ISLAMABAD – Absconding former SSP Malir Rao Anwar has written anotherletter to the Supreme Court, asking it to unfreeze his bank accounts andallow him to maintain interaction with media.
Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, the bench of the apexcourt was hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the death of NaqeebullahMehsud in a staged encounter in Karachi.
At the outset of the hearing, the chief justice said Rao Anwar had writtenanother letter in which he has sought unfreezing of his assets andpermission to talk to media.
He lamented that no progress so far has been made with regard to the arrestof the absconding police officer.
Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) submittedtheir respective reports to the bench, which said the Sindh police wereextended every possible cooperation to find Rao Anwar.
Sindh police chief Allah Dino Khowaja maintained his force was makingall-out efforts to arrest him. He said a charge-sheet against the arrestedmembers of the team that carried out encounter in which Naqeeb was killedwas submitted to the trial court concerned.
Justice Umar Ata Bandial said it was possible that someone would beproviding the sacked police officer shelter from the police.
The chief justice asked if CCTV footage of Rao Anwar when he was stoppedwhile trying to flee abroad at Islamabad airport was available.
To which, IG Sindh said the CCTV recordings were secured and provided to aprobe team.
To a query about whether the judges could view them, he replied in theaffirmative, requesting that they should watch it in their chamber.
The chief justice directed the director general of Airport Security Force(ASF) to appear before it on next hearing.