Karachi judge receives death threat, bullet found in chamber

Police launch investigation into the threat

District and Sessions Judge and Chairman of the Appellate Tribunal Council of Local Government, Suhail Jabbar Malik has received a death threat in a disturbing incident at his office, officials confirmed on Saturday.

A sealed envelope containing a handwritten note and a 9mm bullet was recovered from the judge’s chamber during routine cleaning. The note reportedly carried a crude message addressed to the judge.

The judge’s private secretary, Javed Iqbal, lodged a complaint at the Aram police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act, leading to the registration of an FIR. According to the complaint, labourers present in the chamber discovered the envelope while moving office items.

“The envelope contained a note addressed to the judge along with a 9mm bullet,” the private secretary said, adding that neither the labourers nor the office peon had any knowledge of how the envelope was delivered.

The judge, a former member of the Anti-Terrorism Court, has previously presided over terror financing cases and issued death sentences to members of banned organisations in Sindh. Security sources said that earlier, a knife had also been recovered from the judge’s court.

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Police have launched an investigation into the threat. Officials stressed that the incident had caused serious concern within the judiciary, highlighting the ongoing risks faced by judges handling sensitive cases.