Zahra Shahid murder: ATC sends two suspects on week-long physical remand

E-Paper | May 05, 2026

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Friday sent two suspects in the murder case of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Zahra Shahid, one of the party's founding leaders, on a seven-day-long physical remand.

The suspects were presented in court today under strict security and with their faces veiled.

One of the suspects Rashid alias Master was arrested nearly a week ago, whereas, the second suspect Zahid Abbas was arrested on Thursday from Karachi’s Clifton area.

A total of four suspects have so far been arrested in the case of the PTI leader who was fatally shot outside her residence in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority Phase-IV in May last year. Three were arrested a week ago whereas a fourth was arrested on Thursday.

Announcing the first three arrests a little over a week ago, AIG Karachi Ghulam Qadir Thebo had said that the suspects were members of a political party, adding that the main suspect hailed from Hyderabad but was now a DHA resident. At the time, Thebo had refused to disclose the names of the arrested men or the party they were associated with.

The fate of the remaining two suspects was not clear.

Our readers are at the heart of everything we do.
Do you have a thought to share or a way we can improve? We’d love to hear it. Reach out to us at feedback@dawn.com.

Pakistan

BSEK chairman resigns following allegations of mismanagement of matric exams in Karachi

Hot weather to persist in Karachi but temperature to stay below 40°C

10 found dead as Karachi endures ‘hottest day in eight years’

One Nation

Oct 03, 2014 03:22pm

Well done! I hope she gets justice.

Recommend 0

Z khan

Oct 03, 2014 03:33pm

Why can't we see their faces?

Recommend 0

Frank

Oct 03, 2014 03:46pm

we all know they are part of MQM, but oh we are so scared to say anything about them because we want to live.

Recommend 0

pakistani

Oct 03, 2014 04:45pm

Justice should.be served if er want to stop these criminal murderous thugs and their attitude in future.

Recommend 0

Sajid Ansari

Oct 03, 2014 04:49pm

@Frank, One sign of ignorance is over confidence. Let us wait and see where this investigation leads. Our goal should be to seek justice and take measures to avoid recurrence of these heinous crimes.

Recommend 0

See

Oct 03, 2014 05:03pm

Shake the terror tree of Mutahidda and the fruits of all terrorist actions and killing will start to fall.

Recommend 0

Murtaza

Oct 03, 2014 05:04pm

Ideal timing to resolve the case! The Govt will create a rift between MQM and PTI - this is called politics.

Recommend 0

khurram

Oct 03, 2014 05:52pm

I am sure they will be released soon by our courts, as innocent

Recommend 0

Ghani K

Oct 03, 2014 06:16pm

Here where it mostly ends . You won't hear about them any further. How could these 3rd rate punks do such heinous crime without getting order from their bosses ? Go after their bosses, bring them to the anti terrorism court & make them pay for their actions then publish the proceeding of the court in every newspaper.

Recommend 0

joe

Oct 03, 2014 07:21pm

why police hide their faces, if they are Guilty we citizens like to know who they are , if they not guilty then they will be free citizens.

Recommend 0

imran ali

Oct 03, 2014 07:29pm

It is very difficult to digest the case...she was not active,why MQM will killed a lady who is not active in politic on the eve of election to give advantage to PTI

Recommend 0

raj

Oct 03, 2014 07:29pm

@Frank Don't be nerd and blame MQM as if you were there at the scene, no intellectual person would believe you unless you had hard evidence to prove the crime. Please grow up and not spread hate!

Recommend 0

Ghani K

Oct 03, 2014 08:19pm

@Murtaza Who cares about the rift. A lady was murdered by target killers if they were from MQM then be it so. No one in serious mind wants to listen to MQM, it is an exclusionary linguistic party. There already is no love lost between PTI & MQM,

Recommend 0

Sam Watkins

Oct 03, 2014 08:24pm

As soon as Altaf drops the demand for a separate province, Sindh government will drop the cases against these killers. PPP Knows how to handle MQM.

Recommend 0

imPakistan

Oct 03, 2014 08:47pm

@Frank My name is Altaf Hussain but people, out of terror, Call me ALTAF BHAI.

Recommend 0

PTI Workers United

Oct 03, 2014 09:47pm

Yes! But which political party ordered the Hit? Maybe now that PTI is bhai bhai with that political party only the little guys will get punished.

Recommend 0

Frank

Oct 04, 2014 12:15am

The clear sign of ignorance is to see evil and not even say a word against it. We all live in fear and our spirits are dead for we donot even have the courage to point out the wrongdoers.

Recommend 0

W.Shaikh

Oct 04, 2014 04:10am

I am not sure why government is not identifying the part? Another alarming thing that Imran Khan is quite on this issue. He wants to bring Tsunami change the country to Nya Pakistan but not saying a word on a worker of part who was killed by terrorist. Why?

Recommend 0

Explorer

Oct 04, 2014 06:29am

@Frank Plus Altaf and Imran are bhai bhai now :D

Recommend 0

Ali

Oct 04, 2014 08:04pm

False cases are being registered against MQM due to Demand of separate province and nothing this is also part of same series. Blackmailing by Govt. Why MQM is always targeted because it is against Landlord and feudal and industrialists and mostly Mahajirs supported? Shame

Recommend 0

Branded Content

KP sets climate agenda, calls for global cooperation and green economy shift

The task ahead is not to define the problem, it is to accelerate solutions.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expands climate action with one Million Tree Drive and forest reforms

The province is turning policy into action through a series of large scale programmes aimed at rebuilding ecosystems and improving resilience against rising climate pressures.