Karachi: The recent killings in Karachi, where the activist Sabeen Mahmud and a bus on Safoora Goth was attacked, has left many unanswered questions. Several arrests have been made that have unveiled some horrifying truths about the criminals involved. The criminals arrested connected to these vicious activities are highly educated people. Those confessing to the crimes have been shockingly found to be educated in Karachi’s high profile universities such as, IBA, Sir Syed and KU.
The criminals have confessed to the grenade attacks on schools, bomb attacks on police vans, a naval officer and a ranger brigadier, a gun attack on an American educationist and targeted killing of a police official. These horrific details were unveiled by Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah at a press conference at the CM House. The Speaker of the Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani, Finance Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sikandar Mandhro and the provincial police chief were also present at the conference.
The Chief Minister stated that the investigation was in progress and that it would be premature to identify any political or banned organization linked to these individuals. He announced a cash reward of PKR 50 million for the DIG of the recently set-up anti-terrorist department Arif Hanif Khan and another official Raja Omar Khattab, to applaud them for their outstanding performance in solving such a high profile case. The Chief Minister asked to set up a JIT based on the Sindh police and other personnel. He asked to file a report within a week.[junkie-alert style=”white”] The investigations have revealed the involvement of highly educated individuals from the high profile universities of Karachi such as IBA, KU and SSUET [/junkie-alert]
The involvement of te Indian intelligence agency RAW in Safoora Goth Bus killings was not certain. This could only be ascertained after the JIT had completed their investigation, stated the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister read out the names of the militants with their profiles and the crimes that they had committed to:
- Tahir Hussain Minhas alias Sain Nazir alias Zahid, alias Naveed alias Khalil, alias Shaukat and alias Mota-matriculate, who is the mastermind of the Safoora Goth carnage, has been involved in terror activities since 1998. He is a trained terrorist who has expertise in making bombs and using arms such as RPG-7 and Kalashnikov. He had personally met Osama Bin Ladin and Aiman-uz-Zawahiri of Al Qaeda on several occasions.
- Saad Aziz alias Tin Tin alias John, who is the mastermind of the attack on civil society representative Sabeen Mahmud. He has done BBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. He has been taking part in terrorist activities since 2009, Aziz is a trained militant with expertise in producing different types of literature. He provided funds for terror activities in the city.
- Mohammad Azfar Ishrat alias Maajid is an engineer having passed out from the Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology. He has been involved in terrorist activities since 2011; Ishrat is a trained terrorist who has expertise in making bombs and electronic circuits used as timers in such bombs.
- Haafiz Nasir alias Yasir, who completed MA in Islamic Studies from Karachi University, has been involved in terrorist activities since 2013. He is a trained terrorist and has expertise in brainwashing and motivating people for ‘Jihadi’ activities.
Crimes Confessed To By The Criminal Masterminds:
The carnage of Safoora Goth, murder of Sabeen Mahmud in Defence, firing on American educationist Debra Lobo in the Ferozabad area, bomb attack on a naval officer and suicidal attack on Brig Basit of the Rangers, grenade attack on schools and throwing pamphlets in Nazimabad and North Nazimabad, bomb blast and targeted killings on the Bohri community in the area of Arambagh, North Nazimabad, Bahadurbad Karachi and Hyderabad, bomb attacks on police vans on M.A. Jinnah Road, Arambagh, Gulberg, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, NIPA Chowrangi, North Nazimabad and North Krachi and in the targeted killing of police officials in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, North Nazimabad, North Karachi, Shah Faisal Colony and Landhi.