‘Hit man’ held in raid on MNA’s restaurant

E-Paper | July 27, 2026

KARACHI: The Rangers on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspect during a raid carried out on Thursday night on a Clifton restaurant owned by a Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmaker.

The paramilitary troops raided the restaurant of MQM MNA Syed Ali Raza Abidi and took into custody his cousin and some other persons. MQM chief Altaf Hussain condemned the raid and said that the Rangers action was aimed at stopping MNA Abidi from raising his voice against the injustices to his community.

A Rangers statement issued on Friday evening said that the raid was conducted on the restaurant on secret information.

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“This restaurant was under observation for the last some days due to information about alleged activities of targeted killers there. In this successful action, a notorious targeted killer identified as Yameen alias AD was arrested,” it added.

The statement said that the suspect was allegedly involved in the killing of 10 people as well as robberies and “riots during strikes in the metropolis”.

However, the Rangers statement did not mention the suspect’s political affiliation or the owner of the restaurant.

Meanwhile, the MQM chief appealed to the Sindh High Court chief justice to take notice of the illegal actions of the Rangers.

He also asked the speaker of the national assembly to take notice of the “illegal” raid.

Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2015

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Mohammad Akhtar

Jul 25, 2015 07:20am

We love you rangers because we are breathing easily since you came. Thank you for outstanding job.

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hashim_it@hotmail.com

Jul 25, 2015 07:21am

Political parties should let the law enforcement agencies perform their duties. If these people are innocent, they do not have anything to fear. Why are political parties, MQM in particular, against such operations. Rangers have acted on information that they had. Let the system work for a change without political influence.

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m m amin

Jul 25, 2015 07:55am

Rangers are not infected with virus of " politics " which is the undoing of Sind Police . As a retd police chief may I request the new Chief to avail this opportunity to resto

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Khan- USA

Jul 25, 2015 08:31am

@m m amin I wonder what magic you have done when you remained additional IG for years.

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saad

Jul 25, 2015 08:51am

Biryani of the Seas. I wonder how many other restaurants belong to the elite class of Mafia!

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farooq Siddiqui

Jul 25, 2015 08:58am

So far so good. It is again right that no provocative announcement or preliminary judgement is made by the rangers against any political party or member parliament, with the job done as per the mandate. Now the next step is to bring the accused to the courts and get them convicted. This will culminate the process. Action also needs to be taken again the gun-totting private armies of our feudal lords who are the lord, judge and executioners in their regions and openly flout the writ of our nation.

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Sayyar Khan

Jul 25, 2015 09:16am

Good Job Rangers.

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Jul 25, 2015 10:21am

We Pakistanis salute the Rangers for their awesome work where the police officers are incapable and lacks honesty to the people of our great country

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mak

Jul 25, 2015 10:41am

Great job dear Rangers keep it up get them all including others worse in other parties, let it not be said that your op: is against MQM alone, which does look like it, specially since Zardari howled at you

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syed

Jul 25, 2015 10:42am

what mqm has done in the disguise of power come to haunt them , now why they are shedding tears for ????

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ibrahim marghoob

Jul 25, 2015 10:47am

@khan usa. I am sure the burning effect can be felt in usa and uk as well. Why doesnt the so called public leadership of mqm comes back frm uk and handles the affairs frm within pakistan. As a matter of fact crime rate has gone down..targetted killings have decreased...karachi is much better now...

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Javid

Jul 25, 2015 10:49am

Well going Rangers, keep up the good job. Regardless of the political affiliation, rangers should clear the skum of target killers, robbers from the city. May peace prevail.

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Khalid

Jul 25, 2015 11:13am

Destroy enemies of our society.. Well done Rangers. Keep up the pressure on bandits!

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M Jamal

Jul 25, 2015 11:16am

All criminals must be arrested and tried in court but not to single out only MQM.

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Maqsood

Jul 25, 2015 11:18am

Well Done! Great Rangers.

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SiD

Jul 25, 2015 11:19am

@saad Ali had this rest long before he became MNA!

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Abdulla Hussain

Jul 25, 2015 11:20am

The Rangers are doing excellent job in curtailing militancy in Karachi, I think peoples belonging to other parties & groups are also responsible for criminal activities in & around Karachi why then only MQM arrest & raids are reported, this is creating a confusion & more of impression that the raids are mostly directed towards MQM while others are less botheration to them. There are people having a private army with all type of deadly weapon roaming free. No news about Uzair Baloch appearing anywhere. Rangers have to clean the city with justice for all & not only a group.

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Erik

Jul 25, 2015 11:23am

@Khan- USA No one in karachi is burning in hell. In fact, we are seeing peace return to our city after years of targeted killings. Can you explain who were behind target killings of mohajirs and balochs in karachi few months ago?

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Haider Rehman

Jul 25, 2015 11:36am

Keep it up Rangers!

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Saqib Ghumman

Jul 25, 2015 11:46am

Well done Rangers. Great Job. You are the saviour

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salih

Jul 25, 2015 12:05pm

Hat Off to all those who are gathering these info for Rangars ....imagine the fate of them and many more like them had they been caugt by these criminal before reporting....

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Semab

Jul 25, 2015 12:06pm

Whoever is sheltering these criminals should also be brought to justice.

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ali

Jul 25, 2015 12:16pm

Good work Rangers, we love you.

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Mohsin Malik (USA)

Jul 25, 2015 12:26pm

Some black sheep who were part of the rabta committee certainly went overboard. Took unjust advantage for personal gains. Classic case of "Conflict of Interest". Tarnishing the image of the party. People are getting disenchanted. Are these tantrums of the few or the reality is a long drawn out episode...

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Imran

Jul 25, 2015 12:50pm

Good work Rangers

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Shayan

Jul 25, 2015 12:58pm

Jeyay rangers, we love them because we have gotten rid of terrorism...

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Arslan Rafique

Jul 25, 2015 01:29pm

I still wait for the day when they raid lyari and get those gang warriors and check out the torture cells out there. But wait! How would they go there? After all they are attacked with rocket launchers when the enter lyari, so its better to stick to MQM

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adnan

Jul 25, 2015 01:33pm

Rangers...u r doing absolutely great job.

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Asif Saleem

Jul 25, 2015 02:50pm

Jeayay Rangers Jeayay Karachi

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Zubaida khan

Jul 25, 2015 02:59pm

The raid is not illegal. LEOs have the right to enter any place where they have information that a wanted person may be hiding. A restaurant is a public place, any one can walk in.

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Abdul Latif

Jul 25, 2015 03:33pm

Rangers on a mission to keep mafia out of the range of common people.

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Q Hussain

Jul 25, 2015 03:54pm

Our "bahadur" rangers reached the far flung crime hot spot of Clifton. Next step Liyari, Al-Asif square, afghan basti, orangi town. Hang on a sec, they are not allowed to enter.

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adnan

Jul 25, 2015 03:56pm

altaf rising

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Ali

Jul 25, 2015 03:58pm

Awesome job. Keep it up pl.

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Semab

Jul 25, 2015 05:01pm

Everyone in MQM is saying they were cooks hmmm something is cooking right

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Cygnus

Jul 25, 2015 05:26pm

How many stolen NATO containers recovered there?

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kmat

Jul 25, 2015 05:31pm

Great job Rangers, Clean up the area from these criminals. it does not matter who they are, whether MNA or what have you, These people are engaged in criminal activities and they must be caught

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anaff

Jul 25, 2015 05:32pm

We salute you Rangers, Excellent, Excellent job. Job well done

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Arslan

Jul 26, 2015 02:59am

Lyari etc will be cleaned up too. It is better to restrict movements of criminals and then netting them gradually. Army can go in hot and likes of lyari will fall then too. Lyari etc are not like FATA and North Waziristan that major operation is required. One step at a time. Rangers and Army are not scared of these areas.

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nathan

Jul 26, 2015 06:01am

Thats why i dont like prawns. Poeple get arrested after eating prawns.

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gerry dcunha - london

Jul 26, 2015 02:17pm

martial law should be imposed in Karachi for one year and then see the result of Karachi - complete peace and harmony

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