When MQM came back into power, Anwar went underg­round, says former presid­entFormer President Asif Ali Zardari has categorically defended absconding SSP Rao Anwar while talking to a private news channel and declared him a “brave kid” who survived out of the 54 station house officers (SHO) participating in the operation against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Karachi between 1994 and 1995. Never seen a case where suicide bomber’s body is in one piece: CTD official on Rao Anwar attackThey were illegally detained and tortured until January 6 when the eyewitnesses were released while Naqeebullah remained in custody. The eyewitnesses told the inquiry panel that they came to know of Naqeebullah’s death in an ‘encounter’ from media reports on January 17, as did his family. The latter challenged the claims made by SSP Rao Anwar that Naqeebullah was a ‘terrorist’. Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune February 17, 2018 08:08 UTC