In a startling revelation, Karachi’s Anti-Narcotics Court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for both Mustafa Amir, who was recently murdered, and Armaghan, the prime suspect in his killing, in connection with a drug case.

The court had issued Mustafa Amir’s arrest warrant on February 22 in a narcotics recovery case.

The deceased had been declared an absconder, and the court had directed the Station House Officer (SHO) of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) police station to arrest and present him before the bench on February 27.

Case records indicate that Mustafa Amir was wanted for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs via courier service in 2024. Despite his death, the Anti-Narcotics Court has still instructed law enforcement to produce him in court on the scheduled date.

Mustafa Amir was reportedly kidnapped and murdered by Armaghan and Shiraz on January 6 in the Defense Housing Authority (DHA) area. His body was later burned in Hub, Balochistan, after being stuffed into the trunk of a car.

Meanwhile, the court has also issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Armaghan Qureshi, who was previously booked in two drug smuggling cases dating back to 2019.

The accused had allegedly smuggled drugs from a handler named “Mary Joanna” in Canada but failed to appear before the court after April 30, 2024.

Additionally, two of Armaghan’s associates, Ahmed Ghaffar and Ehtesham Soomro, have already been declared fugitives.

The investigation further reveals that Mustafa Amir himself had a pending arrest warrant in one of the related cases.

Girl tortured by Armaghan records statement

Earlier, a significant development emerged in the Mustafa Amir murder case as another victim, a young woman named Zuma has come forward with a shocking statement against the prime suspect, Armaghan.

According to sources, the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) recorded Zuma’s testimony, shedding light on the alleged violence inflicted upon her by Armaghan.

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In her statement, Zuma revealed that Armaghan lured her into a room under the pretence of discussing a laptop, only to subject her to brutal physical assault.

She claimed that Armaghan accused her of leaking information about a call centre and proceeded to beat her with an iron rod, causing severe injuries.

Zuma further disclosed that while she was being attacked, another individual, Shiraz, intervened and stopped Armaghan from continuing the assault.

She was later taken to a private hospital, but not before facing further threats.

“Armaghan threatened to have me falsely implicated in a legal case and even tried to kill me on the way home,” Zuma alleged.

She also claimed that at the hospital, the management was forced to fabricate a false report regarding her injuries.

This testimony adds a new dimension to the Mustafa Amir murder investigation, intensifying scrutiny on Armaghan and his alleged criminal activities.

Law enforcement agencies continue their probe into the case as more details unfold.

Mustafa Amir, Sahir Hasan among major drug dealers

Earlier, investigators alleged that the Mustafa murder case‘s victim and suspect Sahir Hasan were among major drug dealers as a judicial magistrate remanded the TV actor’s son into police custody.

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of police presented Sahir in court on Monday after completing his physical remand. The court granted a one-day extension to the suspect’s remand at the request of the investigative authorities, ordering that he be brought back to court tomorrow (Tuesday).

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Investigative officials stated that the process of gathering evidence for the Mustafa Amir murder case was ongoing and the Federal Investigation Agency has also joined the investigation. The FIA would look into aspects related to money laundering and cybercrime while the SIU was focusing on drug-related actions.

Sources said that the investigation has uncovered the involvement of an international drug network.

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 the 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 was offered at Masjid Ali, Khayaban-e-Mohafiz, DHA Karachi on February 23 as his father refused to taking “diyat” (blood money).