[DAWN] The lawyer for the main suspect in the Zohra Shahid murder case said that the accused man is being subjected to brutal torture by the police.Muhammad Jiwani -- the lawyer of Abdul Kaleem who Rangers say was tossed in the calaboose
Please don't kill me!
a day earlier -- said that law enforcement agencies are subjecting his client to intense torture due to which he was unable to stand.
The defense counsel added that Kaleem is passing blood in his urine and that his feet are swollen as a result of this torture.
Jiwani said that the earlier challans presented did not state Kaleem's name in column number two, nor was Kaleem's role in the crime indicated.
A Civil Hospital medical superintendent has been instructed to do a medical checkup of him before presenting a report on his condition.
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
today remanded the prime accused in the Zohra Shahid murder case, Abdul Kaleem, to the police for seven days.
The Pakistain Rangers, Sindh, claimed on Wednesday to have arrested the key suspect in the May 2013 murder case of Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) leader Zohra Shahid.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM) acknowledged the man as its worker and alleged that he had been picked up last month from Clifton. The MQM said a case regarding his 'disappearance' was fixed to be heard by the Sindh High Court.
According to a Rangers front man, personnel of the paramilitary force conducted an intelligence-based surgical action near Teen Talwar intersection in Clifton and arrested a 'notorious hit man', Kaleem.
"The arrested hit man is involved in numerous murders, including the assassination of PTI leader Zohra Shahid," a brief statement issued by the front man said.
The suspect was being handed over to police, it concluded.
The Rangers blurb did not mention the affiliation of the suspect with any organization.
However,
those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things...
a statement issued by the MQM said Abdul Kaleem had been picked up by Rangers from his tailoring shop in Gulf Shopping Mall on Feb 25 and taken to an undisclosed place.
"You need pants?"
"No. I need Mohammad Chaudry bumped off!"
"He'll be dead Thursday."