KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Nabil Gabol has been named in the murder case of proscribed People’s Amn Committee leader Zafar Baloch, drawing severe criticism from MQM, DawnNews reported.
Father of Zafar Baloch reportedly named Gabol – also a member of the National Assembly – in the First Information Report (FIR), registered here on Friday night.
He alleged that the killing was carried out on the MQM leader’s instructions.
Zafar Baloch, a diehard activist of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and a key figure of the outlawed Peoples Amn Committee, along with his guards, was shot dead on Wednesday by unknown motorcycle riders in Karachi’s troubled Lyari neighbourhood.
Tension and fear had gripped the city’s south district, particularly Lyari and its adjoining areas, following the killing of Baloch
Meanwhile, condemning the claim, MQM’s Rabita Committee has demanded the federal government to take immediate notice of the episode.
In a statement issued here, the party demanded for retraction of the murder case against their lawmaker. “Falsely involving Nabil Gabol in the murder case of Zafar Baloch is continuation of political victimization,” said the statement.
Gabol is currently in Islamabad to attend the ongoing session of lower house of the parliament.
Zafar Baloch had survived at least two attempts on his life in the past.
He remained a local PPP leader but joined the PAC when it was formed in 2008. Later he became general secretary of district south chapter of the PPP, but resigned soon after developing differences with the then PPP MNA, Nabil Gabol and provincial minister Rafiq Engineer.
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