Careem captain found murdered in Islamabad's Sector G-13

Shakeel Qarar Published February 23, 2018

A 'captain' of the popular ride-hailing service Careem was found murdered on Thursday in Islamabad's Sector G-13.

Unidentified men attacked Junaid Mustafa, the 26-year-old driver, in the early hours of Thursday and fled taking his car and mobile phones with them, according to police reports.

A First Information Report (FIR) of the case was registered by the victim's brother at the Golra police station in Islamabad.

Mustafa had reportedly ended a ride before he was attacked on Street 79 of G-13. He was shot with a 30-bore pistol.

The FIR stated that one of the victim's stolen phones had been tracked to a location on the motorway.

In a post on Twitter, Careem Pakistan confirmed that the driver had been unaccompanied at the time of the incident.

Soon after news of the incident surfaced, dozens of captains were reported by The Express Tribune to be participating in a strike against the company.

The protesters were reported by The Express Tribune to be asking for greater powers to decide which ride requests they should entertain keeping in mind captains' security.

At the time this story was filed, the Careem app was showing rides available in various locations in the city, suggesting that the service was running largely interrupted.

The service seems to be up and running in Islamabad.

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Shakeel Qarar is an Islamabad-based reporter for Dawn News (TV), having been with the organization since 2012. His reporting covers crime, law and order, and security, with a specific focus on the Ministry of Interior and its subordinate agencies. He can be found on X at @Qarar009.

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Aman

Feb 23, 2018 04:44pm

inna lillahe wa inna elihe rajoon. where is the government? where are law enforcement agencies? why so much security on useless politicians always engage eating public money and filling foreign banks, however, no security or help for common citizens ?

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Saad Khan

Feb 23, 2018 05:18pm

@Aman Law Enforcement is 100% active and on protocol duty of Sharif Family.

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Ptolemy

Feb 23, 2018 05:21pm

@Aman where is the govt. where are our morals?

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asuf

Feb 23, 2018 07:27pm

Islamabad? Justice needed to be served, whoever did that need examplery punishment.

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Majid

Feb 24, 2018 06:10am

Very very sad indeed,

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Ali

Feb 24, 2018 07:22am

It’s not just about security it is about security lapses, how come those criminals can scape like that. Should be tracked, traced and punished to justice for Junaid and his family. Otherwise there is no point spending public money in the name security and all this security check posts and cameras.

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Faryal Raja

Feb 24, 2018 10:10am

Careem should introduce security system for capten and rider

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Smaraa

Feb 25, 2018 12:30am

Such a pathetic company , many incidents happen on daily basis but careem doesn't bother to take any initiative Careem is totally profit oriented company Their only motive is profit regardless of security of human being. One of the same worst experienced happened with my friend ,when she complained Careem doesn't bother to take any action. They are not customer oriented and captains friendly shame on their Management and staff operating in Islamabad.

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Arshad khan

Feb 26, 2018 03:11pm

Careem has to revise its policies. Indeed a shame for Careem's management.

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