Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Interior have expressed concern over the absence of Sindh Police in the hearing of the Mustafa Amir murder case.

Neither the inspector general of Sindh Police nor any senior officer appeared before the committee.

As a result, a subcommittee has been formed, with Abdul Qadir Patel as the convener.

Meanwhile, DIG CIA Muqaddas Haider has assigned specific tasks to all SSPs.

The special investigation team will officially commence its inquiry into the accused, Armaghan.

During a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Interior in Islamabad, the Sindh Police failed to appear, leading to strong reservations from committee members.

Consequently, a subcommittee was formed, with Abdul Qadir Patel as its convener.

Agha Rafiullah criticised the delay in the case, alleging that the suspect received undue favours from the police.

He stated that the case should have been handed over to the FIA by now.

Nabeel Gabol suggested that, in addition to the FIA, the case should also be investigated by the Anti-Narcotics Force.

Abdul Qadir Patel revealed that a call centre has surfaced in connection with the case, along with over 60 confiscated computers allegedly linked to cryptocurrency transactions.

He further disclosed that drugs and the sale of “weed” have also come to light.

Patel raised concerns about how advanced weaponry was purchased through the dark web.

He insisted that federal agencies should investigate the links between the dark web, narcotics, and cryptocurrency in this case.

The committee subsequently decided to form a subcommittee, with Abdul Qadir Patel as convener and members including Nabeel Gabol, Khawaja Izhar, Jamal Raisani, and Agha Rafiullah.

During the meeting, chaired by Khurram Shehzad, the committee also discussed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Bill and sought reports from the Council of Islamic Ideology and the Human Rights Commission.

Additionally, the committee observed Fatiha for the victims of the Akora Khattak suicide bombing, including Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani and three others.

Jamshed Dasti informed the committee about a case filed against him under the PECA Act, while the committee also approved a development budget for the Civil Armed Forces, urging the Ministry of Interior to allocate the required funds.

Members expressed concern over the Federal Interior Minister’s absence from the meeting.

Special investigation team holds key meeting

In Karachi, the Special Investigation Team for the Mustafa Amir murder case held a crucial meeting. DIG CIA Muqaddas Haider assigned responsibilities to all SSPs.

The investigation team includes SSP Irfan Bahadur, SSP Anil Haider, SSP Qais Khan, SP Aleena Rajpar, and SSP Azhar Javed.

The team will officially begin interrogating the prime suspect, Armaghan, and will investigate his accomplices and associates. Efforts will also be made to identify and apprehend individuals involved in drug trafficking.

The meeting was led by DIG CIA Muqaddas Haider, who assigned specific angles of investigation to each senior officer. The team will thoroughly examine all aspects of the case.

Notably, the special investigation team was formed under the directive of Additional IG Karachi, Javed Alam Odho.

Mustafa Amir’s name cleared from drug case

Meanwhile, the Anti-Narcotics Court in Karachi has officially removed Mustafa Amir’s name from a drug case after the investigating officer confirmed his death. According to the investigation report, Mustafa Amir was arrested on January 31, 2024. The report further stated that he was granted bail on March 20, 2024, along with Noman Yaqoob.

Mustafa Amir had last appeared in court on January 6, just hours before his murder. The report also revealed that arrest warrants against him continued to be issued until February 22.

Additionally, two of his accomplices, Mian Ammar Hamid and Faisal Yaqoob, have been declared fugitives.

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.