According to CCPO Karachi, one of the accused in the murder of Wali Khan Babar has fled to a foreign country. -AFP File Photo

KARACHI: The police has claimed that five individuals involved in the murder of journalist Wali Khan Babar have been arrested from the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of the city.

According to CCPO Karachi, Saud Mirza one accomplise of the accused has fled to a foreign country.

Wali Khan a journalist  who worked with a private television channel was gunned down in January 2011 in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi.

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