KARACHI: A senior jail official on Monday filed an application seeking the appearance of suspected cocaine dealer Anmol Pinky before the court via video link due to security concerns.

Pinky was scheduled to appear in person before a court on Monday in two cases, including those relating to the possession of drugs and an illegal weapon.

However, the senior superintendent of the Central Prison for Women approached Judicial Magistrate (South) Sitara Kainat and filed an application seeking permission for the suspect to appear via video link due to security concerns.

In the application, the jail superintendent informed the court that the suspect, who is an undertrial prisoner at the women’s prison, was required to be produced before the concerned court in the two cases on Monday.

The application further stated that, owing to the suspect’s high-profile status, her physical movement from the prison to the City Courts premises posed a “significant security risk” to the general public, law enforcement personnel and the suspect herself.

Therefore, the superintendent submitted that the suspect could not be physically produced before the court on Monday and requested the court to conduct the next hearing via video link.

The official also informed the court that the necessary video-link arrangements were available and would be ensured by the prison administration upon the court’s direction.

Last month, Pinky was arrested in connection with two cases registered at Garden police station pertaining to the possession of drugs and an unlicensed weapon. She had already been booked in multiple criminal cases prior to her arrest, taking the number of cases active against her to over a dozen.

Published in Dawn, June 2nd, 2026