Naqeebullah murder case: Seven more policemen acquitted for lack of evidence

The Anti-Terrorism Court has acquitted seven accused in the Naqeebullah murder case due to lack of evidence.

The case was heard by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, which acquitted seven accused, including Shoaib Shooter and Amanullah Marwat, citing insufficient evidence.

The other acquitted accused include Gada Hussain, Sadaqat Hussain, Riaz Ahmed, Raja Shamim and Mohsin Abbas.

The lawyers for the accused said that not a single witness had testified against the arrested police officers that the encounter was staged.

The prosecutor said that 18 police officers and personnel, including former Malir SSP Rao Anwar, had already been acquitted.

Seven police officers and personnel, including former SHO Amanullah Marwat, had been absconding. All seven absconding accused surrendered after the Anti-Terrorism Court's decision.

 Naqeebullah Mehsud, a young aspiring fashion model hailing from South Waziristan, and three others were killed in an alleged staged encounter at an abandoned farmhouse on the outskirts of Karachi in January 2018.

A total of 25 accused had been nominated in the case, and all of them have now been acquitted.