Police raids Zulfiqar Mirza's Karachi residence

Police takes Mirza's driver and guard into custody; weapons seized from former home minister's house


Faraz Khan May 22, 2015
PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

KARACHI: Police raided on Friday former provincial home minister Zulfiqar Mirza’s house and took two men into custody.

Police surrounded Mirza’s residence in Karachi's Defence neighbourhood and took his driver, Nail Ahmed, and guard, Sikandar, into custody. Further, police seized his guard's weapon as it was reportedly illegal. The police, however, did not enter the former home minister's house.

The move came on the directives of newly sworn-in Sindh home minister Sohail Anwar Sial.

Read: PPP's Sohail Anwar Sial takes oath as Sindh home minister

Four police vans reached Mirza's house this afternoon and left after taking the driver and guard into custody.

Earlier, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) extended Mirza's bail until May 30 in three cases of rioting, looting, attempted murder and attacking police officials that were registered against them earlier this month at a police station in Badin.

Read: Plea approved: Zulfiqar Mirza’s bail extended until 30th

The cases were registered against PPP's estranged leader after he and his supporters allegedly attacked a police station, as well as shops of some PPP supporters in Badin.

Police then arrested three persons nominated in the FIR but did not raid Mirza’s farmhouse, located 10 kilometres away from Badin city.

COMMENTS (8)

Dr Ahmad Ch. | 8 years ago | Reply MIRZA SAHIB seems to be left with short quota of luck while he needs it most.
M Saleem Chaudhry | 8 years ago | Reply @Blithe: The writ of Zardari and his stooges is not the writ of state
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