Each pillar represented a victim of the infamous former SSP Rao Anwar – who is believed to have been directly or indirectly involved in the killings of 444 persons in suspect police encounters. Rao Anwar: Super cop, encounter specialist or political pawn? On being asked repeatedly to identify himself, the man introduced himself as the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s Parks Director-General Afaq Mirza. At this, Nasir told Mirza to go and dig details of the corruption committed by his predecessor, much to the crowd’s appreciation. To another question about whether he had ordered the installation to be closed down, given that he was the authority on Karachi’s parks, he said that the area was ‘sensitive’ and the art installation was in bad taste.

Source: The Express Tribune October 27, 2019 16:41 UTC