*LAHORE – Abid Boxer, whose real name is Abid Hussain Qureshi, is wanted inover a dozen cases of murder, attempted murder and land-grabbing.*
In February, the media reported that Abid was arrested in the UAE after ared warrant was issued for him and he was brought back to Pakistan with thehelp of Interpol. However, the authorities claimed that he has yet to beextradited to Pakistan.
On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Syed Zafar Abbas Gilani informed theLahore High Court that Abid is in Pakistan. The court was hearing anapplication filed by Abid’s father-in-law seeking protection for hisson-in-law.
The authorities have been ordered to present Abid before the court on July27.
Abid joined the police in 1988 on the sports quota. He was a professionalboxer which earned him the moniker of ‘Boxer’.
After joining the police, he soon became infamous for deadly policeencounters. It is alleged that he was very close to former Punjab chiefminister Shehbaz Shairf and has committed many crimes at his behest.
In 2008, he fled the country after several cases of murder, attemptedmurder, land-grabbing and others were registered against him.
In a video message that surfaced recently, Abid said Shehbaz wanted to buyland from his uncle, however, the price was not what he wanted and this ledto bad blood between them.
He said he fled the country after he came to know that he would be killedin a fake encounter. Abid said that false cases were registered against himafter he left the country.
“They arrested my uncle on an FIR registered against me and tortured him todeath,” he said. Abid said he would soon reveal how innocent people arekilled in fake encounters and how their properties are usurped.