CJP Takes Suo Motu Notice Of Naqeebullah Killing Case

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CJP takes suo motu notice of Naqeebullah killing case

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice on Friday of the extrajudicial killing of an alleged terrorist in Karachi. The chief justice summoned a report from the Sindh police chief in seven days

ISLAMABAD,(Pakistan Point News - 19th Jan, 2018) : Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice on Friday of the extrajudicial killing of an alleged terrorist in Karachi. The chief justice summoned a report from the Sindh police chief in seven days. SSP Malir Rao Anwar, in a media talk on January 13, had claimed to have shot dead four alleged terrorists in a police encounter in Shah Latif Town area of Karachi. Later, it was revealed that the deceased 'terrorists' included Naseemullah alias Naqeebullah, a 27-year-old from South Waziristan. His family claimed he disappeared on January 3 from Sohrab Goth and was then killed in a fake encounter. Following a hue and cry on social media and by relatives of the Waziristan native, an inquiry committee was formed under the chair of Counter Terrorism Department

Rukhshan Mir

Rukhshan Mir is a journalist currently working as current affairs program host for an online media group. He is pursuing a journalism degree from School of Media and Communication Studies, UCP.