Naqeebullah murder: Rao Anwar requests SC to unfreeze accounts

ISLAMABAD, March 14 (APP):Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Wednesday said he had received another letter from absconding Sindh police officer Rao Anwar, requesting the court to unfreeze his bank accounts.
A three-member SC bench headed by the CJP and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan heard the case regarding extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in Karachi by a police party led by former Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar.
During the course of proceedings, the chief justice observed, “I do not know whether the letter is real or fake.” He expressed dissatisfaction over the progress in the murder case. Reports were being presented in the court but there was no progress, he added.
Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Sohail Mehmood informed the court that all the suspected individuals had switched off their mobile phones.
The Inter-Services Intelligence had said that it was providing technical assistance to Sindh police while the Military Intelligence said that it had limited technical means to trace the suspects but it was still aiding the civilian law enforcement agencies, the DAG added.
The CJP asked Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) A D Khowaja whether he was being assisted by the intelligence agencies.
The IGP responded in the affirmative, saying the initial first information report (FIR) of the incident, claiming Naqeebullah and three others killed in the encounter were militants, had been dismissed.
Advocate Faisal Siddiqui, representing Naqeebullah’s father, said questions were being raised on the authority of the state as only 10 of the 24 accused had been arrested so far.
The chief justice ordered the Sindh police chief to give the court an in-camera briefing on the next hearing regarding Anwar’s escape from the Islamabad airport.
Later, hearing of the case was adjourned till Friday.