Iqra University student set on fire in Karachi's Akhtar Colony

E-Paper | June 05, 2026

KARACHI: Unknown miscreants dumped an Iqra University student in Karachi's Akhtar Colony on Thursday night after setting him on fire.

According to police, unknown persons in a car threw the body of the abducted student of Iqra University in Akhtar Colony, set fire to him and fled.

The victim, identified as Haris Javed, was immediately shifted to Civil Hospital where his condition is now reported as out of danger.

Police said he was kidnapped four days ago, but details surrounding his abduction are not yet known.

A threatening letter was also recovered from the victim's pocket, warning of similar actions if the 'military operation' did not end.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against unknown persons at the Baloch Colony police station in accordance with the student's statement. Police have rejected the possibility of terrorism and have termed the incident the result of a personal dispute.

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Ali Ibrahim

Feb 20, 2015 02:53pm

So they set fire to him, yet the note in the pocket survived. Interesting!

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Indian

Feb 20, 2015 03:07pm

Was he a minority???? Police should check this and love angle.

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Harmony

Feb 20, 2015 03:10pm

A "personal dispute" or not, it was such a ghastly crime. It should be tried in military court.

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Asad

Feb 20, 2015 03:11pm

How would you link a personal dispute to an on-going military operation?

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Hasan Zaheer

Feb 20, 2015 03:20pm

How can a letter stay intact in the pocket if the boy was on fire?

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Jainy

Feb 20, 2015 03:23pm

Okay then link this abduction to CPLC Chief Mr. Chinnoy caused he is one of the major masterminds in Karachi.

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ashok kumar lal

Feb 20, 2015 03:27pm

smacks of IS action

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Asad Sultan

Feb 20, 2015 03:28pm

lets blame it on MQM please

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Salim

Feb 20, 2015 03:30pm

its quite probable that this is a personal dispute. This method is not really the extremist style. Kidnapped 4 days ago without any ransom etc. Its easier to get out of a crime by blaming it on militancy. Kind of like what two jokers tried to do to their school earlier.

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Pakistani

Feb 20, 2015 03:35pm

Sad very sad.. Allah shifa day Ameen

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Scott

Feb 20, 2015 03:52pm

Wake up call for all pakistanis to start applying for citizenship in other countries

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Cyrus Ho

Feb 20, 2015 03:52pm

@Ali Ibrahim They burned him. They didn't incinerate him. Interesting only to sadists and gawkers.

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prada

Feb 20, 2015 04:01pm

Won't be surprised of any political force is involved

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Ahmad

Feb 20, 2015 04:09pm

Whoever set fire to this student cannot be a human being.

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imran ali

Feb 20, 2015 04:15pm

For Security establishment there are 2 scape goat MQM and TTP,blame every thing happening in Karachi on these two because they lack modern technology to solve the crimes

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irfan farooqui

Feb 20, 2015 04:17pm

student is from iqra university....

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zak

Feb 20, 2015 04:21pm

@Indian The pakistani public unlike Indian one, do not target Minorities. Yes, extremists and criminal gangs after their belongings may do. This does look like a extortion that did not deliver dividends, hence the inhumane treatment. But they will get caught, now that the victim survived. Hope he recovers and sees them hang after ATC verdict.

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Ashraf Mirza (USA)

Feb 20, 2015 04:27pm

Islam is a peaceful religion, when ever I read Pakistani news paper, all I see is heart breaking NEWS..As we all know Islam teaches us PEACE, LOVE and HUMANITY.....If we all follow proper ISLAM than I am sure Allah will bless us... We must setup an example for others. My heart goes out to victiom and their fami;y........very sad incident. Ashraf Mirza (USA) ashwmirza@yahoo.com

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Nazir Ahmed

Feb 20, 2015 05:10pm

Unknown persons. Though in various cases their video footage shown were shown on the TVs.

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adil jadoon

Feb 20, 2015 05:13pm

Personal dispute??? So they know who it is!!!

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Whatisinname

Feb 20, 2015 05:15pm

How can the body of a man be thrown from a car and burnt but his life is out of danger?

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adil jadoon

Feb 20, 2015 05:17pm

@Scott lol. There is crime and murder everywhere. More people are killed in Chicago in a year then in Karachi. What we need is efficient police and judiciary.

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M. Iqbal

Feb 20, 2015 05:22pm

@Ali Ibrahim His whole body is not burned thats why he survived. Also, this is the reason letter was not get burned.

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Arsalan

Feb 20, 2015 05:49pm

ok now we, the public need to clarify police officials that we don't live in fool's paradise to fail to distinguish between personal vendetta and military operation .

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Feeqa

Feb 20, 2015 07:43pm

Well the story going around is very interesting. Apparently the guy went to a sheesha cafe with a girl, with whom he was having an affair and then this incident happened. Now look at the guy, his version and the truth unearthed. Decide for yourself what kind of a nation we are despite having religion displayed on our sleeves.

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itrat khaliq

Feb 20, 2015 09:17pm

@Ahmad Well My friend, you underestimate humans. Humans are capable of much more harmful act that can even make the predator's down to their knees. Hitler, hulagu, changez, etc .They were all human .

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Shehz

Feb 20, 2015 09:20pm

@Ashraf Mirza (USA) A religion is only as good as it's followers. One keeps repeating safai nisf iman hai and every morning I see them throw garbage on the streets. No one cares what the religion says, people see and care about the actions only.

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Husain Jan

Feb 21, 2015 12:15am

@Harmony But how can police so easily and so early and pre-maturely term it as a result of personal enmity ? at a time when even any investigation is yet to start ? How can an act of terrorism be ruled out without any probe ???

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Bacteria

Feb 21, 2015 01:41am

Whenever such type of crimes happen in Karachi, why does my mind turn to a political party to find its involvement in it?

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