In the Defense area of Karachi, authorities are intensifying scrutiny on Armaghan, the primary suspect in the Mustafa Aamir murder case. The prosecution has requested a report from the District Public Prosecutor General concerning all cases registered against him.

The Public Prosecutor General of Sindh has sought details on the number of cases filed against Armaghan and their current status.

He faces charges related to drug trafficking, threatening a lawyer, and other offenses in the South District.

Recently, Karachi’s Anti-Terrorism Court granted police a four-day physical remand of Armaghan in connection with the shooting and injury of a journalist outside a private TV channel’s office.

On Friday, he appeared in court regarding both the journalist’s shooting and the Mustafa murder case.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed it over to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect, Armaghan was arrested during a raid of a bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house, and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz had told police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said initial DNA testing of the samples taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The suspect, Shiraz, told the court on March 3 that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Late, an ATC in Karachi extended the physical remand of the prime suspect by six days and sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

But reports said that Armaghan was receiving “special treatment” in police custody. A purported leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA, had surfaced.

A National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee also directed law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

Moreover, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon told Samaa TV that one of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, had taken drugs since the age of eight.

The prime suspect allegedly owned two additional companies and a call centre.

March 11; An anti-terrorism court in Karachi has extended the remand of Armaghan, the prime suspect in the Mustafa murder case, by seven days. The police requested the extension of the accused’s remand. Journalists encountered restrictions as police barred entry to the court, citing a lack of administrative permission.

During the hearing, the court inquired about Armaghan’s status, and the investigating officer confirmed his presence. The officer also provided an update on the investigation, reporting the recovery of the weapon used in the crime and the DVR. Defence attorney Abid Zaman challenged this claim, arguing that both items—a stick and the DVR—had already been publicly disclosed in the media.

March 12; In a significant update on the Mustafa Amir murder case, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing has completed an initial report after interrogating the prime suspect, Armaghan. The report reveals that Armaghan admitted to his involvement in fraudulent activities at a call center and in cryptocurrency dealings. The FIA has submitted its findings to the Cyber Crime Headquarters for further action.

The investigation into drug trafficking related to the Mustafa Amir murder case will undergo another review. The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior has scheduled a subcommittee meeting for March 17 in Islamabad, where Sindh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other senior officials are expected to provide updates. The IGP will inform the committee about the latest developments in the case.

March 13; In a significant turn of events, Armaghan has confessed to threatening the lawyer representing cases against him. The police submitted an interim charge sheet in court detailing his admission of guilt. The report states that advocate Saif Jatoi was representing the complainant in cases against Armaghan, which were registered at Gizri and Darakhshan police stations. In April 2024, Armaghan allegedly sent abusive messages to Jatoi and his family via WhatsApp, issuing threats that involved the military and warned of abduction. Consequently, the lawyer filed a complaint at the Boat Basin police station.

In a significant development, accused Armaghan has confessed to threatening the lawyer representing cases against him.

The police have submitted an interim charge sheet in court, detailing the admission of guilt.

According to the police report, advocate Saif Jatoi was representing the complainant in cases against Armaghan, registered at Gizri and Darakhshan police stations.

In April 2024, Armaghan allegedly sent abusive messages to the lawyer and his family on WhatsApp. He also issued threats involving the military and warned of abduction. As a result, the lawyer filed a complaint at the Boat Basin police station.

The charge sheet further states that due to Armaghan’s non-arrest, the case was initially put on hold.

However, on February 17, police sought permission from the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Clifton to interrogate him. During the jail investigation, Armaghan confessed to the crime.

Armaghan linked to 11 criminal cases

Investigations have revealed that Armaghan has been involved in at least 11 criminal cases. He was acquitted in two cases through settlements.

In 2019, a case was registered at Sahil police station for threatening a citizen, which was later dismissed after a compromise.

Similarly, he faced allegations of issuing death threats and firing outside a residence in a case registered at Darakhshan police station.

Another case at Gizri police station accused him of luring a citizen home over a vehicle sale dispute and assaulting him. The court has summoned Armaghan in this case on March 15.

He was also booked at Darakhshan police station for shooting at a water tanker and bursting its tires. He was acquitted in this case after a settlement.

At Boat Basin police station, he was declared an absconder for threatening a lawyer over the phone.

Other cases include the alleged kidnapping of Mustafa Amir at Darakhshan police station, an armed encounter and attempted murder case at the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC), and two illegal weapons cases at the same station.

Additionally, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) court summoned him on March 12 for two cases related to attempting to smuggle drugs via courier.

Police continue to investigate Mustafa Amir’s murder case and are reviewing Armaghan’s broader criminal history.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed it over to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect, Armaghan was arrested during a raid of a bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house, and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also [accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement][4]. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent [Shiraz to police custody][5] on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He [told Aaj News’ programme Dus][6] that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were [suspended from their duty][7] for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a [“habitual offender,” police records showed][8]. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent [visited the suspect’s house][9], he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, [defended his son’s gun battle with the police][10] and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and [blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”][11]

On February 17, a judicial magistrate [approved][12] a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi [sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand][13] and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were [childhood friends.][14] It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz had told police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, [Aaj News saw][15].

When Qureshi [appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus,][16] he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC [extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days.][17] The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were [collected and one of the blood samples][18] was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][19], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][20] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was [presented][21] before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also [uncovered][19] that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The suspect, Shiraz, [told the court on March 3][21] that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Late, an ATC in Karachi [extended the physical remand][20] of the prime suspect by six days and sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

But reports said that Armaghan was receiving [“special treatment” in police custody][22]. A purported leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA, had surfaced.

A National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee also [directed][23] law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

Moreover, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon told Samaa TV that one of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, [had taken drugs since the age of eight][24].

The prime suspect [allegedly owned][25] two additional companies and a call centre.

The investigation into drug trafficking linked to the Mustafa Amir murder case is set to be reviewed again.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior has summoned its subcommittee meeting on March 17 in Islamabad, calling upon Sindh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other senior officials for an update.

The IGP will brief the committee on the latest progress in the case.

Additionally, the Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Director General of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) will provide details on various operations related to the case.

Committee Convener Abdul Qadir Patel, along with other members, will assess the latest developments and evidence. Last week, the subcommittee also held a session in Karachi to examine the case.

First meeting in Karachi

The initial meeting regarding the Mustafa Amir murder case was held in Karachi last week. It was attended by Abdul Qadir Patel, Syed Rafiullah, Nabeel Gabol, and Khawaja Izhar.

Sindh IGP Ghulam Nabi Memon, DIG CIA Muqaddas Haider, and other officials briefed the committee on both the murder case and the drug smuggling investigations.

The committee directed authorities to present solid evidence and a comprehensive action plan in the next meeting.

The session took place at the Central Police Office in Karachi, where officials detailed the progress made so far.

The meeting was chaired by National Assembly member Abdul Qadir Patel and attended by committee members, including MNA Agha Rafiullah and Khawaja Izharul Hasan.

Senior officials from various agencies, including the IGP Sindh, Additional IGP Karachi, Director General ANF, FIA Director, Secretary Excise Sindh, and DIGs from different regions, participated in the briefing. The upcoming meeting in Islamabad is expected to outline the next steps in the investigation.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed it over to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect, Armaghan was arrested during a raid of a bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house, and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also [accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement][4]. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent [Shiraz to police custody][5] on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He [told Aaj News’ programme Dus][6] that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were [suspended from their duty][7] for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a [“habitual offender,” police records showed][8]. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent [visited the suspect’s house][9], he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, [defended his son’s gun battle with the police][10] and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and [blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”][11]

On February 17, a judicial magistrate [approved][12] a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi [sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand][13] and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were [childhood friends.][14] It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz had told police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, [Aaj News saw][15].

When Qureshi [appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus,][16] he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC [extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days.][17] The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were [collected and one of the blood samples][18] was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][19], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][20] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was [presented][21] before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also [uncovered][19] that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The suspect, Shiraz, [told the court on March 3][21] that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Late, an ATC in Karachi [extended the physical remand][20] of the prime suspect by six days and sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

But reports said that Armaghan was receiving [“special treatment” in police custody][22]. A purported leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA, had surfaced.

A National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee also [directed][23] law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

Moreover, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon told Samaa TV that one of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, [had taken drugs since the age of eight][24].

The prime suspect [allegedly owned][25] two additional companies and a call centre.

In a significant development in the Mustafa Amir murder case, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing has prepared an initial report following its interrogation of the prime suspect, Armaghan.

According to the report, Armaghan has admitted to involvement in fraudulent activities at a call centre and dealing in cryptocurrency. The FIA has submitted its findings to the Cyber Crime Headquarters.

Sources reveal that the FIA Cyber Crime Wing has raised concerns over the police investigation.

During questioning, Armaghan disclosed that at the time of his arrest, the police seized multiple mobile phones and laptops.

However, the FIA report states that these devices were not officially recorded as confiscated.

Armaghan claimed to have had 120 laptops, but police records account for only 64.

Additionally, an iPhone linked to a virtual currency account remains missing. The FIA emphasizes that this missing iPhone and laptop contain crucial digital evidence.

The report further reveals that Armaghan had closed all his personal bank accounts since 2019 and was instead using an account belonging to his employee, Abdul Rahim.

The FIA has alerted authorities about possible tampering with evidence by the police.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed it over to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect, Armaghan was arrested during a raid of a bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house, and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also [accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement][4]. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent [Shiraz to police custody][5] on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He [told Aaj News’ programme Dus][6] that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were [suspended from their duty][7] for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a [“habitual offender,” police records showed][8]. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent [visited the suspect’s house][9], he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, [defended his son’s gun battle with the police][10] and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and [blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”][11]

On February 17, a judicial magistrate [approved][12] a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi [sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand][13] and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were [childhood friends.][14] It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz had told police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, [Aaj News saw][15].

When Qureshi [appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus,][16] he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC [extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days.][17] The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were [collected and one of the blood samples][18] was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][19], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][20] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was [presented][21] before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also [uncovered][19] that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The suspect, Shiraz, [told the court on March 3][21] that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Late, an ATC in Karachi [extended the physical remand][20] of the prime suspect by six days and sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

But reports said that Armaghan was receiving [“special treatment” in police custody][22]. A purported leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA, had surfaced.

A National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee also [directed][23] law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

Moreover, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon told Samaa TV that one of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, [had taken drugs since the age of eight][24].

The prime suspect [allegedly owned][25] two additional companies and a call centre.

An anti-terrorism court in Karachi extended the remand of the Mustafa murder case’s prime suspect, Armaghan, by seven days on Tuesday.

Police had sought an extension of the accused’s remand.

Journalists faced restrictions as police barred entry to the court, citing a lack of administrative permission. Once the hearing began, the court inquired about Armaghan’s status, and the investigating officer confirmed his presence.

The officer also updated the court on the progress of the investigation, saying that the weapon used in the crime and the DVR had been recovered.

Defence attorney Abid Zaman challenged the claim, stating that both the weapon (a stick) and the DVR had already been publicly disclosed in the media.

The presiding judge admitted he was unaware of such developments and emphasized the importance of proper evidence handling, asking if the recovered items had been sealed, to which the officer confirmed they had.

When questioned about any police torture, Armaghan replied, “I cannot shake my head,” and expressed his desire to avoid further police custody.

The prosecutor argued for additional remand time to recover data from the accused’s laptop and mobile phone, while the defence contended that the investigation was complete and further remand was unwarranted.

After hearing arguments from both sides, the court granted a seven-day extension of Armaghan’s remand and ordered the police to submit a progress report at the next hearing.

The court acknowledged requests from attorneys Abid Zaman and Sarah Asim Khan to present a provisional challan for the case and allowed the accused’s parents a five-minute meeting.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed it over to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect, Armaghan was arrested during a raid of a bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house, and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also [accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement][4]. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent [Shiraz to police custody][5] on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He [told Aaj News’ programme Dus][6] that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were [suspended from their duty][7] for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a [“habitual offender,” police records showed][8]. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent [visited the suspect’s house][9], he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, [defended his son’s gun battle with the police][10] and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and [blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”][11]

On February 17, a judicial magistrate [approved][12] a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi [sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand][13] and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were [childhood friends.][14] It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz had told police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, [Aaj News saw][15].

When Qureshi [appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus,][16] he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC [extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days.][17] The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were [collected and one of the blood samples][18] was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][19], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][20] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was [presented][21] before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also [uncovered][19] that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The suspect, Shiraz, [told the court on March 3][21] that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Late, an ATC in Karachi [extended the physical remand][20] of the prime suspect by six days and sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

But reports said that Armaghan was receiving [“special treatment” in police custody][22]. A purported leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA, had surfaced.

A National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee also [directed][23] law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

Moreover, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon told Samaa TV that one of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, [had taken drugs since the age of eight][24].

The prime suspect [allegedly owned][25] two additional companies and a call centre.

Special Prosecutor Zulfiqar Arain has sought the inclusion of Karachi teen Mustafa Amir’s mother and father into the murder case investigation.

He requested in a letter to the Crime Investigation Agency’s deputy inspector general, the senior superintendent of police, and the investigating officer.

Arain has urged the authorities to conduct a comprehensive investigation concerning the prime suspect, Armaghan, and the victim, Mustafa.

The letter raises questions about the prime suspect’s “potential connections” to terrorism, money laundering, and links to anti-state elements.

It further stressed the need for investigating whether Armaghan and his associates played any role in supporting terrorists or their financing. It called for examining the possibilities of money laundering and connections with international drug dealers.

According to the special prosecutor, all close friends of both the suspect and the victim should be interrogated, including both men and women. He also sought a thorough examination of the suspect’s properties, businesses, bank accounts, and travel history, along with a review of the victim’s business, properties, and travel details.

The letter added that forensic analysis should be conducted on the weapons and other recovered items. It mandated a forensic examination of both the mobile phone used to make the ransom call and the number that received the call. Furthermore, it demanded that the weapons, ammunition, sniper gun, 64 laptops, walkie-talkie sets, digital safes, and two identification cards found at the suspect’s home be included as case evidence.

The special prosecutor wondered where the suspect acquired such a large quantity of weapons and from whom. It was suggested that the DHA security in charge and local intelligence agencies be consulted to explore this aspect.

The letter also inquires why local police remained “silent” throughout the period and failed to monitor criminal activities. It called for forensic examinations of CCTV footage from the suspect’s home and surrounding areas, as well as the inclusion of content from social media, print, and electronic media as part of the case evidence.

Arain has added that evidence be gathered regarding the victim’s visits to the home of the prime suspect and the suspect’s vehicle traveling to Balochistan. “Photographs of the crime scene and other relevant locations should also be obtained.”

Furthermore, the prosecutor has emphasised the need to interrogate the suspect’s landlord to clarify the terms of the rental agreement and “to understand why commercial activities were ongoing in a residential area.”

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed it over to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect, Armaghan was arrested during a raid of a bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house, and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz had told police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said initial DNA testing of the samples taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The suspect, Shiraz, told the court on March 3 that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Late, an ATC in Karachi extended the physical remand of the prime suspect by six days and sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

But reports said that Armaghan was receiving “special treatment” in police custody. A purported leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA, had surfaced.

A National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee also directed law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

Moreover, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon told Samaa TV that one of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, had taken drugs since the age of eight.

The prime suspect allegedly owned two additional companies and a call centre.

In a significant development in the Mustafa Amir murder case, investigators have uncovered new details about the prime suspect, Armaghan.

The latest findings reveal that the accused owns two additional companies and a call center, expanding the scope of the ongoing probe.

According to sources within the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), authorities have now identified a total of four companies linked to Armaghan, with two registered in Pakistan and two in the United States.

Investigators are also working to recover CCTV footage by repairing the digital video recorder (DVR) at the crime scene.

Further examination of Armaghan’s residence uncovered extensive wiring for power cables and a fully operational call center with 50 workstations.

Authorities are also scrutinising his digital currency accounts as part of the probe.

Sources added that forensic screening of multiple laptops recovered from Armaghan’s residence is underway.

Investigators are compiling data on the suspect and his associates, with plans for a crackdown on those connected to the case in the coming days.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

One of the suspects in the Mustafa murder case, Sahir Hasan, took drugs since the age of eight, SSP Investigation Shoaib Memon said on Saturday.

“Sahir’s family also used drugs, and he cultivated weed at the age of 14,” he said while appearing on the Samaa TV show via video link. “Sahir received drugs through Basel and Yahya from Islamabad.”

Sahir was among four people arrested on February 22 during raids aimed at combating drug sales, purchases, and use.

On February 23, a judicial magistrate (south) sent Sahir to police custody on a one-day physical remand in the Mustafa murder case. In the hearing, the investigating officer said that over 500 grams of drugs were recovered from the suspect’s possession.

He allegedly confessed to supplying drugs for the past two years, a day after the police arrested him in the Mustafa murder case investigation. Sahir was allegedly found with foreign-branded drugs and had purportedly been involved in drug trafficking, they added, causing a ‘stir’ within the business community, bureaucracy, and the entertainment industry.

Last month, the court rejected a plea to extend his physical remand case and sent him to jail on judicial remand. The decision was made after the police produced him in court after the completion of his remand.

Two more suspects have been apprehended in another operation, Memon said and added that the suspects brought cocaine from Lahore.

Memon alleged that both suspects supply cocaine at dance parties in DHA Clifton and 80 grams of cocaine were recovered from them, which they were selling in packets of one gram each.

The suspects purchased cocaine from Lahore, bringing 100 grams for Rs1 million and sold it in Karachi for Rs2 million, the SSP added.

A total of three arrests have been made, and “no political patronage” has been identified so far. Investigations are under way into those who purchased cocaine from them.

The SSP claimed that some individuals used cocaine while others acted as “sub-distributors”, and the main target would be the distributor, as one link was still missing.

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Memon stated that Sahir received drugs through Basel and Yahya from Islamabad and that a “transport link from California to Islamabad is missing.” The matter would be clarified after the arrests of two suspects.

The SSP investigation stated, “The TV actor’s son has been using drugs since the age of 8, and his family also used drugs at home.” Sahir “engaged in the drug use as influenced by his family and cultivated weed at home by the age of 14.”

When asked about the prominent individuals attending parties at Armaghan’s house, the SSP investigation replied that the inquiry was “outside their domain.” He claimed that an investigation into the alleged role of Sahir’s father into the drugs supply.

The National Assembly Standing Committee’s subcommittee on Friday directed law enforcement agencies to compile a report on the Mustafa Amir murder case, detailing key investigative findings and a strategic course of action for the next session.

The crucial meeting, held in Karachi, was attended by committee members Qadir Patel, Syed Rafiullah, Nabeel Gabol, and Khawaja Izhar.

Inspector General of Sindh Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, DIG CIA Mudasir Haider, and other senior officials briefed the committee on the murder case and its links to drug smuggling.

The subcommittee meeting took place at the Central Police Office, Karachi, under the chairmanship of MNA Abdul Qadir Patel.

Key participants included MNA Agha Rafiullah, Khawaja Izharul Hassan, IG Sindh, Additional IG Karachi, DG Anti-Narcotics Force, FIA Director, Secretary Excise Sindh, and senior police officials from various divisions.

Officials from multiple law enforcement agencies, including FIA Director Nauman Siddiqui, Brigadier Imran Ali from the Anti-Narcotics Department, and Secretary Excise & Taxation Saleem Rajput, presented detailed updates on the Mustafa Amir murder investigation.

They also provided insights into ongoing efforts against money laundering, drug mafias, and other organised crimes.

Committee members engaged in a detailed discussion on the case, examining possible motives and underlying factors.

It was decided that in the next session, authorities would be required to present additional details, answer committee questions, and submit a comprehensive action plan with concrete evidence. .

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The hashtag #JusticeForMustafaAmir has gone viral on social media as users demand exemplary punishment for his killer.

Meanwhile, new videos of the late Mustafa Amir have started circulating online, fueling calls for justice.

Mustafa Amir, a young man kidnapped and murdered in Karachi’s Defense area, is being remembered by friends and supporters.

Many have shared heartfelt messages, describing him as a cheerful and kind-hearted person.

Posts also mention his deep love for cats, adding an emotional dimension to the ongoing campaign.

Several users have expressed grief over the tragedy, stating that no parent should have to endure such pain. Many remain hopeful that justice will be served in Mustafa Amir’s case.

Sindh minister comments on Mustafa Amir’s murder

Sindh Minister Nasir Hussain Shah addressed the case during a conversation with host Shaukat Paracha on Aaj News programme “Rubaroo”.

He emphasised the connection between drug networks and terrorism, stating that all details of Mustafa Amir’s murder must be brought to light. He assured that no one involved in the crime would be spared.

Speaking on political matters, Shah noted that changes in the cabinet are the prime minister’s prerogative and urged people to let new appointees perform their duties.

He also criticised PTI’s legal representatives, claiming they focused more on securing positions than handling legal cases, with some enjoying the perks of power rather than pursuing justice.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

Shocking revelations have emerged in the Mustafa Amir murder case, where suspect Armaghan is reportedly receiving special treatment in police custody.

According to details, Armaghan, who was arrested for the abduction and murder of Mustafa Amir in Karachi’s Defence area, has allegedly been granted privileges while in custody.

Meanwhile, his uncle, Asif Jamil Qureshi, is accused of attempting to influence the case.

A leaked audio recording allegedly features Asif Jamil Qureshi, the establishment in charge of the DIG CIA.

In the audio, a police officer assures him that Armaghan will not be subjected to torture.

As per the recording, Qureshi claims that he personally ensured Armaghan’s surrender during the CIA raid and stayed with him at a bungalow for two hours.

In response, the police officer is heard saying that Armaghan was seated with him after his arrest.

The officer further says that no torture was inflicted on Armaghan due to his uncle’s influence.

He also mentions that he had Armaghan’s father send clothes for him through the investigating officer’s phone.

“Because of your uncle, you are being kept in a good place,” the officer reportedly told Armaghan.

During the conversation, the police officer dismisses claims that privileges can be secured for Rs50,000.

“Your uncle offered Rs 500,000, but I refused. I told him you’re not a ‘five-lakh party.’ I suggested a place where you would get two attendants,” he adds.

The officer also points out that the case will not be over within a week, as it includes terrorism charges.

The officer further states that the case will likely last six to eight months, after which a settlement may be reached.

He also reveals that the prison tower in-charge is involved and had demanded Rs5 million for Armaghan’s comfort in jail.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The ongoing investigation into the high-profile Mustafa Amir murder case and the drug smuggling and supply network linked to Sahir Hassan has exposed police misconduct.

Authorities have allegedly decided not to include the names of key figures in the investigation report, despite questioning over a hundred individuals so far.

According to police investigation sources, several prominent names emerged during interrogations with Sahir Hassan.

However, officials have reportedly opted to keep these names out of the official report.

The Special Investigation Cell (SIC) and Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) have allegedly turned the case into a means of financial gain, harassing and threatening individuals with potential legal action to extort large sums of money.

Sources further disclosed that influential figures from various sectors, including bureaucracy, politics, and the entertainment industry, were identified during the probe.

Initially, more than 45 individuals involved in the illegal weed trade were named, but by the time the interrogation report neared completion, the number of implicated individuals had dwindled to fewer than ten.

Tightening the noose around Armaghan

Meanwhile, authorities have intensified their scrutiny of Armaghan, prime suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has accelerated its investigation into Armaghan’s bank accounts and has approached relevant institutions to obtain financial records.

Following the release of these details, further inquiries into possible money laundering are expected to be launched.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has approached relevant authorities to investigate the bank accounts of Armaghan, the key suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case.

Officials stated that after receiving the account details, further investigations into possible money laundering will be conducted.

In a new development in the case, the FIA confirmed that its findings will also be shared with the parliamentary standing committee overseeing the investigation.

Search operation and asset seizure

Earlier, the FIA’s Anti-Money Laundering team raided Armaghan’s residence, conducting a thorough search and inventory of his belongings. During the operation, officials seized 18 additional laptops and various electronic devices, bringing the total confiscated items to 98.

The agency also took possession of a high-value Audi car registered in the suspect’s name. The vehicle and other seized items will be included as part of the ongoing investigation.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has intensified its crackdown on Armaghan, the prime suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case.

In the latest raid, 18 additional laptops and multiple electronic devices were seized from his residence. Authorities also impounded a high-end Audi car, though a luxury red truck remains missing.

A special FIA team, accompanied by police, searched Armaghan’s house and meticulously examined all belongings.

During the operation, evidence was collected, and electronic gadgets, along with luxury vehicles, were lifted for further investigation.

A high-end car parked inside the premises was towed away on a truck while the team documented a complete inventory of confiscated items.

As part of the ongoing probe, FIA also took custody of a high-value Audi, which will now be examined for potential links to the case.

Anti-money laundering team conducts operation

The FIA’s anti-money laundering team remained inside Armaghan’s residence for over three hours, carefully scrutinising financial records and potential evidence.

The agency has also formed a five-member special team to investigate allegations of drug trafficking linked to the suspect.

Following the raid, FIA officials departed with the impounded vehicle and seized electronic devices, signaling a tightening grip on the high-profile case.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime and anti-money laundering teams have begun questioning Armaghan and Shiraz, key suspects in the high-profile Mustafa Amir murder case.

However, Armaghan, appearing intoxicated, failed to provide any clear answers during the interrogation.

The FIA intends to conduct a forensic analysis of electronic devices recovered from the suspects before proceeding with further questioning.

Despite repeated requests, the Sindh Police have yet to hand over Armaghan’s laptops, mobile phones, and other relevant case records to the FIA.

A five-member FIA team questioned the suspects at the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) centre, where Shiraz revealed that Armaghan had always treated him as an inferior since childhood.

According to FIA sources, a letter was sent to the Sindh Inspector General on February 28 requesting access to digital devices, FIRs, and confiscated items. However, the agency has not yet received the requested evidence.

The FIA has also not been provided with the names of the officers involved in the raid that led to Armaghan’s arrest.

Forensic examination of recovered weapons

Meanwhile, progress on the forensic examination of advanced weapons seized from Armaghan’s residence has stalled due to a malfunction in the Sindh Police forensic department’s software system.

This technical failure has hindered a complete analysis of the firearms.

Despite the seriousness of the case, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) has shown little interest in conducting a thorough forensic review of the weapons.

So far, the CIA has only performed a limited analysis of shell casings recovered from the encounter with Armaghan.

According to forensic department sources, the CIA recovered 24 shell casings from the crime scene, confirming that Armaghan used multiple firearms during the police encounter.

It is worth noting that in the Mustafa Amir abduction and murder case, police had submitted a report to the court detailing Armaghan’s arrest and the recovery of weapons.

The report revealed that during the police raid, the suspect opened fire using modern weapons.

The report further stated that the police raided Armaghan’s residence to recover Mustafa Amir.

When officers arrived at the suspect’s bungalow, he refused to open the door. The gate was forcibly opened using a police vehicle, after which officers entered.

As police moved inside, gunfire erupted from the upper floor with the intent to kill.

The shooting injured DSP Ahsan Zulfiqar and Constable Iqbal.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

An anti-terrorism court in Karachi extended the physical remand of the prime suspect in the Mustafa murder case, Armaghan, by six days. The ATC sent another suspect, Shiraz, to jail on judicial remand.

Both suspects were presented in court following the expiry of their remand periods in connection with the case. Police had previously obtained remands for both accused in murder and police encounter cases three times.

In the proceedings, Armaghan stated that he had been wearing the same clothes for the last 15 days.

When the court inquired if a medical examination had been conducted, the investigating officer confirmed that it had been done.

The prime suspect’s lawyer argued that the accused had been “subjected to torture” on the first day of detention, and since fifteen days had passed with the investigation complete, there was “no justification for further remand.”

Armaghan also claimed that he was forced to provide his thumbprint under duress.

The prosecutor responded by stating that the accused had used a weapon to injure others and that they needed to recover the weapon. The accused had been found with modern firearms, which had caused “widespread panic” throughout the country, the prosecutor added. He expressed a desire to complete the investigation regarding the remaining evidence.

The prime suspect’s lawyer stated that there were no other first information reports against the accused. He questioned, “What more the prosecution wanted after keeping the accused in custody for 17 days.” The lawyer requested that Armaghan be sent to jail and undergo a medical examination.

The lawyer further insisted that the prosecution should have presented the charge sheet within 15 days, noting that they had already held the prime suspect for 17 days. He pressed for a timeline on when the charge sheet would be submitted.

In response, the prosecutor claimed that the investigation needed to be completed, asserting that they had had the accused for 13 days.

Armaghan’s lawyer reiterated the request for a medical examination, stating that it should have been conducted by the investigating officer.

Shiraz presented in court

Shiraz was presented in court, where the judge inquired about his lawyer. In response, Shiraz’s lawyer stated that “the witness had been turned into an accused.”

The court asked the investigating officer which jurisdiction the case fell under. The IO clarified that it was a “special case” being handled under a court order.

The court remarked that a judicial confession should have been conducted. The defence lawyer responded that “if the accused denies or confesses, a JC is established.”

After hearing the arguments, the court ordered that accused Shiraz be sent to jail in judicial custody while extending accused Armaghan’s physical remand by six days.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164 on March 2 and investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

A new development has emerged in the kidnapping and murder case of Mustafa Aamir, as the suspect, Shiraz, was presented before the court to record his confessional statement under Section 164.

The Judicial Magistrate (South) gave the suspect an hour to reconsider his decision before making a statement, remarking, “This is a matter of life and death. Think carefully.”

Shiraz told the court that he was being pressured to confess. “I was told that if I confessed, my sentence would be reduced,” he claimed.

Following this statement, the court rejected the investigating officer’s request to record Shiraz’s confession.

Shiraz further stated that he was a witness to the crime and saw the main accused, Armaghan, murder Mustafa Aamir. “I couldn’t do anything,” he added.

The court adjourned the hearing until the next scheduled date.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][20], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

A significant breakthrough has emerged in the Mustafa Amir murder case, with an interrogation report on the prime suspect, Armaghan, now in police records.

Investigators have also uncovered that the accused is linked to 11 other criminal cases.

According to the report, Armaghan operated a call centre in a bungalow in Khayaban-e-Momin, where 30 to 40 employees worked.

The property also housed three illegally kept lion cubs. Further investigations reveal that customs officials had registered a case against Armaghan in 2019, but he was later released on bail.

The report also discloses that Armaghan had previous cases registered against him at Gizri, Clifton, Darakhshan, and Boat Basin police stations. His monthly earnings reportedly amounted to millions, and he was also a drug user.

One of Armaghan’s childhood friends, Shiraz, played a key role in the events leading to Mustafa Amir’s murder.

On New Year’s Eve, Armaghan hosted a party at his bungalow, attended by Shiraz, from midnight until 3am. A woman named Zuma was also present but left after a heated argument.

The following day, Mustafa Amir and Armaghan had a dispute over personal matters.

On January 5, Armaghan summoned Zuma and Shiraz again and allegedly assaulted Zuma with an iron rod before forcing her to leave in an online taxi, warning her against reporting the incident.

The situation escalated on the night of January 6 when Armaghan invited Shiraz again.

They used drugs before Mustafa Amir arrived at the bungalow around 9pm.

A fight broke out, and Armaghan allegedly attacked Mustafa Amir with an iron rod.

The report states that both Armaghan and Shiraz stripped Mustafa Amir of his clothes.

The suspects then planned to transport Mustafa Amir’s body in a car trunk to Hub. Two employees were ordered to clean the bloodstains, while Armaghan kept Mustafa Amir’s mobile phone, internet device, and clothes.

Armaghan took a petrol can from the bungalow and disposed of Mustafa Amir’s belongings along the way. According to the report, they reached Hub at 4:30am, doused the car with petrol, set it on fire, and fled on foot towards Karachi.

The suspects later stopped at a roadside hotel for breakfast. A few days later, Mustafa Amir’s mother questioned Armaghan about her son’s whereabouts, to which he falsely claimed that Mustafa Amir was staying with a friend named Nauman.

Suspicious of his response, Mustafa Amir’s mother pressed further, prompting Armaghan and Shiraz to flee to Islamabad.

According to the interrogation report, Armaghan returned to Karachi three days before police raided his bungalow. CCTV footage helped track him down, but when the officers arrived, he opened fire on them. After a prolonged standoff, police managed to arrest him.

Armaghan linked to 11 prior cases

Investigations have revealed that Armaghan has been involved in at least 11 criminal cases. The report states that in two of these cases, he was acquitted after reaching settlements. In 2019, he was accused of threatening a citizen at Sahil police station but was later released after a compromise.

A similar case was registered at Darakhshan police station for issuing death threats and firing shots outside a residence.

Another case at Gizri police station involved the alleged beating and fraud of a citizen over a vehicle sale dispute, for which the court has summoned Armaghan on March 15.

A case at Darakhshan police station accused him of firing at a water tanker and bursting its tires, which was later settled out of court.

A separate case at Boat Basin police station accused him of threatening a lawyer via mobile phone. In this case, he has already been declared a fugitive.

Additionally, at Darakhshan police station, he was booked for the kidnapping of Mustafa Amir.

At the AVCC police station, cases of attempted murder and an armed confrontation with police have been registered. Two more cases at the same station involved illegal weapons possession.

Armaghan is also facing two drug trafficking cases in the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) court, where he has been summoned on March 12 for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs through a courier service.

As investigations continue, authorities are examining Armaghan’s broader criminal history while searching for other suspects connected to Mustafa Amir’s murder.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][20], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

A major development has surfaced in the Mustafa Amir murder case as investigators uncover new details about the victim’s relationship with the suspect, Armaghan.

Aaj News has obtained a video statement from Mustafa’s friend, revealing that a financial dispute between Mustafa Amir and Armaghan had escalated before the murder.

A friend present at a New Year’s party disclosed that he had known Armaghan since 2016.

According to him, Armaghan would often buy drugs for his friends.

He further stated that Mustafa Amir was repeatedly invited to the New Year’s party, but he declined and instead held his own gathering at Hawks Bay.

The friend also claimed that Armaghan frequently called Mustafa Amir to his house, but Mustafa Amir avoided going.

Moreover, Mustafa Amir allegedly took some money from Armaghan using an excuse, but Armaghan was unwilling to return the favour.

Drug use and security presence

The statement further revealed that the group used a drug called “jungle boy” weed, but it remains unclear where Mustafa Amir sourced the drugs from.

It was also disclosed that scratching the packaging would reveal a pin location.

Additionally, the friend stated that Mustafa Amir, who sold drugs to Armaghan, also consumed them at the same location.

He further revealed that Armaghan had around 30 to 35 security guards, who constantly monitored them and stopped anyone from recording videos.

Armaghan’s offices and past activities

More shocking details emerged about Armaghan’s offices, which were located on Sharea Faisal and in DHA Phase 8.

However, five months ago, he shut down several of his offices and even got rid of his pet lion cubs.

The friend said that his last meeting with Mustafa Amir was at Usman Swati’s funeral, while he had last seen Armaghan about one and a half to two months ago.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][20], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

In a major development in the Mustafa Amir murder case, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has written to the Sindh police, seeking clarification on the arrest of Armaghan, the key suspect.

FIA has also decided to record the statements of the police team that conducted a raid at Armaghan’s residence.

According to sources, FIA aims to investigate the case in depth by gathering detailed accounts from all relevant police officers involved in the raid.

Additionally, a dedicated FIA team is set to visit Armaghan’s bungalow soon to collect further evidence.

Sources further revealed that FIA is compiling data on Armaghan and his associates, focusing on their criminal connections and potential links to organised networks.

The agency is expected to analyse all aspects of the case to ensure a comprehensive investigation.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][20], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

In the ongoing Mustafa Amir murder case, new questions have emerged regarding the arrested suspect, Armaghan, and his connections to an international drug network.

Authorities are now investigating where and why Armaghan acquired heavy, non-prohibited bore weapons, expanding the scope of the probe.

A special investigation team has decided to write a letter to the Director General of Anti-Narcotics to seek assistance in the case.

According to investigative sources, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) will examine Armaghan and another suspect, Sahir Hasan, to identify major figures involved in drug trafficking.

In the second phase, law enforcement will pursue the key individuals revealed during interrogations.

Meanwhile, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) is set to conduct a forensic examination of the weapons recovered from Armaghan’s residence.

Authorities are also looking into whether these weapons were intended for criminal or terrorist activities.

Investigators are particularly focused on determining the origin and purpose of Armaghan’s heavy weaponry, adding a terrorism-related angle to the case.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][20], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

A judicial magistrate (south) in Karachi’s city court has ordered the production of Mustafa murder case’s prime suspect, Armaghan, on March 15, in a case involving fraud and assault.

The accused is alleged to have summoned a citizen to his home under the pretext of a vehicle transaction and then assaulted him.

On Saturday, the judge issued production orders for Armaghan and directed that he be presented on March 15. The defence resident was reported by the plaintiff’s lawyer to be wanted in connection to other cases as well.

The case against Armaghan and his accomplice, Khawaja Rafiq, was registered at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police Station. The complaint states that the accused called the citizen to his home regarding the sale and purchase of a vehicle, where they assaulted him with weapons and retained the vehicle.

Mustafa murder case

Meanwhile, in the Mustafa murder case, the prosecution has expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation and has requested a progress report from the investigating officer.

Sources said that prosecution officials have instructed that details be provided regarding the progress made in the four cases registered against the main suspect, Armaghan. They also sought clarification on the nature of the investigations conducted with the accused and how many witness statements have been recorded so far.

Moreover, the prosecution has requested a report from the investigative team concerning the forensic analysis of DNA, fingerprints, and other evidence.

Furthermore, the investigating officer has been directed to inform the court whether CCTV footage, financial data, and other technical evidence have been obtained.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects [claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa][20], according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said [initial DNA testing of the samples][21] taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

Balochistan’s political personality Shahzain Mari name has been linked to the Mustafa murder case as the police investigates the drugs racket following the arrest of Sahir Hasan in the case, sources within the Crime Investigation Agency has said.

Mari’s name surfaced during the interrogation of Sahir, prompting the investigative team to conduct a more in-depth inquiry into the matter.

On Saturday, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori told reporters that if the Mustafa murder case was “handled properly,” it could lead to the eradication of drugs.

“Significant names will surface in the Mustafa case and the powerful entities behind them are quite influential,” he said and alleged that he has received death threats via email, warning him that he could meet the same fate as Imran Farooq.

Karachi Boat Basin case: two-day remand granted for Shahzain Mari’s five guards

A judicial magistrate (south) remanded five security guards of Balochistan’s political personality Shahzain Mari in police custody on Saturday in the Karachi Boat Basin assault case.

In the proceedings, the police produced five arrested security guards in court.

The investigating officer sought the physical remand of the accused, arguing that it was “essential to conduct a forensic analysis” of the CCTV footage for a thorough investigation of the case.

In response, the defendants’ lawyer claimed that the individuals produced in court were “clearly visible” in the CCTV footage, but the police have yet to reach the main suspect. The lawyer added that the arrests were made “only because of media pressure” and “no one has the courage to apprehend the primary accused, Shahzain Mari.”

The lawyer claimed that the cook and employees had been arrested even though they were not present at the scene. In a sarcastic tone, he said that even if the political personality were to stand in court himself, the police would not dare to lay a hand on him.

The court reserved its decision on the police’s request and later remanded the five security guards to police custody for two days.

On Friday, police arrested two security guards of Mari after they allegedly assaulted two people in Karachi’s Boat Basin area. They were arrested after a CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media, with several users condemning the harassment and demanding justice.

The main suspect fled to Balochistan, according to the DIG South. They claimed to have recovered modern firearms from the suspects. The incident reportedly occurred on February 19 at around 3am.

In his video message, the victim of the assault stated that “influential individuals” attacked him and his friend while they were out for a meal. He added that a vehicle approaching from behind behaved “rudely and hit them.” The citizen said, “When will the VIP culture end in our society?”

On the other hand, the police stated that it was premature to confirm Mari’s presence in Balochistan. They claimed that they were unaware of any correspondence from the Sindh Home Department regarding Mari and cannot verify which area he may be “hiding in.”

According to the police, the Balochistan Home Department has not informed the Sindh government about any such correspondence, if it occurred. They added that action would be taken based on the directions from the Balochistan Home Department once a district is identified.

In a related development, during the investigation of the Mustafa murder case in Karachi’s Defence area, the names of Armaghan and Sahir emerged, along with Mari. Reports suggested that Mari was also involved in “drug trafficking.”

Sources within the CIA have said that Mari was implicated in drug purchases, as his name came up during the interrogation of the arrested suspect, Sahir Hasan.

Family of prime suspect reacts to assault

The family of Mari has responded to the incident, claiming it was being presented in a “one-sided manner.” Sources stated that the political personality and his associates were “verbally abused by Barkat Soomro, which they argue is unacceptable in a tribal society.”

The family also alleged that the police were attempting to conceal “important aspects” of the incident. They claimed that Mari was leaving after having a meal when a vehicle was parked in the middle of the road, and the driver appeared to be intoxicated and preoccupied with his phone. Shah Zain honked his horn to alert the driver.

They added that Soomro, who was in the vehicle, did not yield the right of way and instead began to “verbally abuse” Shahzain. They asserted that the “subsequent reactions” could be seen in the videos circulating online.

Moreover, the family noted that Mari and his associates were in possession of licenced firearms, but they “refrained from retaliating.” They criticised the police for allegedly trying to hide a crucial element of the incident.

New shocking details have emerged in the Mustafa Amir murder case, revealing that the arrested suspect, Armaghan, was involved in large-scale financial fraud through merchant accounts and cryptocurrency transactions.

According to investigations, the suspect operated multiple merchant accounts used for transferring fraudulently obtained funds.

Armaghan allegedly converted these funds directly into cryptocurrency, with millions of dollars already laundered through crypto transactions.

Sources claim that foreign funds were transferred directly into crypto ATMs, making them harder to trace.

Crypto mining machines seized

Investigators have confiscated two cryptocurrency mining machines worth over Rs2 billion from Armaghan’s residence. Authorities allege that Armaghan was transferring all his earnings to a relative in the US through crypto accounts.

The suspect reportedly sent illicit funds from an illegal call center to his relative, who holds a digital dollar account.

Officials further claim that the suspect used fraudulently acquired money to buy cryptocurrency, which was then transferred to international accounts.

Cybersecurity experts

Cybersecurity experts argue that tracking Armaghan’s crypto transactions is nearly impossible due to the complexities of blockchain-based financial systems.

Unlike traditional banking, crypto transactions lack conventional traceability.

Further investigations have revealed that Armaghan had closed all his local bank accounts in Pakistan. Instead, he used a platform called “Red Dot Pay” to convert funds into Visa and iPhone virtual cards.

These virtual cards enabled him to withdraw cash from any ATM, making his financial activities even more suspicious.

Authorities are now trying to trace the sources of these funds and uncover the networks used for crypto transactions.

Who are the three girls?

The mystery surrounding the three women in the Mustafa Amir murder case remains unsolved.

Are Marsha, Angelina, and Zuma different individuals or different aliases for the same person?

The case has taken new twists with the introduction of these names, making the investigation more complex. First, there was Marsha, then Angelina, and now Zuma.

One of them reportedly left for the US, another has been located by police, but the third remains missing.

Investigators are questioning whether these women were employees at Armaghan’s call center or had other roles in his alleged criminal operations. However, the police have yet to answer these critical questions.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said initial DNA testing of the samples taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

The funeral prayers for the victim were offered at Masjid Ali, Khayaban-e-Mohafiz, DHA Karachi on February 23 as his father refused to take “diyat” (blood money).

The interrogation report of the accused, Shiraz Hussain, confessed to his involvement in the murder of Mustafa on February 26.

Mustafa Amir’s mother has demanded that Armaghan be hanged multiple times so that he understands what it feels like to torture others.

“Everyone in Defence knows Armaghan by the name ‘Army’,” she stated in an interview with a private TV channel.

She dismissed allegations that her son was involved in drugs, saying, “Mustafa Amir never tolerated wrongdoing. How did our institutions fail to notice Armaghan’s crimes for eight years?”

She added that Armaghan used to call himself ‘King Army’ and a gangster.

“Even his father called him an animal, a lion. Yes, Armaghan is indeed an animal. If he is a lion, then lions also become prey,” she said.

Mustafa Amir’s mother further stated that she had no intention of speaking with Armaghan’s parents, emphasising that her family never had any ties with them.

She also clarified that Sahir Hasan had no involvement in Mustafa Amir’s murder.

“Where were the authorities while all this was happening under their noses? Everyone in Defence knew Armaghan as ‘Army’,” she said.

Reiterating her demand for justice, she called Armaghan a monster and said, “Such beasts are rare — one in thousands. He should be hanged repeatedly so he knows what it feels like to torture others.”

Armaghan’s crypto mining machines seized

Meanwhile, investigators have seized two cryptocurrency mining machines worth over Rs2 billion from Armaghan’s residence in connection with Mustafa Amir’s murder case.

According to officials, Armaghan allegedly sent all his earnings to a relative in the US through cryptocurrency accounts. The authorities claim that he laundered money from an illegal call center operation, transferring it to his American relative, who holds a digital dollar account.

Investigators further stated that the suspect used fraudulent earnings to purchase cryptocurrency, which was then transferred to accounts abroad.

What do we know so far about the Mustafa murder case?

The Mustafa murder case is one of the top stories on news channels nowadays. It is a case of the kidnapping and killing of a 23-year-old Karachi resident.

One has to be careful while reporting such news as the choice of words, style of presentation, and thumbnails on YouTube videos often build opinions even before the court announces its judgement in the case. So, in this case, it is of great importance to gather all the available information with background and listen to all versions of the story to report it.

The following text is sourced from the police investigation and interrogation reports, court decisions, and people related to the Mustafa murder case.

Mustafa Amir, a DHA resident, was allegedly abducted on January 6, but the case made headlines when the Sindh policemen addressed a press conference next month. Six days later, the Balochistan Police recovered a charred body in a torched car and handed over it to the Edhi Foundation.

In a media talk on February 14, police claimed that his friends killed the kidnapped youth. They allegedly stuffed the body in the trunk of his car and torched it in Balochistan’s Dureji area. Police also claimed to have arrested the prime suspect’s friend, Sheraz aka Shavez Bukhari. It was Sheraz who disclosed the information during the investigation.

The prime suspect Armaghan was arrested during a raid bungalow in DHA following a ransom call to the family. Suspects allegedly demanded Rs20 million from the victim’s family. Sources within the police say the gun battle with the suspect continued for four hours.

They took laptops from the house and blood samples were found on a carpet in a room. As the case unfolded, investigators claimed that the conflict between the two started because of a woman. The victim’s mother also accused the same girl of killing her son in a video statement. She claimed that the woman fled to the United States after the incident.

On February 15, an anti-terrorism court in Karachi sent Shiraz to police custody on physical remand till February 21. Police failed to get physical remand of the prime suspect, drawing officials’ ire. A legal expert clarified that the criticism against the court for not granting a physical remand was not appropriate as the police did not seek a physical remand in the first information report related to the case.

He told Aaj News’ programme Dus that the case would come under the jurisdiction of the ATC after the addition of Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) to the FIR.

On the same day, three police officers were suspended from their duty for their apparent negligence in the case.

The prime suspect was a “habitual offender,” police records showed. Complaints against him alleged that he was involved in extortion, kidnapping, drug dealing, and illegal possession of weapons.

When an Aaj News correspondent visited the suspect’s house, he saw that there was a high-tech facility in the house which was apparently used as a “software house.” Moreover, Kamran Qureshi, the suspect’s father, defended his son’s gun battle with the police and denied accusations. He accused the victim of selling drugs to his son and blamed a “police officer” for the “entire conspiracy.”

On February 17, a judicial magistrate approved a request for the exhumation of Mustafa’s body. Later, a three-member medical panel was formed by the judicial magistrate (West).

The next day, an ATC in Karachi sent the prime suspect to police custody on a four-day remand and sought a medical report.

An interrogation report claimed that the victim and the prime suspect were childhood friends. It was a reiteration of the account Shiraz told to police about the incident.

On February 20, Armaghan allegedly confessed to killing the victim as the chilling details of the report claimed that he offered the victim a “chance to escape before setting him on fire.” The charred vehicle in which Mustafa was allegedly burnt to death was present in Balochistan’s Durerji, Aaj News saw.

When Qureshi appeared on Imran Sultan’s show Dus, he claimed to have substantial evidence and advised to close the case or else “big names” would come to the limelight.

“I want to be the chief investigation officer of my child. I have plenty of evidence. I am a law graduate and hold a firearm licence,” he said while appearing on the show on February 21, 2025.

On February 22, an ATC extended the physical remand of suspects Armaghan and Sheraz by five days. The investigating officer claimed that two blood samples from the suspect’s house were collected and one of the blood samples was linked to a girl identified as ***a. He also informed the court about the money laundering allegations against the suspect

Furthermore, four persons, including a TV actor’s son, were arrested on Saturday. One of the suspects claimed to have sold drugs to Mustafa, according to sources within police.

Sources within the police said initial DNA testing of the samples taken from the body “confirmed that the person burned alive in Balochistan’s Dureji was indeed Mustafa Amir.”

The funeral prayers for the victim were offered at Masjid Ali, Khayaban-e-Mohafiz, DHA Karachi on February 23 as his father refused to take “diyat” (blood money).

The interrogation report of the accused, Shiraz Hussain, confessed to his involvement in the murder of Mustafa on February 26.