Sindh IG, home minister take notice of footage of man firing on Karachi's Shahra-e-Faisal

E-Paper | March 18, 2026

Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal on Saturday took notice of a video showing a young man firing on Karachi's Shahra-e-Faisal and using foul language against an unknown person.

The video circulating on social media since Friday night shows a man, who identifies himself as Adnan Pasha, waving a gun and firing shots in the air on an empty road that he claims is the main Shahra-e-Faisal in Karachi.

Amid expletives, Pasha challenges — it is unclear who — "to stop him if they can". Home minister Siyal, taking notice of media reports about the video, ordered the senior superintendent of police East to hold an enquiry into the matter and submit a detailed report "immediately".

Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khowaja also ordered the deputy inspector general East to conduct an investigation and submit a detailed report of the incident.

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Ali

Feb 24, 2018 01:03pm

This has to be the most useless police force in Pakistan to this day the can't even roa anwar..pathetic

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Asian Tiger

Feb 24, 2018 01:09pm

He wanted to be famous and that tactic worked...

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Khanm

Feb 24, 2018 01:23pm

Gun culture..Whenever we hear the word culture, we reach for our revolver

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Saif Zulfiqar

Feb 24, 2018 01:29pm

Both PPP government in Sind and PML(N) in Punjab have completely failed to maintain peace in the provinces. The main culpirits are the Police departments who are part of these crimes.

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ahmad

Feb 24, 2018 01:53pm

very important news

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Dilawar

Feb 24, 2018 02:20pm

Karachi has become a lawless city as the rulers from interior sindh have no interest in the city.

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Feb 24, 2018 02:33pm

Firing in the air in a densely populated city should be seen as attempted murder.

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Skyhawky

Feb 24, 2018 03:09pm

Nothing will happen.

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Irfan farooqui

Feb 24, 2018 03:16pm

Why parents give so much freedom to their kids?

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Asif

Feb 24, 2018 03:28pm

If this is the state of affairs, what do you think will happen to a country? Will this man caught, NO, because he is an influential man, and influential people never get caught.

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joe

Feb 24, 2018 05:09pm

people are Illiterate and Idiots

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Feb 24, 2018 06:10pm

This person should have been swift away quietly by law enforcement agencies and teach him a lesson with full force of the law and not make him a celebrity. No one should have advertised this video beyond its original. Let's not follow the path of west. This is the time to come out of fantasy shadow of them

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Pak PATRIOT

Feb 24, 2018 06:20pm

What's with writing and submitting a report ? Local police should arrest him for disturbing the peace.

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WARRIs

Feb 24, 2018 06:48pm

This would not have happened if there were guns laws in place and implemented by the politicians and police.

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Habib Canada

Feb 24, 2018 08:32pm

Why go through filling reports,immediately arrest him with charges of attempt to murder and terrorism.

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Riaz Uddin

Feb 24, 2018 08:57pm

Passing on order from superiors down the line i.e. chain.of command or through proper channel had made the entire administration.of maintaing law order stale and obselete. The policy to nip in the bud required to be pursued on the spot by any one irrespective of heirarchy. It may cause delay and waste of evidence of committing crime. Decentralization of powers is the call of time to make enviroment peaceful for a common man of society.

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Exlim

Feb 24, 2018 09:27pm

What a useless response to a useless man's video. Meanwhile police chief has 'Taken notice' and asked for a report. Is that a news worthy procedural step, while the culprit has probably made arrangements to flee.

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Jameeluddin

Feb 24, 2018 09:32pm

Karachi is increasingly being populated by people from northern and interior parts of provinces. There must be a control to stop influx in the city.

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Just Observing

Feb 24, 2018 10:00pm

What is there to investigate? Why don't they arrest him and charge him with appropriate offence

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Cricket-One

Feb 25, 2018 11:29am

@joe Speak for yourself mate.

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Pakistani1

Feb 25, 2018 11:56am

What does taking notice mean? I have read about several high officials taking notice of various events. However very little is reported any subsequent action taken by the authorities?

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Feb 25, 2018 03:03pm

Too little, too late.

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Akram

Feb 26, 2018 03:01am

Nip him in the bud!

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