry team did not find any piece of evidence showing that the police party came under attack from inside the poultry shed.


No militancy tendency

After establishing that it was a 'fake encounter', the probe body also tried to collect information about the deceased man.

The sources said that the committee members were of the view that Naqeebullah did not have any tendency of militancy as evident from his profile and social media posts.

They suggested that the deceased seemed to be living a happy family life with goals for their future in his mind.


Visit to prison

According to sources, the inquiry team during its investigation also visited Central Prison Karachi to ascertain a claim SSP Anwar had made in his statement before the committee: that Naqeebullah was wanted in a criminal case lodged at Sachal police station in 2014.

The now-suspended police officer had also told the probe team that Naqeebullah had remained a close aide of one Qari Ehsan, who was presently confined in the prison.

The committee members met Ehsan in the prison and showed him different photos of Naqeebullah; however, he (Ehsan) told them that the deceased was not his accomplice.

The committee will submit its conclusive findings in five days.


Innocent or a terrorist?

Naqeebullah, who hailed from South Waziristan, was among the four suspects killed in an 'encounter' with a police team headed by SSP Anwar in the Usman Khaskheli Goth on the outskirts of the metropolis last week.

Anwar has stuck to the claim that the deceased was a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant but so far, no evidence has emerged.

A statement reportedly issued by a spokesperson of TTP's South Waziristan chapter, however, had termed Anwar's claim as "baseless", clarifying that Naqeebullah had no links with the banned militant outfit.

Naqeebullah's family also disputed the SSP's claim, saying that the 27-year-old had no links with any militant organisation.

Naqeebullah — whose name is given as Naseemullah on his national identity card — was a shop owner fond of modelling, a relative of the deceased had earlier told Dawn.

Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had taken notice of his death on Thursday following an uproar on social media over the alleged staged 'encounter'.

The next day, the Supreme Court of Pakistan also took suo motu notice of the incident. The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has asked the Sindh IGP to submit a report on the matter within seven days.


The ‘encounter specialist’

Rao Anwar, called the ‘encounter specialist’ by some, is known for carrying out 'encounters' of controversial nature against outlaws and has claimed in the past to have killed militants belonging to various terrorist organisations and the then-Mohajir Qaumi Movement activists during his raids.

The majority of such cases remained unquestioned, apart from the few where the families of those shot dead moved the court.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1384163
 
It will never outnumber those who came out to defend Mumtaz Qadri, his funeral and to build his shrine.

Same with Zainab case too.
 
So what’s going to happen to this Police officer and did they find out who the other three suspects are? They are probably innocent too. Hopefully he won’t get away by threatening victim’s family.

Rao Anwar, called the ‘encounter specialist’ by some, is known for carrying out 'encounters' of controversial nature against outlaws and has claimed in the past to have killed militants belonging to various terrorist organisations and the then-Mohajir Qaumi Movement activists during his raids.

The majority of such cases remained unquestioned, apart from the few where the families of those shot dead moved the court.
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If above quote is accurate, this is a huge problem. It seems like law enforcement authorities are the biggest terrorists after TTP.
 
Police on Sunday assured the family of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud, who was allegedly killed in a 'fake encounter' in Karachi, that they would be provided security when they travel to the metropolis to appear before an inquiry committee probing the suspected extrajudicial killing.

Naqeebullah and three other suspected terrorists were killed in an 'encounter' with a police team headed by senior superintendent of police Malir Rao Anwar in Karachi's Shah Latif Town area on Jan 13. Police claimed Naqeebullah was affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.

The killing triggered widespread uproar on the social media as both relatives and friends disputed the police claim, saying that the 27-year-old was a shop owner interested in modelling and had no links with any militant organisation. They said he had been picked up from his clothing shop in Sohrab Goth earlier in January.

A three-member inquiry committee set up to probe Naqeebullah's killing found that he was killed in a "staged encounter" and had no militant tendencies. On Saturday, the committee removed Rao Anwar from his post as SSP.

Read more: Naqeebullah was killed in ‘fake encounter’, had no militant tendencies: police inquiry finds

Anwar, called the ‘encounter specialist’ by some, is known for carrying out 'encounters' of a controversial nature against outlaws. The majority of such cases remain unquestioned, apart from the few where the families of those shot dead move the court or stage protests.

Naqeebullah's family was also summoned to appear before the inquiry committee in Karachi.

Speaking to DawnNews, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Dr Sanaullah Abbasi said: "We want the family to appear before the inquiry committee as soon as possible so that a case is registered."

The committee will hold more sessions and new developments will be made, he added.

Speaking to DawnNews, Naqeebullah's cousin Nur Rehman said he had pointed out to the police the security concerns the deceased's family now faces.

After Nur Rehman raised the family's concerns regarding security with AIG Abbasi, the head of the inquiry committee, and District Inspector General East Sultan Khawaja, the family was assured of the provision of security.

Nur Rehman and AIG Abbasi both spoke to Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Salahuddin Mehsud regarding the provision of security to Naqeebullah's family, which the IG KP assured them of.

Nur Rehman added that the inquiry committee had assured him that justice would be delivered.

Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq, while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Sunday, urged law enforcers to put a stop to 'encounters' and take suspects to court and prove their crimes there.

Siraj said that if Chief Minister Sindh Murad Shah did not punish those who engage in such encounters, he would be regarded as responsible for the deaths that take place.

"Suspensions and transfers [of police officials] are routine matters. A person who has killed 424 people should be taken to the courts... so that no other policeman can kill innocent people," the JI chief said, referring to the suspension of Rao Anwar.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1384343/police-to-provide-security-to-naqeebullahs-family
 
Saeed said:
So what’s going to happen to this Police officer and did they find out who the other three suspects are? They are probably innocent too. Hopefully he won’t get away by threatening victim’s family.


If above quote is accurate, this is a huge problem. It seems like law enforcement authorities are the biggest terrorists after TTP.
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The police officer in question has a very controversial history to say the least also backed by politicians.
 
Very sad incident . Should not have happened. On a side note , this guy has been killing Urdu speakers and MQM supporters of Karachi with impunity . There have been hundreds of cries about fake encounters but I guess it takes a son of soil's blood for the people in charge to finally take notice.That includes the media as well. These are the kind of double standards that make Karachiites vote for a racist party like MQM.
 
Rao Anwar, the former Malir SSP who is under scrutiny over his alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killing of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud, failed to appear before Sindh Inspector General of Police A.D. Khowaja and the National Commission for Human Rights on Monday.

A day earlier, a notification was issued by SP Investigation East Abid Qaimkhani summoning the beleaguered Anwar to appear before the IG and the Commission at 10:30am today.

High-ranking police officials had arrived at the Central Police Office and waited for Anwar and four other officials who had been summoned. However, as the time given passed without any sign of Anwar or the other officials, IGP Khowaja and the other officials left the office.

On Sunday, speaking to DawnNews, Rao had insisted that he had nothing to do with the incident "even if it was proved as a staged encounter". “I did not mess up the case,” he had said. “Neither I picked up Mehsud, nor interrogated him.”

He said he had given names of two policemen — Ali Akbar and Faisal — to the inquiry committee when he first appeared before it on Friday. “These two police officers may have detained Mehsud, treated him as a terrorist and killed him with three other ‘genuine terrorists’,” he had said, adding that he had visited the scene “after the encounter” to raise the morale of the police team.

“The police party might have misled me,” he told DawnNews.

Referring to a police 'encounter' on Saturday on Karachi's Sharea Faisal, he claimed that even the IGP was “misled” by a police team that killed an innocent passer-by, who was the only brother of five sisters. IGP Khowaja had announced a reward of Rs20,000 for the policemen who had taken part in the operation and nabbed two robbers.

Alleged extrajudicial killing
Anwar, referred to as the ‘encounter specialist’ by some, came under fire earlier this month after Mehsud, a 27-year-old hailing from South Waziristan, was killed in an 'encounter' with a police team being headed by Anwar in Karachi's Shah Latif Town area. Police had claimed Mehsud was affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan — a claim vehemently denied by the deceased's family and relatives.

The killing had triggered widespread uproar on social media after people close to Mehsud said that the 27-year-old was a shop owner interested in modelling and had no links with any militant organisation. They alleged he had been picked up from his clothing shop in Sohrab Goth earlier in January.

A three-member inquiry committee set up to probe Mehsud's killing, according to sources, found that he was killed in a "staged encounter" and had no militant tendencies.

Anwar, however, has stuck to the claim that Mehsud was associated with the militant network and, appearing before the inquiry committee on Friday, submitted 'evidence' to support his stance.

The police chief was expected to appear before the committee again on Sunday but boycotted the police probe, alleging that two members of the police inquiry team held "personal biases" against him. He had claimed that instead of asking him about the incident, the members of police inquiry team “were bent upon implicating him in the case”.

After his failure to appear before the team on Sunday night, DIG East Sultan Khowaja had briefed media personnel that police tried to reach Anwar but his phone was switched off.

Mehsud's family is expected to arrive in Karachi later today to appear before the inquiry committee. On Sunday, the team had said that an FIR would be registered against whosoever is nominated by the victim’s family upon their arrival in the city.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1384535/b...pear-before-sindh-igp-human-rights-commission
 
hopefully justice is served..

but its sad to see that this guy has been on a rampage against urdu speakers for ages with many young men - with no political affiliations - his targets but was never held accountable before
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NaqeebMehsud?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NaqeebMehsud</a> wanted his little son to grow up to join Pakistan Army but if Naqeeb doesn't get justice will his son grow up to have any faith in this land. That is the question Sindh Govt and Police needs to answer <a href="https://twitter.com/MediaCellPPP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MediaCellPPP</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BBhuttoZardari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBhuttoZardari</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AAliZardari?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AAliZardari</a> <a href="https://t.co/Pmb5W0rzFN">pic.twitter.com/Pmb5W0rzFN</a></p>— M. Jibran Nasir (@MJibranNasir) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJibranNasir/status/955528052741693441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Slog said:
hopefully justice is served..

but its sad to see that this guy has been on a rampage against urdu speakers for ages with many young men - with no political affiliations - his targets but was never held accountable before
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Is this officer in cahoots with ppp?
 
Naqeebullah killing: Rao Anwar's bid to flee abroad foiled

ISLAMABAD: Authorities at the airport on Tuesday barred former Malir SSP Rao Anwar from travelling abroad, Geo TV reported.

The officer accused of killing Naqeebullah Mehsud in a staged encounter was stopped at the Islamabad's Benazir International Airport by the officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

According to the FIA, the former SSP had sent his traveling documents through one of his companions for clearance at the airport but there were rejected by the officials.

It was not immediately clear whether Rao Anwar was also present at the airport.

According to the FIA, Rao Anwar has not been taken into custody. Some private TV channels claimed that the officer was offloaded from aircraft that was about to fly.

They said he was trying to leave the country amid the police investigation into the killing of the youth which sparked countrywide protests against him.

The outrage over the killing prompted the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to issue instructions for the inquiry.

The initial findings disputed all the claims which Rao Anwar made to portray the deceased as a criminal.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/272038-rao-anwar-barred-from-travelling-abrad
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your comments on this? These protesters are protesting infront of Karachi Press Club in favour of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaoAnwar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaoAnwar</a>. Slogon mentioned on playcard: "Rao Anwar Are Grate And Kind Heart Man" <a href="https://t.co/nkriIjOX4B">pic.twitter.com/nkriIjOX4B</a></p>— Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SyedRezaMehdi/status/955787745581989888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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'Rao Anwar Are Grate And Kind Heart Man'. I am now convinced of his innocence.
 
Abdullah719 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your comments on this? These protesters are protesting infront of Karachi Press Club in favour of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaoAnwar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaoAnwar</a>. Slogon mentioned on playcard: "Rao Anwar Are Grate And Kind Heart Man" <a href="https://t.co/nkriIjOX4B">pic.twitter.com/nkriIjOX4B</a></p>— Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SyedRezaMehdi/status/955787745581989888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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'Rao Anwar Are Grate And Kind Heart Man'. I am now convinced of his innocence.
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Inka bhi encounter karwao
 
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday gave a three-day deadline to the Sindh police to arrest former Malir senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rao Anwar. The deadline was offered during a hearing of a suo motu case regarding the extra-judicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsood.

The CJP was heading a three-member bench in the Supreme Court (SC) Karachi registry. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh A.D. Khowaja appeared along with Additional Inspector General (AIG) Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Sanaullah Abbasi.

Khowaja said that after the first information report was lodged against Anwar, the police had traced his location to Islamabad, however, he could not tell the court the current whereabouts of the former SSP.

Khowaja claimed that the police had "tried their best" to arrest Anwar but had so far been unable to do so.

On being asked when the police would be able to arrest and produce Anwar in court, Khowaja remained silent.

Naqeebullah's father, who had appeared in court as well, expressed his lack of trust in Sindh police and asked the court to form a judicial commission to investigate his son's extra-judicial killing.

However, the CJP assured him that the court trusted the Sindh police and urged him to allow the joint investigation team and the police to continue with their investigation.

"Judicial commission cannot conduct a criminal investigation," Justice Nisar told Naqeebullah's father.

Chief justice asked Khowaja if he was under any political pressure to which the IGP replied in the negative. The CJP told him to work "freely" and vowed that the court will not let "honest officers fail".

The hearing was adjourned until February 1.

Naqeebullah's murder and Rao Anwar's disappearance
Anwar was removed from his post as Malir SSP after it emerged that 27-year-old Naqeebullah, one of the four men that were killed in an "encounter" led by the police official, was innocent and had no links to any militant outfit.'

The decision to remove him was taken by Khowaja soon after an enquiry committee looking into Naqeebullah's murder submitted its initial report to the Sindh police on January 20 — one day after it recorded Anwar's statement.

The former Malir SSP has been on the run since then. While the police conducted raids to search for him, Anwar released a statement to the media, warning that he has "solid evidence" against the officials who were investigating the case. He also demanded a JIT comprising officials from intelligence agencies to hold investigations.

Talking to Dawn, he had claimed that he was only "following orders from the IGP to show no leniency to terrorists".

https://www.dawn.com/news/1385604/cjp-issues-3-day-deadline-for-sindh-police-to-arrest-rao-anwar
 
have seen this police officer alot of times on tv, whats your take on this guy?

Is he a good cop or bad cop?
 
Major said:
have seen this police officer alot of times on tv, whats your take on this guy?

Is he a good cop or bad cop?
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He is Bhutto's party's main man....



#ab bhi Bhutto zinda hai
 
This swine encounter specialist needs to have an encounter done against him... he needs a bullet between his eyes as soon as possible.
 
https://www.dawn.com/news/1386218/p...ad-residence-as-suspended-cop-remains-missing


After Supreme Court's deadline to arrest former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, wanted in the Naqeebullah murder case, expired on Tuesday, a contingent of Sindh police raided the suspended cop's Islamabad residence but failed to make any arrests.

According to Islamabad police, Anwar's residence in F-10/4 was raided by a police team from Karachi, which had registered its arrival to the city at the Shalimar Police Station on Monday.

A 'wanted' poster seeking information about the whereabouts of the absconding police officer was pasted outside the house.

Meanwhile, a man who allegedly announced Rs5 million in head money for Anwar on Facebook was remanded to police custody for two days and is expected to be transferred from Rawalpindi to Karachi. The remand was granted by Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Sulaiman Baig.

No accused more powerful than the law
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said an inquiry committee constituted in the Naqeebullah case had given its report within 48 hours and, following its recommendations, action was being taken in letter and spirit.

He was speaking to media in Karachi after the launch of European Union-assisted Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh.

Responding to a question, the chief minister said that he doesn’t know where Rao Anwar is hiding, but "I know that no accused is more powerful than the law".

He added that the police was working hard to arrest Anwar and all other provincial governments and agencies have been requested to help.

Naqeebullah, a 27-year-old hailing from South Waziristan, was among four men killed in an alleged encounter with a police team headed by Anwar in the Usman Khaskheli Goth on the outskirts of Karachi.

Anwar had insisted at the time that Naqeebullah was a militant affiliated with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), but an inquiry committee on the issue later ruled that the encounter was staged.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My heartfelt condolences to Naqeebullah Mehsuds family. No words can do justice to their loss. This should be proceeded justly &fairly so that there no cases like this in future ! May Allah pak bless them with utmost forbearance to overcome this grief. Many prayers! <a href="https://t.co/sTre8bwHpf">pic.twitter.com/sTre8bwHpf</a></p>— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/959368714780135425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">2 February 2018</a></blockquote>
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Islamabad sit-in seeking justice for Naqeebullah enters second day

ISLAMABAD: The protest sit-in demanding justice in the Naqeebullah killing case in front of the National Press Club entered its second day on Friday.

The protesters reached Islamabad Thursday in the form of a rally from Dera Ismail Khan demanding the arrest of suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar.

Anwar is wanted to the authorities for the extrajudicial killing of Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan who was killed along with three others in a fake encounter in Karachi on January 13.

The protesters have stated that their sit-in will continue till the arrest of Anwar and his accomplices.

The participants of the sit-in said that the decision on whether the sit-in should continue till Anwar's arrest or not will be taken in consultation with their jirga.

The protesters include residents of DI Khan, FATA and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well as Islamabad.

Owing to the protest, the road from Melody Food Park to NPC and another leading to Sector F-6 from NPC has been closed for traffic.

Hearing the suo motu case on the killing on Thursday, the Supreme Court had directed the country's intelligence agencies to assist the Sindh Police in nabbing Anwar.

It also gave the Sindh police chief ten additional days to trace Anwar.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/179925-is...-in-naqeebullah-mehsud-case-enters-second-day
 
Abdullah719 said:
Islamabad sit-in seeking justice for Naqeebullah enters second day

ISLAMABAD: The protest sit-in demanding justice in the Naqeebullah killing case in front of the National Press Club entered its second day on Friday.

The protesters reached Islamabad Thursday in the form of a rally from Dera Ismail Khan demanding the arrest of suspended Malir SSP Rao Anwar.

Anwar is wanted to the authorities for the extrajudicial killing of Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan who was killed along with three others in a fake encounter in Karachi on January 13.

The protesters have stated that their sit-in will continue till the arrest of Anwar and his accomplices.

The participants of the sit-in said that the decision on whether the sit-in should continue till Anwar's arrest or not will be taken in consultation with their jirga.

The protesters include residents of DI Khan, FATA and other areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well as Islamabad.

Owing to the protest, the road from Melody Food Park to NPC and another leading to Sector F-6 from NPC has been closed for traffic.

Hearing the suo motu case on the killing on Thursday, the Supreme Court had directed the country's intelligence agencies to assist the Sindh Police in nabbing Anwar.

It also gave the Sindh police chief ten additional days to trace Anwar.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/179925-is...-in-naqeebullah-mehsud-case-enters-second-day
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This protest is ongoing but has not received the sort of coverage it should have from the mainstream media.

It is a very important issue and we mustn't overlook the long term implications of extra judicial 'encounters' like this one.
 
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, during the Naqeebullah Mehsud extra-judicial killing case hearing, granted protective bail to Rao Anwar and directed the former Malir senior superintendent police (SSP) to appear in court on Friday.

The case was being heard by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar at the Islamabad registry.

Earlier, the SC had given ten days for the Sindh police to arrest the accused; however, no breakthrough was made with regards to his arrest, although some other police officials allegedly involved in the staged encounter have been arrested.

Sindh Inspector General (IG) A.D. Khowaja on Tuesday told the court that a committee had been constituted to find Anwar's location. He told the bench that the reports compiled by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in this regard have also been furnished.

Khowaja told the court that the authorities have been handling the matter as a high-profile case, adding that the police was trying to trace the location of Anwar's cell phone. With regards to tracing the suspended Malir SSP with the help of WhatsApp, the IGP said that even IB was unable to yield results.

The chief justice, however, reprimanded the provincial police chief, pointing out that the "result of all these efforts was zero".

"Each and every time, we provide you time [for the arrest of Anwar] but it seems that we [the court] ourselves have to arrest him," the CJP said, producing a letter in court which bore Anwar's signature.

IG Khowaja acknowledged that the signature on the letter indeed appeared to be Anwar's.

"Rao Anwar says he is innocent and that he was not present at the site of the fake encounter," the CJP said, adding that the former SSP has requested for a free and fair Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to look into the matter.

The chief justice asked the IGP how the court should proceed in light of the letter, to which IG Khowaja replied that Anwar should be provided with a chance to defend himself.

Bail, JIT conditional to appearance in court

The CJP ordered Rao Anwar to appear in the court at the next hearing, scheduled for Friday, and granted him protective bail in the case. He directed the police not to arrest Anwar and also ordered to constitute a JIT to investigate the incident. The bench, however, made it clear that all these directives are conditional to Anwar's appearance in court on Friday.

"Rao Anwar, in his letter, requested to include ISI, IB, and Military Intelligence (MI), in the JIT," the CJP said in his remarks, adding that while the slain Naqeebullah was "our" child, Anwar should also be provided justice. "We can't declare anyone guilty without evidence," Justice Nisar remarked.

He directed Sindh and Islamabad police to provide security to Anwar and the authorities concerned to not make his letter public.

Earlier, another letter — written by the father of Naqeebullah — was also read in the court. The grieved father raised several questions on the absence of Anwar, claiming that security institutions were well aware about the location of Anwar.

Naqeebullah, a native of South Waziristan residing in Karachi's Sohrab Goth area, was among the four killed in an "encounter" days after allegedly being picked up from a tea stall near the area. Following an uproar over social media, Rao Anwar had insisted all four killed were terrorists.

A high-level police inquiry into the matter, however, outright rejected Anwar's claims and declared Naqeeb innocent.

The demand for the arrest of Naqeeb's killers eventually transformed into a movement for rights of citizens of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), with protest in Islamabad ending with assurances from the prime minister to take up the protesters' demands at relevant forums.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaoAnwar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaoAnwar</a> didnt come to SC, Police/Agencies failed to arrest him but based on letter purportedly written by Anwar to SC the CJP has been given Anwar protective bail ordering Police not to arrest him asking him to surrender to SC by Friday. What can be more embarrassing.</p>— M. Jibran Nasir (@MJibranNasir) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJibranNasir/status/963316684751888386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Rao Anwar is still at large shows just how corrupt the law in the country is, everyday an innocent is being killed by the law and their culprits at large.
 
'No more sympathy': SC issues contempt notice to absconding Rao Anwar after deadline expires

There was no sign of Rao Anwar on Friday morning as the Supreme Court began hearing the Naqeebullah Mehsud extra-judicial killing case.

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, after waiting for the absconding police official for about an hour, issued a contempt of court notice to Anwar and directed all law enforcement agencies to locate him.

He also ordered that the court should be updated about their progress.

"Anwar has lost a great opportunity by not appearing in court today; the court's sympathy for him has ended," remarked the CJP.

It is the police's responsibility to arrest Anway, the chief justice said while adding that the court had given the former SSP a fair chance.

"We gave the Punjab police three days to catch the suspect in the Zainab case and they managed to do it. While we recognise that you are making efforts, they are yielding no results," the chief justice told Sindh IGP A.D. Khowaja.

When asked if there were any new clues in the case, Khowaja told the court that Anwar had called him on WhatsApp on Wednesday and said that he would appear in court.

"I gave him all kinds of assurances," the IGP said.

The case was being heard by a three-member bench headed by Justice Nisar. Naqeebullah's father and his lawyer were also present during the hearing.

The court adjourned the case for 15 days.

On Tuesday, the CJP had ordered the former Malir senior superintendent police (SSP) to appear in court after providing the absconding police official protective bail — which expires today [Friday].

The chief justice had reprimanded A. D. Khowaja for failing to produce Anwar in court.

"Each and every time, we provide you time [for the arrest of Anwar] but it seems that we [the court] ourselves have to arrest him," the CJP had said, producing a letter in court which bore Anwar's signature.

IG Khowaja had acknowledged that the signature on the letter indeed appeared to be Anwar's.

The CJP had directed the police not to arrest Anwar and instead provide security to him; the authorities concerned were told not to make his letter public.

The bench, however, had made it clear that all these directives are conditional to Anwar's appearance in court on Friday.

Naqeebullah, a native of South Waziristan residing in Karachi's Sohrab Goth area, was among the four killed in an "encounter" days after allegedly being picked up from a tea stall near the area. Following an uproar over social media, Rao Anwar had insisted all four killed were terrorists — a claim refuted by a high-level police inquiry that declared Naqeeb innocent.

The demand for the arrest of Naqeeb's killers eventually transformed into a movement for rights of citizens of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), with protest in Islamabad ending with assurances from the prime minister to take up the protesters' demands at relevant forums.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1389759/n...o-absconding-rao-anwar-after-deadline-expires
 
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'No more sympathy': SC issues contempt notice to absconding Rao Anwar after deadline expires

There was no sign of Rao Anwar on Friday morning as the Supreme Court began hearing the Naqeebullah Mehsud extra-judicial killing case.

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, after waiting for the absconding police official for about an hour, issued a contempt of court notice to Anwar and directed all law enforcement agencies to locate him.

He also ordered that the court should be updated about their progress.

"Anwar has lost a great opportunity by not appearing in court today; the court's sympathy for him has ended," remarked the CJP.

It is the police's responsibility to arrest Anway, the chief justice said while adding that the court had given the former SSP a fair chance.

"We gave the Punjab police three days to catch the suspect in the Zainab case and they managed to do it. While we recognise that you are making efforts, they are yielding no results," the chief justice told Sindh IGP A.D. Khowaja.

When asked if there were any new clues in the case, Khowaja told the court that Anwar had called him on WhatsApp on Wednesday and said that he would appear in court.

"I gave him all kinds of assurances," the IGP said.

The case was being heard by a three-member bench headed by Justice Nisar. Naqeebullah's father and his lawyer were also present during the hearing.

The court adjourned the case for 15 days.

On Tuesday, the CJP had ordered the former Malir senior superintendent police (SSP) to appear in court after providing the absconding police official protective bail — which expires today [Friday].

The chief justice had reprimanded A. D. Khowaja for failing to produce Anwar in court.

"Each and every time, we provide you time [for the arrest of Anwar] but it seems that we [the court] ourselves have to arrest him," the CJP had said, producing a letter in court which bore Anwar's signature.

IG Khowaja had acknowledged that the signature on the letter indeed appeared to be Anwar's.

The CJP had directed the police not to arrest Anwar and instead provide security to him; the authorities concerned were told not to make his letter public.

The bench, however, had made it clear that all these directives are conditional to Anwar's appearance in court on Friday.

Naqeebullah, a native of South Waziristan residing in Karachi's Sohrab Goth area, was among the four killed in an "encounter" days after allegedly being picked up from a tea stall near the area. Following an uproar over social media, Rao Anwar had insisted all four killed were terrorists — a claim refuted by a high-level police inquiry that declared Naqeeb innocent.

The demand for the arrest of Naqeeb's killers eventually transformed into a movement for rights of citizens of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), with protest in Islamabad ending with assurances from the prime minister to take up the protesters' demands at relevant forums.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1389759/n...o-absconding-rao-anwar-after-deadline-expires
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Why has the SC got sympathy with a killer? He should be arrested asap and dragged to prison, court. He should also not be given a bail considering that he has been missing ever since.
 
Dawn Investigation: Rao Anwar and the killing fields of Karachi

Around 2pm one day in October 2008, a convoy of police mobiles was on its way back after visiting the scene of a murder in Moach Goth, when two young men in a white Toyota Corolla mischievously zig-zagged in front of it.

Superintendent Police (SP) Rao Anwar, who had been promoted from the rank of DSP a month earlier, was leading the convoy. According to one of the police officials in a follow-up vehicle, Rao was furious at the ‘affront’ and ordered that the car be stopped, but the youths sped away.

Two mobiles, on Rao’s orders, raced after the vehicle as it turned into Baldia Town. “I followed, intending to sort things out. After all, the boys hadn’t done anything criminal,” recalls the official.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out. He soon came upon a crowd of people gathered around the Corolla; inside was the body of one of the young men he had earlier seen in the car.

“He couldn’t have been more than 18 or 19 years old. The people there said the police had killed him. It made me think, what kind of a man can murder people in this way?”

A decade later, as details about Rao’s ‘exploits’ are coming to light, the more relevant question is, what kind of law-enforcement system nurtures men like Rao Anwar?

About a kilometre off the National Highway, inside a deserted two-room farmhouse, the light from the setting sun reflects on a wall pock-marked with bullet holes. Above them hangs a portrait of the Quaid-i-Azam. The bullet marks and a bloodstained carpet are the only evidence that remains of the murders last month.

“Two bodies were found here, and two in the other room,” says a DSP. Among those bodies was that of Naqeebullah Mehsud, the young man whose death in a fake encounter last month led to Rao’s suspension as Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Malir.

Until Naqeebullah’s murder, Sindh’s so-called encounter specialist had not faced any inquiry over the number of encounter killings to his ‘credit’. Not a single inquiry — despite having slain at least 444 people between 2011 and 2018, according to the police’s own records. Not a single policeman was even injured, let alone killed, during the 745 encounters.

The Rangers-led operation in Karachi, which began in late 2013, gave fresh impetus to police encounters in district Malir during Rao’s tenure.

According to police records, Malir saw 195 police encounters from January to October 2012, in which 18 people were killed and 276 arrested; the ratio of deaths to arrests — the ‘kill rate’ — was 6.5 per cent. Between February to June 2013, the kill rate was 17.6pc.

In 2014, after the operation began, there were 186 encounters, in which 152 people died and 192 were arrested — the kill rate a whopping 79pc. Last year, there were 93 encounters resulting in 110 deaths and 89 arrests. That translates to the number of arrests falling 23pc below the number of people killed.

The current law enforcement system is simply not capable of telling us as to how many innocents like Naqeebullah were among those mowed down.

“He led a team of killing machines. There was no one to stop him,” says a senior police official. “Why was no notice taken of his actions earlier? The truth is, everyone knows everything, but even the police command is afraid of him because of his close connections with criminal political bosses and within the security establishment.”

(Interestingly, no record of Rao Anwar’s encounter killings existed in the central police office in Karachi.)

In the words of another long-serving police official: “Men are airlifted from as far away as Fata and brought here for him to dispatch. That’s why there are so many policemen being targeted in Karachi. These are reprisal killings.”

(In the latest case as well, other than Naqeebullah, the three men who were shot dead alongside him were also, say sources, handed over to Rao by the agencies. One of them, Mohammed Sabir, they add, was a missing person who had been picked up from Uch Sharif in southern Punjab one and a half years ago against whom no criminal record has been found.)

That Pakhtun tradition of badal (vengeance), according to several serving and retired police officials, is the reason why encounter killings are unknown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Fata. “But the powers that be don’t care that the cops in Karachi are dying like dogs for doing their dirty work,” said a police official.

According to a source in the Sindh government, about four months ago, an awkward situation arose during a visit to the Sindh secretariat in Karachi by several military officials. Among those at the meeting was the chief secretary as well as the late Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani. The visitors included a lieutenant general, four major generals and some foreign military officials.

“One of the generals asked the CM why the provincial government was not taking action against such a murderer. Shah Sahib ignored the question, but when another officer of the same rank later repeated the question, he finally responded, ‘It would be better for you to also ask your corps commander and the agencies,” says the source.

Source:https://www.dawn.com/news/1389761

Fantastic investigative journalism by Dawn. This articles explains why Rao Anwar has remained untouched to this day.
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Youth behind sit-in over Naqeeb’s killing found shot dead

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Aftab Mehsud, a young man who played an active role in the sit-in held recently in Islamabad to protest against the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, was found shot dead under mysterious circumstances in a suburban area of the city on Saturday.

According to an official of the city’s Saddar police station, Attaullah, the bullet-riddled body of Aftab was found at an under-construction house in the city’s Naqeshbund Town.

Sources said that a piece of paper was found with the body on which names of the victim and his father and his telephone number were written.

Aftab’s father, Khair Badshah Mehsud, told the police that his son had left his home on Friday night. He said he received a call on Saturday and was informed about the body of his son.

A student of Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan, Aftab hailed from Makeen area of South Waziristan Agency. He moved to Karachi where he became friends with Naqeebullah Mehsud.

The sources said that after the killing of Naqeebullah in a fake encounter with a police party led by suspended SSP Rao Anwar in Karachi, Aftab played an active role in the 10-day Islamabad sit-in which was organised by Pakhtun Tahaffuz Movement and some rights groups.

Apart from the arrest of Naqeebullah’s killers, the sit-in participants also demanded recovery of missing persons from the Federally Adminis*tered Tribal Areas. They also protested against alleged mistreatment with tribal people at security check-posts.

After assurances by some government functionaries for the acceptance of some of their demands, the protesters ended the sit-in.

The police have registered a case against unidentified people for the murder of Aftab.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1391588/youth-behind-sit-in-over-naqeebs-killing-found-shot-dead
 
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^This was the chant during the sit-in ‘Yeh jo dehshatgardi hai, is kay peechay wardi hai.’

Jibran Nasir said it is a case a personal animosity and not related to politics or activism.
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saeedhk said:
^This was the chant during the sit-in ‘Yeh jo dehshatgardi hai, is kay peechay wardi hai.’

Jibran Nasir said it is a case a personal animosity and not related to politics or activism.

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It's not even a secret. Rao Anwar's victims include several people who disappeared from far flung parts of the country. Only one entity has the means and track record for doing that. Anwar is probably sat comfortably in some ISI safehouse.
 
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It's not even a secret. Rao Anwar's victims include several people who disappeared from far flung parts of the country. Only one entity has the means and track record for doing that. Anwar is probably sat comfortably in some ISI safehouse.
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One of them killed along with Naqeebullah was a native of Multan who had disappeared for some time back only to be killed in Karachi by Rao Anwar.

Several missing persons were handed over to Rao Anwar who served as a gun for hire for the Boys.That is the reason Rao Anwar has remained untouched to this day.
 
Either way traitor Bihari mqm and traitor qabalis traitor Baluch all illegal afghans taking orders from foreigners will be dealt with .

More rao anwars plz and more fellow Tanoli kinsmen like chaudary aslam
 
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has given until March 19 to Sindh Police to arrest absconding former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, Express News reported.

Hearing the suo motu case pertaining to the alleged encounter of Naqeebullah Mehsud on Thursday at the Supreme Court (SC) registry in Karachi, the top court directed Inspector-General Sindh AD Khawaja to review and submit a report on the airport footage of former SSP Malir Rao Anawar’s escape attempt on Monday.

During court proceedings, IG Sindh informed the top court that footage of Anwar at Karachi and Islamabad airports was received by the Sindh police but required time to review it.
Khawaja then requested time for investigation. When the CJP inquired on preferred deadline, IG Sindh answered that there will be progression in a day or two.

Adjourning the hearing until Monday, Justice Nisar directed Khawaj to submit a report in Islamabad.

SC orders in-camera briefing regarding Rao Anwar

On Wednesday, the Sindh Police submitted a report before the SC stating that they have written a letter to the directors general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as well as the Airport Security Force (ASF) that Anwar had tried to flee the country and the movement of the accused was captured by cameras installed at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad.

The Sindh Police had approached federal agencies to identify the ‘facilitators’ of former Karachi SSP Rao Anwar, who has yet to be tracked down by law enforcement agencies.

According to that letter, the same footage provided on a flash drive shows unidentified persons accompanying Anwar and trying to obtain a boarding pass for him. The recording is from the night of January 22, 2018.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1661663/1-sc-extends-deadline-rao-anwars-arrest/
 
Pashtun Long March

I think this is one of the most exciting and interesting things to be happening in Pakistan at present and I am surprised by the lack of coverage in the mainstream media. Barely any coverage of this in leading Pakistani newspapers. This is a shame as it is a very positive step for Pakistani society - a coordinated, non violent, grass roots movement designed to secure rights and highlight the constant demonisation and abuse that this group has suffered.

For those of you who haven't been keeping up to date, I would recommend reading the below article from Dawn.

What are your thoughts?

AN incredible series of events is unfolding in the aftermath of the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud. A group of young Pakhtun men and women, have found their voice, and in growing numbers, are stepping forward to tell their tale.

Their stories are finding so much traction in the wider society, that the beginning of a grass-roots movement appears to be in the making. What is particularly interesting about this movement is that it is spontaneous, and has an amorphous leadership drawn from a younger generation with no links to organised politics. What is dismaying to see is how their efforts have been ignored by the big mainstream political parties, as well as the mainstream media.

Going by the name of the Pashtun Long March, or the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), their demands are simple. They want the rights that the Constitution guarantees them: the right to be secure from arbitrary detention, the right to peaceably assemble, to speak their minds. The roots of the movement go back in time to the discontentment that was brewing in the camps set up to house IDPs from the military operations in the tribal agencies, as well as Swat, in the 10-year campaign against the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. The discontentment grew out of a sense of humiliating treatment by state authorities, whether at any of the myriad checkpoints or at Nadra centres when applying for a national identity card. In addition, they have lent their support to the recommendations of the Fata reforms committee, finalised in late 2016 (and yet to be implemented).

Listen to the voices at the sit-in they held in Islamabad. Listen again to the voices that spoke at their events in Zhob and Qila Saifullah last week, or in Quetta this Sunday. Listen also to the voice of Raza Wazir, writing in the New York Times, describing what it is like to grow up a Pakhtun amid the ‘war on terror’. Fortunately for us, social media recorded these events even as mainstream media chose to focus its attention on the Senate elections.

Listen to their voices, and you will not believe that they are describing the same Pakistan that you and I live in.

Listen to these voices, they are not hard to find, and your ears will not believe that they are describing the same Pakistan that you and I live in. The stories they tell sound more like those one hears coming out of active war zones like Iraq and Sudan, and one is hard-pressed to believe that an entire generation has grown up with the horrors of such an enormity as a basic fact of their lives.

Consider this: anybody below the age of 30, who is from any of the tribal areas, Swat, or even Peshawar or Quetta, came of age during the war that began in 2001, a little more than a decade and half ago. A 10-year-old in 2001 would be 28 years today. If lucky, this child would have completed schooling, and college by now, and reached the stage in life when one is full of optimism as one goes about the task of building a life, family, career, job, business. But for a young man or woman who has reached this age, and succeeded in not getting sucked into the war as a combatant or as a victim, the experience of this age is very different.

What is even more terrible in seeing this unfold is the memory of the enormous sacrifices made by the people of Peshawar, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa more broadly, as well as Quetta during the ‘war on terror’. We have forgotten the early years of the terrible conflict with the TTP that got going following the Lal Masjid operation, when bombings in Peshawar had become an almost daily occurrence, including, in one case, targeting a market frequented by women and children specifically.

“An enormous strength of character is shining through,” went an editorial in The News at the time, hailing the stoic strength with which the people of Peshawar and the rest of KP braved the terrible rain of calamities coming down upon them with ferocity. Thousands died in that rain of bombings that stretched for years after Lal Masjid, but not once did we see the people or the leadership of this great province plead for mercy.

This is not the first time we are hearing these tales. Only a few years earlier, a marvellous rebel emerged from Quetta city, telling a story very similar to the ones being told by the young men and women of the PTM. He had lost a son apparently in a counter-insurgency operation and resolved to walk from Quetta all the way to Islamabad, stopping in towns along the way to meet small groups of people and tell them what was happening in his province. His name is Mama Qadeer, and his long march was one of the earliest of these grass-roots voices to emerge from the depths of a conflict that the rest of us know little about.

Along the way there have been others, farmers in Okara, families asking after loved ones gone missing, each asking for nothing more than justice, for their rights, for inclusion as equal citizens in the social contract that ties us all together.

What is sad to see is how the play of democratic politics has missed these voices almost entirely. The self-correction of democracy, one of the most powerful social forces in the world, relies on harvesting these grievances and channelling them into the mainstream political life of the system. But when democratic politics is disfigured by the constant play of unelected forces, it responds less to the demands coming from below, and more to the pressures coming from above. The recent Senate election, which happened at the same time as the PTM march, was only the latest instance where this disfigurement of our democratic polity was plainly in view.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1395375
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Complete media blackout of Pushtun rights movement.In fact, an FIR has been registered against the leader of the movement alledging him of terrorism.

We all know who is running the show and how the truth is being suppressed.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your comments on this? These protesters are protesting infront of Karachi Press Club in favour of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RaoAnwar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RaoAnwar</a>. Slogon mentioned on playcard: "Rao Anwar Are Grate And Kind Heart Man" <a href="https://t.co/nkriIjOX4B">pic.twitter.com/nkriIjOX4B</a></p>— Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) <a href="https://twitter.com/SyedRezaMehdi/status/955787745581989888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2018</a></blockquote>
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'Rao Anwar Are Grate And Kind Heart Man'. I am now convinced of his innocence.
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he forgot the "in" before the grate.
 
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Complete media blackout of Pushtun rights movement.In fact, an FIR has been registered against the leader of the movement alledging him of terrorism.

We all know who is running the show and how the truth is being suppressed.
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I think you are right - it is a great shame as this cause is worthy of our support.

Unfortunately discussing these issues can sometimes have you labelled as anti-Fauj or anti-Pakistan. We must learn to differentiate right from wrong and see past such pointless and silly labels.
 
The whole movement of justice for Naqeebullah is hijacked by pashtun nationalists they are spreading propaganda all over social media with fake pics and anti army jornos sitting outside Pakistan are promoting their propaganda. First bugti and his baloch nationalists used fake pics for their propaganda now pashtun nationalists are following their path
 
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Rao Anwar arrested after finally appearing before SC in Naqeebullah murder case
Former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, who is being investigated for his suspected involvement in the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in a staged 'encounter' in Karachi, was arrested today when he finally appeared before the Supreme Court after going under the radar for over a month.

Anwar's appearance before the court today was a surprise to many. He was last seen at Islamabad airport trying to flee the country on a Dubai-bound flight on January 23 before he was stopped by immigration officials.

Since then, there had been no trace of the absconding officer, despite the fact that the Supreme Court had given a deadline for his arrest and called upon intelligence agencies and the Federal Investigation Agency to help the Sindh police nab him. The court had warned on Monday that action would be taken against those providing shelter to Anwar.

Soon after Anwar appeared before the three-judge bench hearing the suo motu case against Mehsud's murder on Wednesday, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ordered police to arrest him.

"Take Rao Anwar into custody," the CJP said after the bench rejected Anwar's request for a protective bail.

Justice Nisar directed the police to ensure that the former SSP isn't harmed in custody. After the hearing ended, Anwar was taken away in an armoured personnel carrier. He is likely to be shifted to Karachi.

The bench ordered the formation of a new five-member joint investigation team headed by Additional IG Aftab Pathan to probe Mehsud's killing. It also ordered authorities to unfreeze Anwar's bank accounts so his children won't face financial problems.

Anwar's salary must also be paid, the CJP said. He said no institution including the judiciary will influence the investigation which he said must be transparent.

Anwar has 'done no favours' by surrendering: CJP

On Anwar's counsel's request, the court withdrew the contempt notice issued to the police officer last month, but ruled that his name will remain on the Exit Control List until the probe is completed.

The court in its order said that Inspector General of Police Sindh A.D. Khowaja will be responsible for Anwar's protection till the conclusion of the case and Mehsud's relatives will not create any difficulties for the ex-SSP Malir.

Anwar had arrived at the court under tight security and was taken directly to Courtroom number 1, where the hearing into Mehsud's murder case took place. It is not yet clear whether he had shown up to court voluntarily.

Anwar was wearing a mask when he entered the court building, DawnNewsTV reported. IG Khowaja was also present in the court.

"If you were so brave, where have you been hiding all these days?" the CJP asked Anwar at the outset of the hearing.

The former SSP Malir replied that he was facing some threats which he had mentioned in a letter sent to the CJP. His counsel Shamim Rehman informed the bench that the Anwar had now surrendered.

But Justice Nisar remarked that Anwar had "done no favours" by surrendering, and it was inappropriate of him to write letters to the CJP.

'Staged encounter'

Naqeebullah Mehsud — whose name was given as Naseemullah on his national identity card — was a shop owner fond of modelling, relatives of the deceased had told Dawn.

Hailing from South Waziristan, he was among four suspects killed in an 'encounter' with a police team headed by Anwar in the Usman Khaskheli Goth on the outskirts of the metropolis in January 2018.

Anwar had alleged that Naqeebullah was a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant, but a later statement reportedly issued by a spokesperson for TTP's South Waziristan chapter had termed the claim "baseless", clarifying that the deceased had no links with the banned militant outfit.

Naqeebullah's family had also disputed Anwar's claim, saying that the 27-year-old had no links with any militant organisation.

In January, an inquiry team of senior police officers probing the alleged extrajudicial killing of Mehsud had found that the Waziristan native was killed in a fake encounter which was staged by then-SSP Malir Anwar on January 13.

The high-level inquiry committee had also concluded in its initial report submitted to the Sindh police that the deceased man had no militant tendencies.
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https://www.dawn.com/news/1396657
 
Mian said:
The whole movement of justice for Naqeebullah is hijacked by pashtun nationalists they are spreading propaganda all over social media with fake pics and anti army jornos sitting outside Pakistan are promoting their propaganda. First bugti and his baloch nationalists used fake pics for their propaganda now pashtun nationalists are following their path
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Yeah right! Whenever any of the non-Punjabi groups ask for our rights, we somehow become anti-nationals right? Rao Anwar has been killing Mohajirs for years and no-questions were asked at all. And I can see that the smear campaign has already started to suppress legitimate questions from being asked.
 
Rishta Aunty said:
Yeah right! Whenever any of the non-Punjabi groups ask for our rights, we somehow become anti-nationals right? Rao Anwar has been killing Mohajirs for years and no-questions were asked at all. And I can see that the smear campaign has already started to suppress legitimate questions from being asked.
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That's the problem the people jumping up and about rao anwar are the Mqm terrorists and ttp terrorist / criminals who are mostly illegal Afghan / fata tribals and Afghans masquerading as Pakistani tribal Pashtuns and no one can find out if these tribals are genuine Pakistan due to open border and marriages for decades due to no military presence in Durand line most likely they are all criminal afghans hence why Pakistan found mix marriage children of Uzbeks / uncircumcised penises and what not .
And now you have this so called Pashtun tahafuz movement which is full of afghan rabble , are we still gonna believe that after 40 yrs there are only 2.7 million afghans in Pakistan since soviet war haven't these people been breeding their numbers are in 10's of millions our government is deliberetly covering it up many of them have managed to get Pakistan ID cards the government is not even in control or knows who is Afghan and Pakistani .

What media is missing out that just before naqeebullah killing rao anwar was targeted in a suicide attack and ambush and they were all killed the culprits , rao anwar then marched into these ghettos where these so called warrior race with ghairat has set up home and did police operation , I don't blame rao anwar if someone tryed to kill me in 3 attacks I will be after them ,

They did same with another cop called chaudary aslam a tanoli Pathan from kpk mansehra he also went after these criminals and paid with his life .

Good men are being slandered by these Mqm and ttp supporters who are india raw funded mercenaries
 
carbon11 said:
They did same with another cop called chaudary aslam a tanoli Pathan from kpk mansehra he also went after these criminals and paid with his life .
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They first killed his kids and wife in an attack before killing him.
 
Rishta Aunty said:
Yeah right! Whenever any of the non-Punjabi groups ask for our rights, we somehow become anti-nationals right? Rao Anwar has been killing Mohajirs for years and no-questions were asked at all. And I can see that the smear campaign has already started to suppress legitimate questions from being asked.
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I agree. Even when Punjabis ask for their rights, they are silenced. Questioning of the Establishment is a cardinal sin in our nation. I fully support our Pashtun brothers in their quest for justice and hope that other communities (including my own) learn from them.

Its sad that our own media has given space to people like Ehsanullah Ehsan and Kh Hussain Rizvi whilst blocking any glimpse of Manzoor Pashteen and circulating the usual nonsense anti-Pakistan dribble.
 
There is no doubt that Rao was involved in bogus encounters.The grievances of Pustuns are legitimate and fully justified.Ordinary Pustuns have suffered a lot at the hands of security agencies while the likes of Mullah Burqa, Aurangzaib Frutti and Ehsanullah continue to roam freely and are given state protection.
 
Why Ashraf Ghani, Karzai, Achakzai, Afghan NDS head all are supporting this movement openly when Pak announced to merge FATA with KP and mainstream it and when FATA is finally peaceful now? connect the dots and get the answer.
 
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi sent former senior superintendent of police Rao Anwar to prison on juidical remand on Saturday until May 2 in a case pertaining to the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud.

The former SSP, 11 of his detained subordinates and 14 absconders are accused of abducting Naseemullah, aka Naqeebullah Mehsud, for ransom and later killing him, along with three other detainees, in a staged encounter in Malir on January 13.

The accused cops had initially dubbed the murder an 'encounter' against militants.

Anwar, along with other suspects, has also been booked for planting false evidence — pistols and hand grenades — on Mehsud and three others after killing them in the shootout, and later registering a false case against the deceased under the Sindh Arms Act for illegal possession of arms and explosives.

See: Rao Anwar held responsible for Naqeeb’s killing

On Saturday, a visibly calm Anwar was escorted by the police to the ATC in an armoured personnel carrier. He refused to answer reporters' questions, saying the challan of the case has yet to be submitted in court.

The investigating officer of the case requested the court to send Anwar on judicial remand, and sought a week's time to submit a final challan for the case.

He informed the court that a new joint investigation team (JIT) has been formed to investigate Anwar over the killing and the challan will be submitted as per the JIT's recommendation.

The counsel representing Anwar, Amir Mansoob, opposed the plea for remand, contending that until the cases registered against Mehsud and the other deceased are declared false and withdrawn, a case could not be registered against the former SSP.

After hearing all arguments, the administrative judge of the ATC sent Anwar and another suspect, Shakeel, to jail on judicial remand till May 2. Meanwhile, the judicial remand of ten other suspects, including DSP Qamar Ahmed Shaikh was extended until an unspecified date.

Rao Anwar held responsible for killing
Meanwhile, it emerged on Friday that the JIT formed on the Supreme Court's directives had held Anwar and three others responsible for the killing of Mehsud in a fake encounter.

“The JIT found Rao Anwar guilty of killing an innocent person, Naqeebullah Mehsud, in a fake encounter,” a JIT member who wished not to be named told Dawn.

It may be recalled that 11 police officials had already been arrested in the case before Anwar was taken into custody following his 'surrender' before the SC in Islamabad on March 21. Around 15 accused police officers have been declared as absconders in the case.

According to the IO’s report submitted before an ATC, policemen in plainclothes had picked Naqeebullah Mehsud, along with two other persons, and took them to the Sachal police post where the two others were separated from Mehsud.

When one of the witnesses asked the policemen about their abduction, a policeman replied that they were being taken to see Rao Anwar and then they (captives) would "make their way to heaven".

The two witnesses — who were eventually released by the police — told investigators that they were later taken to an unknown location where they also saw Mehsud. When one of them spoke to Mehsud, the latter said that police were demanding Rs1 million against his release, but he could not arrange even Rs50,000.

The report further stated the witness, after being released, came to know through the media that Rao Anwar and his associates had allegedly killed Mehsud and three others in a staged encounter in the Shah Latif Town area on Jan 13 and dubbed them as militants.

Mehsud's father lodged a case on Jan 23 against Rao Anwar and others on the basis of the findings of a three-member inquiry committee, which had said that, prima facie, the encounter was coordinated, fake and staged. Police investigators claimed that Anwar played a central role in the case.

The SC later took notice of the killing after the incident sparked outrage on social media and protests by political and religious parties and rights organisations.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1402986/r...emand-until-may-2-in-naqeebullah-killing-case
 
Rao Anwar skips hearing of Naqeebullah case after 'falling ill'

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi adjourned the hearing of the Naqeebullah murder case until May 14 after former Malir SSP Rao Anwar — Sindh’s so-called 'encounter specialist' — failed to appear before the court.

At the last hearing, the court had sent Anwar to prison on judicial remand until May 2 (today). The former SSP, 11 of his detained subordinates and 14 absconders are accused of abducting Naqeebullah for ransom and later killing him, along with three other detainees, in a staged encounter in Malir on January 13.

The accused cops had initially dubbed the murder an 'encounter' against militants.

Instead of Anwar, a health certificate declaring that the official had fallen ill was presented before the judge at today's hearing. The court, expressing its displeasure on Anwar's absence, directed the police officials to produce him at the next hearing. The judge warned that the doctor who issued the health certificate for Anwar could be summoned to the court if Anwar is not brought on May 14.

The court also expressed its displeasure over the absence of the investigation officer (IO) of the case, SSP Dr Rizwan, and ordered him to appear today and submit a report on the measures taken so far to arrest other accused nominated in the case.

Family members and friends of Naqeebullah Mehsud staged a protest demonstration outside the court, demanding full justice. "Rao Anwar is not ill but cunning; he is hiding behind a health certificate. We will bring the entire country to a standstill with our protest if Rao Anwar is not brought handcuffed on the next hearing," said a relative of the deceased.

Later in the day, the IO submitted a supplementary charge sheet in the case. According to the charge sheet, the geofencing report highlighted the presence of Rao Anwar and others at the crime scene when the encounter was staged. It said that all the accused were in contact with each other at the time of the shooting. The police report held Anwar prime accused in the case. Anwar was reluctant to cooperate with the investigators, it added.


Authorities keep Rao Anwar at Cantt, instead of prison

The ATC also came to know on Wednesday, through a notification, that the prime accused in the case was being kept at a "sub-jail" in Cantt area, instead of the prison.

According to a notification, a copy of which is available with DawnNewsTV, Multan Lines in Cantt area had been declared sub-jail for Rao Anwar due to security threats to his life in the central prison.

The notification cited two separate telephonic conversations between the Sindh inspector general prisons, Muzaffar Alam Siddique, and SSP Central Prison, Karachi, and the other between the IGP prisons and Sindh home department secretary for allowing to keep Anwar at a sub-jail.


Report already declares Rao Anwar guilty

Anwar, along with other suspects, has also been booked for planting false evidence — pistols and hand grenades — on Mehsud and three others after killing them in the shootout, and later registering a false case against the deceased under the Sindh Arms Act for illegal possession of arms and explosives.

As many as 11 police officials had already been arrested in the case before Anwar was taken into custody following his 'surrender' before the SC in Islamabad on March 21. Around 15 accused police officers have been declared as absconders in the case.

According to the IO’s report submitted earlier in the ATC, policemen in plainclothes had picked Naqeebullah Mehsud, along with two other persons, and took them to the Sachal police post where the two others were separated from Mehsud.

When one of the witnesses asked the policemen about their abduction, a policeman replied that they were being taken to see Rao Anwar and then they (captives) would "make their way to heaven".

The two witnesses — who were eventually released by the police — told investigators that they were later taken to an unknown location where they also saw Mehsud. When one of them spoke to Mehsud, the latter said that police were demanding Rs1 million against his release, but he could not arrange even Rs50,000.

The report further stated that the witnesses, after being released, came to know through the media that Rao Anwar and his associates had allegedly killed Mehsud and three others in a staged encounter in the Shah Latif Town area on Jan 13 and dubbed them as militants.

Mehsud's father lodged a case on Jan 23 against Rao Anwar and others on the basis of the findings of a three-member inquiry committee, which had said that, prima facie, the encounter was coordinated, fake and staged. Police investigators claimed that Anwar played a central role in the case.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1405165/rao-anwar-skips-hearing-of-naqeebullah-case-after-falling-ill
 
Where is the COAS now?It has been four months since the cold-blooded killing of Naqeeb.

Unknown forces are sabotaging the criminal proceedings against Rao Anwar.Today, the chief investigation officer refused to appear in court citing Ramadan.The trial is being sabotage and hindered by you know who!

There is only one person who has been standing with Naqeeb’s family despite threats and propaganda schemes.It is Jibran Nasir.

What a pathetic state of affairs!
 
saeedhk said:
Where is the COAS now?It has been four months since the cold-blooded killing of Naqeeb.

Unknown forces are sabotaging the criminal proceedings against Rao Anwar.Today, the chief investigation officer refused to appear in court citing Ramadan.The trial is being sabotage and hindered by you know who!

There is only one person who has been standing with Naqeeb’s family despite threats and propaganda schemes.It is Jibran Nasir.

What a pathetic state of affairs!
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bhai COAS ke baare mein itne mushkil sawal mat poocho
 
Just in - Govt Prosecutor excuses himself from Naqeebullah case, cites threats
 
ATC appoints new prosecutor in Naqeebullah murder case

KARACHI: Suspended Senior Superintendant of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar on Monday appeared before the anti-terrorism court (ATC) along with the other accused in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case.

During the proceedings a new prosecutor was appointed to the case as the former had excused himself from the case owing to threats.

According to sources, Ali Raza had been receiving threats due to which he had failed to appear at the previous hearing.

The ATC, with due consideration to the circumstances, appointed Nazeer Bhangora as the new prosecutor.

On the other hand, Naqeebullah’s father Khan Mohammad appointed Advocate Nadeem as his representative attorney in the murder case, stating that it wasn’t feasible for him to commute to Karachi from South Waziristan for every hearing.

A bail plea was submitted in the court on behalf of the three accused including Yasin, Supurd Hussain and Khizar Hayat.

Former SSP Malir Rao Anwar is alleged in the encounter killing of 27 year old Naqeeb Ullah Mehsood on January 13 in the suburbs of Karachi. Naqeeb Ullah was killed on allegations of being affiliated with a terrorist organization and accused of being involved in several murders.

The investigation of the case till now reveals that Anwar is the main suspect involved in Naqeebullah’s encounter along with three others.

https://dailytimes.com.pk/245779/atc-appoints-new-prosecutor-in-naqeebullah-murder-case/
 
ATC orders release of Rao Anwar after ex-SSP Malir gets bail in Naqeeb encounter cases

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi on Saturday issued release orders for former Malir Senior Superintendent Police Rao Anwar, a day after the court granted him bail in a case pertaining to the placement of pistols and hand grenades on victims' bodies in an extrajudicial encounter in which Naqeebullah Mehsud was killed.

Mehsud was among four people killed in a fake encounter on January 13. SSP Anwar had claimed that all four of the men killed, allegedly on his orders, belonged to the terrorist outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Anwar went into hiding soon after demands for his arrest in the Naqeebullah murder case gained traction after it came to light that the victim had been a shopkeeper and aspiring model from Waziristan who had settled in Karachi.

Protests staged by the Mehsud tribe and the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement lent impetus to the call for justice for Naqeebullah.

A Joint Investigation Team probing the incident then found that the encounter was staged.

Anwar resurfaced dramatically at the Supreme Court after repeated pleas from the chief justice, after which he was subsequently arrested.

Soon after his arrest, his house in Malir Cantonment was declared a sub-jail. He had later moved an application for provision of 'Better Class' facilities in the sub-jail. The court had accepted Anwar's application for facilities, including an exemption from being handcuffed.

He remained under arrest in two cases against him — the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah and three others, and for foisting pistols and hand grenades on them after killing them in a staged shootout in Shah Latif Town.

He was granted bail in the first case on July 10, when the court said that he was not present at the time of the encounter, and in the second yesterday, on similar grounds.

Anwar is set to be released soon.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1421579/a...ssp-malir-gets-bail-in-naqeeb-encounter-cases
 
The irony a sitting prime minister gets thrown to jail while a killer is released. I guess pashtuns are second class citizens. Hopefully pashteen gets his message across the country because not many people are listening.
 
khan991 said:
The irony a sitting prime minister gets thrown to jail while a killer is released. I guess pashtuns are second class citizens. Hopefully pashteen gets his message across the country because not many people are listening.
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Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Disgusting Rao Anwar hasn't faced the music yet!
 
Mockery of justice. Unfortunately, there is no justice in sight for Naqeebullah’s family. There has not been any significant development in the criminal case against SSP Rao. It has been six months now.
 
This Is true face of Military, judiciary alliance. Rao Anwar is charged for 440 murders, who knows what that pandora box can reveal, it’s better to let it slide :facepalm:
 
With PTI in charge of Pakistan, do we think that Shaheed Naqeebullah's family will finally get some justice?
 
Eagle_Eye said:
The matter is in the court..... what can PTI do?
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The matter is in court but I would be surprised if extra judicial forces (just as recent judgements against PML-N leaders) did not have some influence in how it has been drawn out.
 
Loralai said:
The matter is in court but I would be surprised if extra judicial forces (just as recent judgements against PML-N leaders) did not have some influence in how it has been drawn out.
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You mean recent judgements against NS for money laundering? You mean those flats his family admitted owning.
 
ATC grants Rao Anwar permission to celebrate Eidul Azha with family

An anti-terror court in Karachi on Saturday granted a request by former SSP Malir Rao Anwar which allows him travel outside the city to meet his family for Eid, reported Express News.

In a hearing of the Naqeebullah murder case, the main accused had filed a request before the judge to let him travel outside Karachi, arguing that he had family coming over from Dubai to celebrate Eidul Azha.

According to Anwar, due to security-related threats, it was not possible for him to celebrate Eid with his family in Karachi, hence, he should be allowed to travel outside the city.

The counsel for the prosecution, Salahuddin Panhwar, raised objections on the request of the former SSP, telling the judge that the court was already entertaining a petition regarding the transfer of the case to another courtroom, and thus, should not pass a judgement on the plea by Anwar.

After hearing the arguments of both parties, the court accepted the plea of Rao Anwar, allowing him to travel outside the city for Eidul Azha.

Earlier, the court had also issued the orders of release on bail for former SSP Rao Anwar, the prime suspect in the Naqeebullah murder case.

The directive came a day after the court granted Anwar’s bail in a case pertaining to the use of illegal arms and explosives in the fake encounter which had killed Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1783795/1-atc-grants-rao-anwar-permission-celebrate-eidul-azha-family/
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Non-violent civil rights activists like Hayat Preghal left to rot in Adiala while bloodthirsty murderers like Rao Anwar given VIP privileges. What a farce of a judicial system. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReleaseHayatPreghal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReleaseHayatPreghal</a> <a href="https://t.co/lonUROr9qp">https://t.co/lonUROr9qp</a></p>— Ammar Rashid (@AmmarRashidT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmmarRashidT/status/1031060517585072129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Loralai said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Non-violent civil rights activists like Hayat Preghal left to rot in Adiala while bloodthirsty murderers like Rao Anwar given VIP privileges. What a farce of a judicial system. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReleaseHayatPreghal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReleaseHayatPreghal</a> <a href="https://t.co/lonUROr9qp">https://t.co/lonUROr9qp</a></p>— Ammar Rashid (@AmmarRashidT) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmmarRashidT/status/1031060517585072129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Has it been proven that he was the murderer?
 
https://www.dawn.com/news/1443757/s...-transfer-of-naqeebullah-murder-case-from-atc

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday accepted an application filed by the father of Naqeebullah Mehsud — a Waziristan native killed in a staged encounter in Karachi earlier this year — to transfer the case relating to his son's murder to another anti-terrorism court (ATC).

A division bench headed by SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh ordered that the case be transferred to another court. The ATC that will hear the case in the future will be announced by the court's administrative office.

Former Malir SSP Rao Anwar, then DSP Qamar Ahmed Shaikh, and their 10 detained and 14 absconding subordinates have been booked for allegedly killing four men, including Mehsud, in a fake shoot-out in Shah Latif Town on January 13 this year and, separately for foisting fake recoveries of illicit arms and explosives on the victims.

Mohammad Khan, the slain model’s father, had approached the SHC in July after ATC-II judge Khalida Yaseen granted post-arrest bail in the murder case to undertrial former SSP Anwar, who was kept in a temporary detention facility in Multan Lines in Malir Cantonment.

The applicant had shown no confidence in the ATC-II judge and had sought transfer of Mehsud's murder and other connected cases to any other court of law.

During today's hearing, the chief justice asked Anwar's lawyer whether it was appropriate for the ATC-II judge to amend the order regarding the former SSP's bail plea twice in one day.

"The prosecutor has also accepted that the observations of the ATC judge are not appropriate," Justice Shaikh remarked.

Accepting the application filed by Mehsud's father, the bench subsequently ordered that the case be transferred from the ATC-II judge.

Hearing of plea against bail adjourned
Meanwhile, the SHC adjourned till November 26 the hearing of another application filed by Mehsud's father seeking revocation of the bail granted to Anwar and ex-DSP Qamar in a case pertaining to allegedly foisting fake recoveries on the victims and lodging false criminal cases against them.

The hearing was adjourned without any proceedings on the matter. However, the court issued notices to ex-SSP Anwar, former DSP Qamar and prosecutor general of Sindh.

The application filed by Barrister Faisal Siddiqui on behalf of Mehsud's father argues that the trial court had approved the suspects' bails without hearing the complainants and without taking the evidence into consideration.
 
Rao Anwar indicted in Naqeeb murder case, pleads not guilty

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi on Monday indicted former Malir SSP Rao Anwar for the murder of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter in Karachi.

Anwar, who was in court when charges were framed against him, pleaded not guilty.

The court ordered the complainant and the magistrate, who recorded the testimonies of eye witnesses, to appear on April 11 and adjourned the hearing until then.

Anwar, along with former deputy superintendent of police Qamar and three others who are accused in the case, are out on bail, while 13 police officials are in jail on judicial remand.

An inquiry team probing the Jan 2018 'extrajudicial killing' of Naqeebullah found that the Waziristan native was killed in a "fake encounter" which was "staged" by the former Malir SSP. Following the inquiry team's findings, Anwar was suspended from his post.

Rao Anwar, however, had stuck to the claim that Naqeeb was a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militant but no evidence has emerged to support this claim.

Naqeebullah's killing sparked outrage on social media after which the case caught media attention.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1471783/rao-anwar-indicted-in-naqeeb-murder-case-pleads-not-guilty
 
The United States on Tuesday blacklisted former Malir senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rao Anwar for engaging in "serious human rights abuse" by carrying out alleged fake police 'encounters' in which scores of individuals including Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud were killed, the US Treasury Department said.

Anwar is among 18 individuals from six countries that the Trump administration has imposed economic sanctions on for suspected human rights violations. Two others have been banned from entering the US, including the former consul general of Saudi Arabia in Turkey for his alleged role in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Tuesday's announcement was made in connection with International Human Rights Day.

"During his tenure as the Senior Superintendent of Police in District Malir, Pakistan, Rao Anwar Khan (Anwar) was reportedly responsible for staging numerous fake police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsood," the US Treasury said in a statement.

It said Anwar "helped to lead a network of police and criminal thugs that were allegedly responsible for extortion, land grabbing, narcotics, and murder".

According to the press release, the former Malir SSP has been designated "for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse".

https://www.dawn.com/news/1521511/u...n-rights-abuse-through-fake-police-encounters
 
Former Malir senior superintendent of police Rao Anwar claimed that United States' move to blacklist him for human rights abuses was an attempt to "divert attention from the struggle for occupied Kashmir".

In a video that surfaced on social media on Wednesday, a day after the US announced its move, the former police official — known infamously as an ‘encounter specialist’ and accused of involvement in nearly 200 phoney encounters — said: "I was an SSP of the police force and we fight against terrorists. There were nearly 400, 500 or 440 terrorists [who were killed]. There is not a single complaint against me that I killed anyone out of greed or in a fake encounter.

"Even today, two years after my removal, there has been no complaint."

Anwar demanded the US government to "apologise or prove" the charges against him. He added that he would file a case in Washington against the move through his lawyer and also write a letter to the US embassy.

"Name one suspect who said that I cooperated [...] or used to do mix-ups. Forget American, [authorities] can punish me in Pakistan."

On Tuesday, the US administration blacklisted Anwar for engaging in "serious human rights abuse" by carrying out alleged fake police 'encounters' in which scores of individuals, including Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud, were killed.

"During his tenure as the Senior Superintendent of Police in District Malir, Pakistan, Rao Anwar Khan (Anwar) was reportedly responsible for staging numerous fake police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsood," the US Treasury had said in a statement.

Naqeebullah's murder
Anwar had retired from police service while being suspended and facing trial for killing four men, including South Waziristan youngster Mehsud, in a fake encounter last year, official sources had told Dawn earlier this year.

Dawn Investigations: Rao Anwar and the killing fields of Karachi

After protests by the civil society and anger on social media, the Supreme Court had last year taken suo motu notice and ordered Anwar's arrest. Protests staged by the Mehsud tribe and the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) had also lent impetus to the call for justice for Naqeeb.

Anwar had gone into hiding soon after demands for his arrest gained traction after it came to light that Mehsud had been a shopkeeper and an aspiring model from Waziristan who had settled in Karachi.

He was arrested in March 2018 when he finally appeared before the Supreme Court after eluding law enforcement agencies for over a month. After spending more than three months in prison, an anti-terrorism court granted him bail which led to his release.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1521873/u...ention-from-occupied-kashmir-claims-rao-anwar
 
MenInG said:
Former Malir senior superintendent of police Rao Anwar claimed that United States' move to blacklist him for human rights abuses was an attempt to "divert attention from the struggle for occupied Kashmir".

In a video that surfaced on social media on Wednesday, a day after the US announced its move, the former police official — known infamously as an ‘encounter specialist’ and accused of involvement in nearly 200 phoney encounters — said: "I was an SSP of the police force and we fight against terrorists. There were nearly 400, 500 or 440 terrorists [who were killed]. There is not a single complaint against me that I killed anyone out of greed or in a fake encounter.

"Even today, two years after my removal, there has been no complaint."

Anwar demanded the US government to "apologise or prove" the charges against him. He added that he would file a case in Washington against the move through his lawyer and also write a letter to the US embassy.

"Name one suspect who said that I cooperated [...] or used to do mix-ups. Forget American, [authorities] can punish me in Pakistan."

On Tuesday, the US administration blacklisted Anwar for engaging in "serious human rights abuse" by carrying out alleged fake police 'encounters' in which scores of individuals, including Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud, were killed.

"During his tenure as the Senior Superintendent of Police in District Malir, Pakistan, Rao Anwar Khan (Anwar) was reportedly responsible for staging numerous fake police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsood," the US Treasury had said in a statement.

Naqeebullah's murder
Anwar had retired from police service while being suspended and facing trial for killing four men, including South Waziristan youngster Mehsud, in a fake encounter last year, official sources had told Dawn earlier this year.

Dawn Investigations: Rao Anwar and the killing fields of Karachi

After protests by the civil society and anger on social media, the Supreme Court had last year taken suo motu notice and ordered Anwar's arrest. Protests staged by the Mehsud tribe and the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) had also lent impetus to the call for justice for Naqeeb.

Anwar had gone into hiding soon after demands for his arrest gained traction after it came to light that Mehsud had been a shopkeeper and an aspiring model from Waziristan who had settled in Karachi.

He was arrested in March 2018 when he finally appeared before the Supreme Court after eluding law enforcement agencies for over a month. After spending more than three months in prison, an anti-terrorism court granted him bail which led to his release.

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As a Pakistani, one of the happiest moment in my life will be the day when this terrorist ******* will be killed the way he killed hundreds of innocent Pakistanis without mercy. I hope dies the death of a *** so that Naqeebullah's and others' children can get justice. But unfortunately, this is probably too much too ask for the incompetent Pakistani judiciary, who is not being able to punish corrupt looters of the country.

I hope the USA puts some pressure on the Pakistani government and the judiciary so that this animal gets to the gallows.

And LOL at this attempt to save his behind by relating his crimes to the Kashmir issue.
 
Rao Anwar deserves to be hung as an example. This dude will burn in hell. The fact that he has been able to do what he did so freely tells us everything about this country
 
Naqeebullah murder case: Brother says Sindh government paving way for Rao Anwar acquittal

KARACHI: The Sindh government is trying to get former Malir SSP Rao Anwar acquitted by turning witnesses against Anwar hostile in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case, says the victim's brother.

Alam Sher is the younger brother of slain Naqebullah. He was addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on the death anniversary of his brother. His attorney Jibran Nasir and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Saifur Rehman were with him.

Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, was among three others who were accused of being terrorists and killed on January 13, 2018 on the orders of then Malir SSP Rao Anwar, in what was later termed a fake encounter.

Read more: Rao Anwar slapped with travel ban, asset freeze by UK for human rights violations

The former Malir SSP and around 20 of his subordinates have been charged with killing Naqeebullah and three other persons, Sabir, Nazar Jan and Ishaq, in a fake encounter after dubbing them as ‘Taliban militants’.

Is Rao Anwar above the law, asks Jibran Nasir
Naqeebullah's brother says witnesses against Anwar are turning hostile because of the involvement of the Sindh government and the prosecution, who want the release of Anwar in the high-profile case.

“The case was registered on behalf of the state, not from the family and if the charges were not proved in the court, the state will lose,” said Sher's attorney Nasir.

The lawyer criticised the National Accountability Bureau for not entertaining the family’s application to look into the assets of Anwar, saying that the United States and the United Kingdom had imposed travel restrictions on him for human rights abuses and also ordered the freezing of his assets.

Read more: Naqeebullah murder: Two main witnesses redact previous statements

Instead of being detained in a jail, he was confined for a short time in the comfort of his own home and given the protocol of a federal minister, Nasir said.

“Maryam Nawaz, Syed Khurshid Shah, Shehbaz Sharif, etc. can go to jail but Anwar cannot,” he said and asked if the former Malir SSP was above the law.

'Sindh government is silent'
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and provincial ministers have not said a word against Anwar, who, according to police’s own record, had been involved in 444 extrajudicial killings, Nasir said.

“A police officer of the 17th grade [or above] can give permission to officers to open fire but it has been found in many cases that assistant sub-inspectors or personnel below them routinely open fire during encounters,” the lawyer said.

Naqeebullah’s brother demanded the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments complete the construction of colleges named after Naqeebullah in his hometown in South Waziristan.

“The government should honour its pledge and initiate practical work on the project which will help minimise the scale of grievances among the tribal people,” he said.

In March 2019, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had framed charges on Anwar and others for the alleged murder of Naqeebullah and implicating him in bogus cases.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/330486-na...ernment-paving-way-for-acquittal-of-rao-anwar
 
Deer aayad ,drust aayad . What's pathetic is that this guy would've gone on to keep killing muhajir/urdu speakers/karachiities ( take your pick) with impunity and kept of getting medals from the authorities had he not killed the "wrong" person . Shows you teh systemic racism of our system and how the old guard keeps it that way .
 
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Monday acquitted former Malir SSP Rao Anwar and 17 others in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case.

In its brief verdict, which was pronounced by ATC XVI judge at the Karachi Central Prison, the court said that the prosecution had failed to submit sufficient evidence against Anwar and other accused persons.

Key developments:

Court says prosecution failed to submit sufficient evidence against Anwar, other accused; detailed verdict awaited

Anwar says “fake allegations” against him have been proven wrong

Lawyer Jibran Nasir says Naqeeb’s family to appeal judgement in high court

The court took five years to conclude the trial of the murder, which had triggered widespread condemnation and debates on social media about fake encounters in Karachi, particularly by Rao Anwar.

DAWN
 
Alam Sher, younger brother of Naqeebullah Mehsud, on Monday challenged the acquittal of former Malir SSP Rao Anwar and his subordinates before the Sindh High Court.

The Sindh government is, however, still undecided whether to challenge the verdict of an antiterrorism court against the recalcitrant police officer in the extrajudicial killing of Naqeeb and three others in a staged encounter.

On Jan 23, an ATC exonerated the then SSP and 17 members of his team by extending them the benefit of the doubt.

Rao Anwar along with his around two-dozen subordinates was tried for allegedly killing Naseemullah, better known as Naqeebullah Mehsud, and three others in an alleged staged encounter in January 2018.

DAWN
 
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