An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Wednesday resumed hearing of the bail plea of former SSP Malir Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah murder case.
The former SSP Malir along with 11 of his subordinates has been facing trial before the anti-terrorism court for allegedly killing Naqeebullah Mehsud, a shopkeeper and an aspiring model from South Waziristan, and three others in an alleged staged encounter on January 13 in Malir.
Anwar along with the other accused appeared before the court for the hearing today.
During the hearing, Anwar’s counsel Advocate Amir Mansoob Qureshi argued, “My client was not present at the crime scene.”
The court asked the counsel, “The victims were shot from inside a room and from the back. How come they were not shot from the front during the encounter?”
However, the former SSP Malir’s counsel said, “Anwar was neither involved in catching Naqeebullah nor in the enouncter.”
On June 14, the court had adjourned the hearing on the former SSP Malir’s bail plea till today (July 4).
