In a significant development in the Mustafa Amir murder case, the interrogation report of the accused, Shiraz Hussain, has been added to the prosecution’s file. In his statement, the accused confessed to his involvement in the murder of Mustafa Amir.

According to the interrogation report, on January 6, Mustafa called Shiraz Hussain and went to Armaghan’s house, where the three of them consumed weed. After getting high, an argument broke out between Armaghan and Mustafa, which escalated into violence. Armaghan started hitting Mustafa with a club.

The report further states that Mustafa suffered injuries to his knees and head. Afterward, the accused and Armaghan placed Mustafa’s injured body in the trunk of his own car and drove him to Balochistan, where they set the vehicle on fire by pouring petrol on it.

Shiraz Hussain admitted his role in the crime and revealed that he, along with Armaghan, committed the murder. He also indicated that he could identify the exact location where the car was burned. The report further disclosed that during the assault, Mustafa bled, and Armaghan had his employees clean the blood stains.

Drugs received from overseas

Meanwhile, a charge sheet has been submitted in one of the two drug cases against Armaghan.

In the anti-narcotics court, the hearing on the two drug cases against Armaghan revealed that a parcel addressed to him arrived in Pakistan via a foreign courier on April 30, 2019.

The parcel was opened due to suspicions, leading to the discovery of 125 grams of weed.

The charge sheet further indicated that the parcel was sent to Armaghan’s address in DHA Phase 6. He is already incarcerated for a similar case and had previously ordered 500 grams of weed from the same exporter.

The document also noted that Armaghan was arrested from Malir Jail on May 3, 2019. From July 1, 2017, to April 24, 2019, he had received nine parcels under his and his father’s names. Other accomplices include Abdul Ghaffar and Ihtisham Ahmed, who reportedly consume drugs at cafes and parties in affluent areas.

Court orders appearance via video link

The court has ordered Armaghan to appear via video link on March 18 concerning the narcotics case.

DIG South Asad Raza has also addressed concerns raised by local residents following Mustafa’s murder. Raza stated that a letter from residents was received on February 21, prompting further actions.

He mentioned that the police, with assistance from other agencies, will vacate the bungalow used by Armaghan, taking action after consulting relevant authorities regarding violations of DHA rules.

ASI Nadeem released after questioning

The CIA police released ASI Nadeem after questioning him regarding his alleged facilitation of Armaghan in the Mustafa murder case in Karachi’s Defence area.

During the interrogation, ASI Nadeem stated that Armaghan had pending cases for which he had secured bail. He clarified that he was contacted in connection with the investigations into these cases and denied any involvement in illegal activities.

CIA sources indicated that ASI Nadeem may be summoned again for further questioning if necessary.

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.”