Primary suspect in murder of PTI's Zohra Shahid arrested: Rangers

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Primary suspect in murder of PTI's Zohra Shahid arrested: Rangers

Mohammad Raza Published March 18, 2015

KARACHI: Rangers officials on Wednesday claimed to have arrested the primary suspect involved in the murder of slain Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Zohra Shahid Hussain.

Acting on a tip-off, Rangers personnel conducted a targeted operation in the surrounding areas of Teen Talwar in Clifton and arrested suspect, Kaleem, who was wanted in several cases of murder, said a spokesperson from the paramilitary force.

The Rangers spokesman said that weapons were also seized from the suspect's possession.

The suspect, who has been shifted to an undisclosed location, is being interrogated further.

Last year in September, police had arrested a man suspected of involvement in the murder of Zohra Shahid.

Take a look: Police arrest suspect in PTI leader Zohra Shahid murder probe

The PTI leader was gunned down in Defence Phase-IV on May 19, 2013 on the eve of re-polls in Karachi’s NA-250 constituency.

Read: PTI senior leader Zahra Shahid killed on eve of Karachi re-polls

Before choosing her political career, she was associated with Karachi University’s international department as its faculty member. She taught there until the 1980s. Zahra Shahid was the former president of the party’s Sindh Women’s wing and was also one of the founding members of PTI.

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PTI Chairman Imran Khan had accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain for Zohra's killing as Altaf had openly threatened PTI activists and leaders through public broadcasts. Imran had also held the British government responsible for the ‘murder’ of Zohra Shahid saying he had warned them about British citizen (Hussain) after his open threats to PTI workers’ lives.

Rangers personnel have stepped up operations in Karachi. Last week, paramilitary force personnel raided MQM headquarters in Karachi's Azizabad neighbourhood during which a number of arrests were made. Furthermore, arms and ammunition were also recovered during the crackdown.

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Adil

Mar 18, 2015 04:44pm

Her daughter was claiming that no FIR was registered then why this case and arrests??

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Ali

Mar 18, 2015 04:44pm

Good Job

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Ossy

Mar 18, 2015 04:49pm

This will be a new page in Pakistan's history: a politically motivated murder is investigated and people responsible caught, punished and declared to the public. I wish Pakistan's future is full of such pages and books, where justice is swift and never denied.

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Reader

Mar 18, 2015 04:52pm

Well done rangers

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fida sayani USA

Mar 18, 2015 04:59pm

Murder was committed in May of last year and the culprit living in Karachi remained free, shows the quality of the Police in the city of Karachi. This is an eye opener for the people of Karachi. The high up in the police should all be demoted and replaced by fresh blood.

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Viking Star

Mar 18, 2015 05:00pm

Great work. Sindh Police is of no use and a burden for Provincial exchequer. Time to totally clean up police, give them deadlines, if you don't perform, you will be kicked out!

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Paki

Mar 18, 2015 05:00pm

Would have been better if he was killed in action instead of arresting him. Now he will come out on bail because of his connections and continues to do harm. Anyway, great job by Rangers.

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S M Danish

Mar 18, 2015 05:02pm

Rangers may got a magic stick thay just turn the stick and got culprits

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M.Saeed

Mar 18, 2015 05:03pm

Rangers, you are the saviors of bedeviled Karachi ! Hats-off to you. Keep it going with full speed.

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Naeem

Mar 18, 2015 05:05pm

Zabardast!!!

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Naxalite

Mar 18, 2015 05:13pm

Now we know how a 'rotten fish spoils the whole pool'.

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Habib

Mar 18, 2015 05:13pm

Well done rangers and the intelligence agencies, after all these operations it evident that these institutions has developed a good collaboration with each other and the results are very obvious. We are proud of you, keep up the good work and give peace to the people of Karachi and bring city of lights back to life.

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Atif

Mar 18, 2015 05:14pm

About time, violence and ghunda-gardi is purged off our politics.

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Kamal Pasha.

Mar 18, 2015 05:14pm

Why it took so long to arrest the culprit? Is he affiliated with any political party?

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KHAN

Mar 18, 2015 05:16pm

Need more Arrests !!!

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Farhan

Mar 18, 2015 05:29pm

@Kamal Pasha. as id you dont know this!!!

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Mar 18, 2015 05:34pm

Guy just wait, pretty soon Liaquat ali khan's murderers will also be arrested from Karachi.

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Harmony

Mar 18, 2015 05:36pm

Bravo Rangers! Army and Rangers are our only hope for law and order.

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Taimoor Khan

Mar 18, 2015 05:39pm

Does this person Kaleem belong to any political party? Can we have the name of the political party if that is the case?

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Ali

Mar 18, 2015 05:42pm

@fida sayani USA - I would say throw all the high ups out. They have filled their pockets with filthy money anyway.

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Awais Ali

Mar 18, 2015 05:42pm

IK was right about this murder.

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outspoken

Mar 18, 2015 05:43pm

@Viking Star Rangers should replace the police in Karachi, -not Sindh. It is the Karachi police that is inefficient. Inside Sindh there is no crime.

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Kamran

Mar 18, 2015 05:47pm

Good job Rangers!

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Mar 18, 2015 05:49pm

Well done Rangers. Please get rid of all criminals roaming around in Karachi since last quarter of a century at the behest of vested interest groups. Kindly bring back the peace, beauty and charm of the great city of Karachi. Keep it up and hang on tough.

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john

Mar 18, 2015 06:03pm

Dear Mohammad Raza don't mix the murder with the arrest of alleged criminal to MQM's 90. you are mixing the two separate stories as a way to influence the readers. Rangers have not yet linked the arrest to MQM.

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Anwar Motan

Mar 18, 2015 06:07pm

Thank Allah that we have at least one Department, our Armed Forces who are honest and Nationalist - shame on Karachi and Sindh Police who is useless.

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Naseer

Mar 18, 2015 06:14pm

I hope its not another political prisoner case. Murder investigation is Police job. Rangers were deployed to maintain law and order situation not criminal investigation.

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ladies and gentlemen

Mar 18, 2015 06:14pm

Is he associated with MQM or any other political party ? Dawn didn't say.

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Siddique Khan

Mar 18, 2015 06:14pm

Kaleem was arrested 25th Feb 2015 from his shop at teen talwar and his petition number is 1078/2015 DTD She got caught up in middle of a internal politics between two groups of PTI in karachi

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JAVED RAHMAN

Mar 18, 2015 06:26pm

@fida sayani USA so true

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Junaid

Mar 18, 2015 06:32pm

Pakistan Rangers and Police is capable of cleaning of any area in Karachi and rest of Pakistan if there is no political interference and judiciary does their job.

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Irfan

Mar 18, 2015 06:40pm

@fida sayani USA Ms Sayani the conditions is Pakistan is different from the USA. Policemen get gunned down if they arrest any political party members. Its easy to say so living in the US.

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Rehman Alavi

Mar 18, 2015 06:43pm

I'm very hopeful now that Rangers will apprehend Liaquat Ali Khan's assassinators too

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Abdulla Hussain

Mar 18, 2015 06:50pm

Why it took so long time to arrest this suspected murderer when it is claimed that he was staying in the vicinity of crime area. This is good that the criminals are being arrested but more transparency is needed. When will Uzair Baloch be brought back to Pakistan

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Safdar

Mar 18, 2015 06:51pm

A big change in offing on Karachi's political landscape...

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simba

Mar 18, 2015 06:54pm

I'm shocked, this guy was our neighborhood tailor in DHA!

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Ahmed Saeed

Mar 18, 2015 06:59pm

Still more to come.

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Ahmed Saeed

Mar 18, 2015 07:00pm

@Adil Don't you want justice.

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Mustafa

Mar 18, 2015 07:10pm

@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad; " last quarter of a century at the behest of vested interest groups." Why spare the previous two quarters?? Most of today's criminals have inherited their mafias from their criminal parents.

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Saima Khan

Mar 18, 2015 07:10pm

@Siddique Khan I could not agree more. It is true she resigned from PTI 6 months ago before her death. She had serious differences with Imran Khan and Imran Ismail.

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NASR

Mar 18, 2015 07:31pm

@Ossy My friend a suspect in the same case has been arrested before too but no page in the history has been added yet.

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Ghaznavi

Mar 18, 2015 07:40pm

@Siddique Khan Clarification from MQM information cell is not plausible! She was murdered after direct threat by none other but the MQM chief. You cannot distort this any further. Karachites are fed up with MQM policies of terror. They want to be MQM free. Unlike 1992 when MQM enjoyed popularity this time there will be no tears shed. Rangers go ahead and book them all!

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CHANGEZI

Mar 18, 2015 07:49pm

@M.Saeed : Savior of Karachi or destroyer of Pakistan. Whose responsibility is to stop illegal arms/weapons entry into the country?

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usman

Mar 18, 2015 07:51pm

thank u ranger...ban this terrororist jamaat

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Babay

Mar 18, 2015 07:57pm

@simba go and help him if you are that sincere to him.

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Khan

Mar 18, 2015 07:57pm

@OZ Liaquat Ali Khan murder was an Afghan... and he was immediately shot dead by police in Rawalpindi.

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Asder

Mar 18, 2015 07:59pm

@Adil Just because her daughter was scared that the killers might do the same to other members of her family does not mean that the state does nothing. This is why this stupid law that allows criminals to be forgiven is wrong. It is misused and encourages witness intimidation and in some cases killing of the heirs.

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mohammad akhtar

Mar 18, 2015 08:01pm

Thanks Rangers for doing superb job, Thanks General Raheel Sharif and I guess thanks to Nawaz Sharif too (even though I disagree with his most policies).

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Honey Badger

Mar 18, 2015 08:02pm

Please dismantle Police from pakistan

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Ali (CA)

Mar 18, 2015 08:05pm

@Adil - FIR is not needed for an arrest. It will be properly prepared after interrogation to your liking.

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PakPower

Mar 18, 2015 08:35pm

Rangers are doing whats Police's responsibility. Speaks volumes about the state Sindh Police is in.

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Zahid

Mar 18, 2015 09:35pm

When IB works with other agencies like Rangers or even Police, the results are timely and accurate. Police can do much better but only after it is depoliticized. Well done Team Pakistan.

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saleem

Mar 18, 2015 09:39pm

@Adil FIR or not, a crime is a crime.

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Syed Ali

Mar 18, 2015 10:17pm

Please do not use the term Sindh police, it is a federal entity; all the top brass are selected via Superior Services Exam and they are on loan to provinces. Law and order can be maintained only if there is no interference from political parties. Rangers is in karachi on permanent basis over a period of over ten years; all of a sudden why such a flurry if events.

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farhad

Mar 18, 2015 10:57pm

another strange incident !!... ranger registered an FIR vs Atlaf, clean up operation under way and suddenly out of nowhere Zahra's murder and yet suspect is caught ?

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Such

Mar 18, 2015 11:11pm

No one is above law!

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Merchant

Mar 18, 2015 11:23pm

The most important thing is to find out who asked this man to carry out the target killing. Who is this man's boss? He may be ordinary party worker or a mercenary.

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M.Saeed

Mar 18, 2015 11:44pm

@OZ : The murderer was killed right there on spot .

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Mar 18, 2015 11:46pm

So Imran was right.

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Arshad

Mar 19, 2015 12:09am

@S M Danish Yes this stick is too long comprising of speaking culprits arrested during the last raid around 90 residence.

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Laeeq, NY

Mar 19, 2015 12:25am

Good Gob Rangers! Clean it up once and for ever.

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Laeeq, NY

Mar 19, 2015 12:28am

Next a quich trial in military court and straight to the gallows with out wasting time and money to nurture them for decades.

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Khan-Haqiqi

Mar 19, 2015 12:51am

The person has been picked by Rangers on 25 Feb, his mother filed a petition in Sindh High Court on 26 Feb and the hearing is scheduled for 19 March. Rangers is showing up the arrest now which seriously raise question on the credibility of Rangers

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Defender

Mar 19, 2015 01:55am

Murderers of Hakim Saeed, Raees Amrohi, Azeeem Tariq, and editor of Takbeer magazine should also be unearthed and public informed.

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muhammad ahmed khan

Mar 19, 2015 01:58am

Justice is speedy now days, isn't?

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Shahid Ali

Mar 19, 2015 01:58am

@outspoken I am afraid, crimes takes place in Sindh, however, either not reported to Police or not focussed by Media

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Saeed Malik

Mar 19, 2015 02:35am

Supper job General Raheel,Chowdry Nisar,Rangers and Pakitan armed forces. Please clean this mess for good.

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Shamoon Irshad

Mar 19, 2015 03:02am

@Adil do we need an FIR to solve a muder case ?

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W. Shaikh

Mar 19, 2015 05:01am

Keep up the good work, Rangers.

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nabila khan

Mar 19, 2015 04:07pm

Karachi police chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo said this is not a robbery case and target killing case.... as is robbery case is not so important. THe rangers arrested the killer and not the Karachi police. Why CID and Karachi police failed up till now to catch the criminals and when they will start arresting the ( their own brothers and partners ) robbers and dacoits ? Why BHATTAKHOR are not arrested up till now ?

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