Mustafa Amir murder
\n KARACHI
\nA police officer who sustained bullet wounds during a \u2018poorly planned\u2019 raid on the house of the main suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case succumbed to his injuries on Monday. Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that Deputy Superintendent Police Ahsan Zulfiqar was injured during a raid jointly carried out by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell and the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) to arrest the main accused, Armaghan Qureshi, at his home located on Khayaban-i-Momin in DHA on Feb 8, 2025.
\nHe recalled that DSP Zulfiqar was shot and injured in firing allegedly carried out by the accused, Armaghan. \u201cThe injured DSP Ahsan Zulfiqar had been fighting for his life for several months,\u201d said the DIG.
\nPolice sources told Dawn that the operation was poorly planned by senior police officers. Local police were not informed beforehand and arrived to assist when the firing started.
\nThe wounded officer had been receiving treatment at a private hospital. His condition deteriorated as an infection spread through his wounds, and he was hospitalised.
\nFuneral prayers for the slain officer will be announced later, the DIG said.Mustafa Amir, 23, was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by his friends \u2014 Armaghan and Sheraz alias Shavez Bukhari \u2014 in Karachi\u2019s DHA on Jan 6, 2025. According to the police, the accused stuffed Amir\u2019s body in the trunk of his car and torched it in the Hub area of Balochistan.
\nBoth accused denied the charges before the court, which also summoned witnesses and adjourned the hearing until March 12.
\nA final charge sheet against Armaghan in the murder case was filed in August 2025.
\nLast month, an Anti-Terrorism Court framed charges against main suspect Armaghan and co-accused Sheraz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mustafa Amir murder KARACHI A police officer who sustained bullet wounds during a \u2018poorly planned\u2019 raid on the house of the main suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case succumbed to his injuries on Monday. Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that Deputy Superintendent Police Ahsan Zulfiqar was injured during a raid jointly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"yoast_head":"\n