Pakistan Rangers Sindh arrested a target killer associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) during a search operation in Karachi’s Azizabad area on Tuesday.
“Mohammad Kashif alias David, who belongs to the MQM, is a most wanted criminal in multiple targeted killing and terrorism incidents,” Rangers official Colonel Faisal told media representatives.
He said the operation was carried out on a tip-off close to MQM’s Nine Zero headquarters.
A cache of weapons and ammunition, including Kalashnikovs, light machine guns (LMGs) and Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG-7), and Rangers uniforms were recovered during the operation, in which several houses were searched.
The suspect was shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
For a little over a year, MQM has been under the spotlight when it comes to the Rangers-led operation. In March 2015, Rangers personnel detained a number of MQM workers, including senior members such as Amir Khan, in a pre-dawn raid on the party’s headquarters.
The raid, which prompted a protest by party activists, appeared to have symbolic significance in the Karachi operation that has been underway since October 2013.