Summary Anwar is accused of killing Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday has rejected plea of suspended senior officer of Sindh Police Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan seeking removal of name from Exit Control List (ECL).
During the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar suggested to seize passport of Rao Anwar and asked his family to come to Pakistan to meet him. The suspect wants to transfer looted money to the foreign bank account, he added.
The top judge said that if Anwar is on bail let him be on it.
Anwar is accused of killing Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter.
Rao Anwar was known as the "encounter specialist" of the Sindh Police. From 1992 to 1999, Rao Anwar played a main role in the operations against the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) in Karachi.
When the Pakistan Peoples’ Party came into power in 2008, Rao Anwar returned to Karachi. He was promoted from inspector to deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and then to superintendent of police (SP) within a short space of time in 2008.
He was considered close to the former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. Rao Anwar became senior superintendent of police (SSP) Malir in 2011.
In 2012, he was demoted to the sub-inspector rank by a Supreme Court order, but the President Asif Ali Zardari reinstated Rao Anwar as SSP Malir using his executive powers.
