A heavy contingent of police on Friday entered the residence of disgruntled leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and Sindh’s former home minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza in Phase V of Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority and arrested his several supporters.
At least four police mobile vans and several armoured personnel carriers took part in the raid. Security personnel, acting on information about the presence of wanted persons who had not been granted bail, conducted the raid during which eight to 10 supporters of the former provincial home minister, including two of his guards, were arrested.
The raiding party left the premises after arresting the suspects though several police vans remained in the vicinity. Sources say additional contingents of police had been sought for the raid.
Earlier on Tuesday, the disowned PPP leader thwarted the provincial government’s efforts to arrest him as the Sindh High Court on his plea not only restrained law enforcement officials from arresting him, but also served show-cause notices on the provincial and city police chiefs for attempting to take Mirza into custody despite his being on protective bail in all 13 cases registered against him and his associates.
The former home minister and a number of his associates are facing multiple cases in Karachi and Badin.
