Uzair Baloch is in army’s custody, ATC told

A police report was submitted to an anti-terrorism court on Wednesday about the non-appearance of banned Peoples Amn Committee chief Uziar Baloch, who has been taken into custody by the Pakistan Army.

The ATC, which was hearing cases against Baloch and others accused of attacking and killing policemen during an operation in Lyari, was told in black and white that military officials had taken his custody from the central prison on April 11 under the provisions dealing with the Official Secret Act, 1923. Therefore, the report said, Baloch could not be produced before the ATC.

Uzair Baloch, Amin Buledi and others are also accused of possessing a huge quantity of illegal arms and explosive material.

The court, earlier, had fixed this date to frame charges against Baloch but due his non-appearance, the ATC again adjourned the haring.

NBWs for ‘robber’

The court of additional district and sessions (South) issued non-bailable arrest warrants for a man who is allegedly involved in looting millions of rupees from the Edhi Foundation’s headquarter in Mithadar in 2014.

The court was supposed to frame charges against Akram but he did not attend the hearing.

The court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for him and fixed June 7 to indict him and his accomplices.

One of Akram’s associate, Jam Ajmal, is detained in the central prison, while other accused persons, namely Jamshed, Imran, Saleem, Babar Saima Bano and Jam Akhtar, are on bail. The case was lodged in 2014 with the Kharadar police station.