KARACHI: The Additional IG Sindh police said on Wednesday that the suspect arrested for involvement in the murder of Karachi University’s dean of Islamic Studies has claimed he belongs to a well-known political party.
“He has said he belongs to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) but we have no confirmation on this as yet because no party has claimed him as yet,” Additional IG Ghulam Qadir Thebo said, while addressing the media in Karachi.
On September 18, Professor Dr Muhammad Shakil Auj, the outspoken dean of the Islamic Studies Faculty at the University of Karachi was shot dead when he was on the way to attend a ceremony that was being organised in his honour at the Khana-e-Farhang Iran (Iranian Cultural Centre).
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Thebo added the convict confessed of killing three people belonging to a political party in 1993 as well as Rangers personnel.
Further, he said incidents of target killing have reduced after police operations in Karachi.
“We are making meaningful efforts to eliminate target killing,” the additional IG asserted.
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A man confessed on live TV that he gave 100,000 guns to Liyari killers to loot and kill Urdu Speaking people yet this person named Dr. Zulfikar Mirza roams around with police and gangsters posse in style. When would the AIG arrest him and get his confession presented in front of the court???
@Justsomeone,
The army was inside polling station at that particular election. I am from Karachi, i live in Federal B area, nobody pays me anything to support mqm. Some people did in last elections supported pti, but all came back after looking at his policies and politics, as Asad omer said... karachi always gave to pti... but pti never gave anything back they were only concerned with punjab ...@just_someone
You are wrong again, the army was inside as well as outside. The purpose was to stop the rigging and it was fair vote. Regarding I living in bubble of defense, I live all my life in Block D North Nazimabad and most of my reletives still live there and are solid supporters of MQM.
I DONT KNOW WHAT BUBBLE ARE YOU LIVING.
PEACE
@IlovePakistan: sir since u r such an einstein why don't you see some videos of 12th may on youtube or see link of canadian court calling them as terrorist or even UN report about this party
So this Strike is called to cover this news :)
It is totally baseless statements by a SINDHI POLICE OFFICER MQM MUST CLARIFY THEIR POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY
A valid point raised by a commentator is how the media already calls the arrested man a convict when he has not even had his day in the court? Apart from that I would like to ask the police man when do you plan on actively stopping snatchers and robbers who seem to be working in collusion with your brother police officers? This blatant ignorance of your duties will be audited by whom? When will you start working on stopping the harassment by your brother policemen on the streets of innocent passerbys? This is not what I pay you to do.
@Kammiqazi: Army was OUTSIDE the polling centers, not inside... If you love MQM, please go live in N Karachi, Nazimabad, Lalokhait and other areas that are 'pro-MQM'. youll see what I said is true... You can live in your defense bubble and believe what you want, it doesnt change the ground realities.
@fus: I dont think that was for me...if it was, I have no clue what you are talking about... please re-read my comment!
@Sam Since you are so educated, who do you support? The wadera thugs of PPP, or the incompetent and corrupt PMLN, or one of the killer moulvi parties or that immature and low IQ IK?
Having said that, I am sure you are enjoying not having petrol, etc. Or is that MQM's fault as well?
BTW, MQM did not pay me to write this.
Absolute rubbish. PPP yet again mis-guiding and leading the public, for its political gain.
Being his son, it is sigh of relief, but what about the culprits ?
@sam alas that you see things only from one dimension and unable to see the problem beneath it here. You fail to critically analyze the situation and labelled everyone here (who question the motives behind AIG media tactic) as supporter of MQM.
meaning if i question any govt official who is bound to serve me, because he got paid from my money...equates to supporting MQM....
and mqm is a terrorist... malala was a conspiracy US did not landed on moon mars has people like us aliens live among us open taliban office taliban are our brother this is not our war behtullah mehsud was shaheed etcetra etcetra.
god help you man!
unfortunately this is the level of education in our country as there are well educated people around here support mqm despite knowing their terrorist activity
@just_someone - Really, which part of Karachi? There is more Karachi outside DHA and CCB. People of Karachi is actually fed up of all including PTI.
@just_someone
Ask the people of NA-255 why they supported MQM? Its the only seat out of 300+ NA seats where elections are conducted by Army.
I live in defense and I support MQM.
@raider read my lines again.
I am asking simple logic of A-IG. this is in no means a professional way of doing police work. either you have info, or not. You must finish investigation and take the matter to court.
what is reason behind media trial? if the culprit is with MQM, let it be, take him to court, and establish all facts there.
This clearly shows how much sindh police has been politicized.
If it was the other way, a different party in Govt of Sindh, we would have witnessed something else.
My comment has no meaning of supporting any party. I am challenging and questioning A-IG motives behind this drama.
By targeting people, the voice cannot be silenced.
The nature will take revenge sooner or later by target killers and one day they will be walking towards gallows.
its obvious mqm pays people to comment here... because as a karachiite, i know mqm has lost all backing in karachi... no one is naive enough to still believe that they are not a terrorist, militant gang rather than a political party i saw with my own eyes how they destroyed my neighborhood in north nazimabad which ironically was one of the areas that supported them the most! mqm say they are fighting for karachiite rights when they have caused the most harm to karachiites themselves.
@Karachiwala: how much you are going to divert the subject, spade is spade, no doubt in it, they are killer of day and night no one dare to nominate them
@Wizarat: It is analogous to kill upper part of plant but not its roots, which give rise every time a new one
"Thebo added the convict confessed of killing three people belonging to a political party in 1993 as well as Rangers personnel."
That line say it all. They just arrested him and he is already a convict.
karachi police imported from interior sindh? why?
So what?
It was a sectarian killing, Party membership is secondary; Please remember that a Professor was gunned down; punish the culprit instead of looking to divert attention and dilute the issue with political narrative.
Any target killer must be punished regardless of their political, ethnic, or religious affiliations.
wonderful A-IG saheb. Do you as a police chief has any means to confirm this or not? If not, would it be OK to name anyone in media.
Assume for a minute, he had claimed that "i was acting on a direct orders from Zulfiqar Mirza". would you have done same then to name Zulfiqar mirza or PPP even in the media? before verifying?
it all comes down to the "son of soil" theory!
If you live in Karachi and still believe a statement coming from the Karachi police chief - You need to get your head checked
Surprisingly, the police and rangers both have become active in claiming MQM involvement in crime only after MQM started opposing the Sindh government in the Sindh Assembly.
The MQM's thugs and the PPP's corruption has destroyed Karachi.
What a great city this was.
We need honest police and judiciary to help us get out of this nightmare.
How surprising!. I am sure the AIG should have known that if an accused booked under ATC Law then its confession counted as a statement.....and not brushed aside easily by defense council by stating that the "Statement" is produced under detention / custody so that my "client" is innocent.
regards,
Not a startling revelation.
how long peoples in media will insist to acknowledge mqm as poltical party,