KARACHI: Wanted SSP Rao Anwar remains at large as police has been unable to apprehend him, with Supreme Court’s deadline due to expire on Tuesday.
On January 27, the apex court had directed the Sindh Police to arrest Rao Anwar in three days, after his failure to appear during the suo motu hearing of the Naqeebullah extrajudicial killing case.
The Sindh government issued a notification suspending Anwar and Malir SSP Investigation Malik Altaf. Both officers have also been ordered to report to the Central Police Office (CPO).
In order to expedite the process, Sindh IGP AD Khowaja earlier wrote a letter to intelligence agencies, seeking their help in arresting Anwar.
The letter to intelligence agencies read that Rao Anwar reached Islamabad through a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight on the morning of January 20 and that he attempted to flee to Dubai from Islamabad airport on January 23, but was barred by FIA immigration officials.
The Sindh Home Department also wrote letters to the administrations of all four provinces, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in light of the pending arrest of Anwar and his team.
Police expedited action against Anwar after the Supreme Court took suo motu notice on the killing of Naqeebullah. The young man was killed in a police encounter in Karachi where Anwar was said to be present.
