ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic move, the suspended absconding former Malir SSP Rao Anwar, who is wanted in the Naqeebullah Mehsud killing case, on Wednesday appeared in the Supreme Court.
Dressed in black Shalwar Kameez, Anwar entered the courtroom and surrendered himself.
CJ Saqib Nisar rejected the Anwar’s protective bail plea.
The Chief Justice ordered the authorities to arrest the former SSP.
Anwar, suspended from his post of Malir SSP, has been absconding in the murder case of Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, who, among three others, was killed in a fake police encounter in Karachi on January 13 on Anwar’s orders.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar resumed hearing the suo motu case earlier today but the proceedings were adjourned for a brief period after which Anwar appeared in court in a white-coloured Toyota Corolla with a police escort.
He was wearing a surgical mask when he disembarked from the car.
The hearing is under way.
At the last hearing of the case on March 19, the chief justice, after a detailed briefing by authorities, had warned that anyone found facilitating Anwar’s evasion from law enforcement agencies would be dealt with strictly.
