Zafar Baloch's father accuses MQM's Nabil Gabol of son's murder

Police register case against Nabil Gabol and four unknown armed men on bikes.

File photo of MQM leader Nabil Gabol. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

KARACHI:
The father of slain political activist and Peoples Amn Committee leader Zafar Baloch has demanded that the murder case of his slain son should be registered against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Nabil Gabol, Express News reported.

In his statement to the police, Baloch's father Mohammad Ali said that the MQM leader had been sending threats for a some time now.

He claimed it was on orders from Gabol that four armed men gunned his son down earlier this week.

Senior Superintendent Police stated that the case had been registered against Nabil Gabol and four unknown armed men on motorcycles, as per Mohammad Ali's wish.


Background

Four armed men on two motorcycles gunned down Baloch and another worker, Muhammad Ali, who were also on motorcycles. Two other friends of Baloch’s, driving another motorcycle behind them, were injured in the firing.

The incident took place at Bizenjo Chowk, Lyari, which is a Peoples Amn Committee stronghold. The PAC had been banned on terrorism charges in October 2011 by the Sindh government.

Baloch had helped in forming the party in 2008 with its founder, notorious gangster Rehman Dakait. The latter was killed in an alleged encounter a year later.
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