• MNA questions police performance in Mustafa Amir’s murder investigation
• Ask and what measures has been taken against the messaging services that are said to participate in the drug supply
Karachi: Armaghan Qureshi, the main suspect in the case of Mustafa Amir murder, had directed Phishing scams through its illegal call center and made RS17 billion for a period of three years, officials told members of a National Assembly committee on Wednesday.
The second meeting of the Subcommittee of the Interior Committee of the NA of the NA was held at the Central Police Office (CPO) under the presidency of MNA Abdul Qadir Patel.
The members of the MNAS Syed Rafiullah Committee, Nabeel Gabol and Khawaja Izharul Hassan, Police General Inspector Ghulam Nabi Memon, City Chief of the City, senior officials of the Ministry of Interior and representatives of the Antiartic Force (ANF), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Department of Specialists and others attended the meeting.
They were given a detailed informative session on the case of Mustafa Amir murder, the alleged links of the suspect with the drug gangs, the role of the police and other agencies of application of the law.
The media were not allowed to cover the committee procedures.
Official sources said Sunrise That a representative of the FIA informed the Committee on the financial crimes committed by the suspect.
He informed the participants of the meeting that the suspect had been executing an illegal call center during the last three years and had won RS17 billion during this period.
He said the money was deposited in 40 bank accounts, which opened in the name of their employees.
Regarding his modus operandi, the official said that the suspect and his employees contacted foreign citizens by telephone, presenting themselves as officials of the US agencies. They obtained misleading information from their credit cards to steal their money.
Regarding the recovery of a large number of laptops from the suspect’s house, the meeting was informed that laptops did not contain “specific data” used by their employees; However, “all relevant data” of the laptop used by Armaghan had been obtained.
The members of the Committee asked the FIA to present a list of all call centers in Karachi at the next meeting.
Concerns about the unsatisfactory performance of law agents
The members of the committee expressed concern about the less than satisfactory of the Police on several issues, including delays in the case, the raid in the house of the suspect, the case of a girl who underwent torture for the suspect and the lack of registration of her “confessional statement.”
The legislators also raised concerns about the alleged participation of messaging services in the offer of narcotics and wondered what measures they had taken against them.
In response, an ANF official informed them that a report would be presented at the next meeting.
The legislators also asked what measures they had taken against an uncle of the suspect who is a police officer in service. They expressed surprise for how a lonely person had hired the police for three hours during the raid.
Regarding the girl’s torture, the police replied that she was tortured by the suspect, received treatment in a private hospital in DHA, but did not visit the Jinnah postgraduate medical center for a medical check -up or informed the police, since she did not want to follow the case.
Regarding the presence of many weapons in the suspect’s custody, the police believed they were bought online.
As for the “confessional statement”, the police said that the defendant had not “diverted” himself from his confession, but would present himself as “evidence” in the Court. In addition, the police argued that the defendant had admitted his “act.”
A source aware of the meeting said that when a police officer said that a repression against the narcotics had been launched, which resulted in the sale of grass that stopped, Lyari Mna Nabeel Gabol intervened by asking the officer to accompany him and see that the narcotics were still easily available in Lyari.
Legislators asked the Special Tax Department to improve their capacity and increase recruitment to control the narcotics business. They also asked him to present a list of suspicious high -end vehicles.
A third and conclusive meeting of Na’s body would be held after EID.
Meanwhile, an PGI spokesman said in a statement that the members of the committee appreciated the joint work, collecting concrete evidence and the progress of the investigation by the police and other agencies of application of the law.
The legislators directed the work in the case of murder of Mustafa Amir and present their report to the NA while they say that their findings would be shared with the media.
Posted in Dawn, March 27, 2025
