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7 Accused in Naqeebullah Case Acquitted

The ruling brings all 25 accused in the case to acquittal after the court said prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence.

An anti-terrorism court (ATC)on Saturday acquitted seven accused in the Naqeebullah murder case. The court announced its verdict in the case and acquitted the accused, identified as Gada Hussain, Syed Sadaqat, Riaz Ahmed, Raja Shamim Mukhtar, Amanullah, Muhammad Shoaib alias Shooter and Muhammad Mohsin. The accused were already out on bail. According to the prosecution, 18 police officers and personnel, including former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, have…

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Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court on Saturday acquitted seven police officers in the 2018 police encounter killing of 27-year-old Naqeebullah Mehsud in Karachi on grounds of insufficient evidence. The court’s detailed written order has not yet been issued. Naqeebullah Mehsud was a shopkeeper and aspiring model from South Waziristan. He was killed along with three others by police in an alleged encounter, and it was claimed at the time that all fou…

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Geo News broke the news in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
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