Khalid Khwaja abduction case against Hamid Mir abolished

ISLAMABAD: Ramna police station presented its investigation report in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Islamabad Muhammad Jehangir on Friday, in connection with ex-sensitive agency official Khalid Khwaja kidnapping case, stating that the petitioner had failed to present any concrete evidence against senior journalist Hamid Mir, about his alleged role in abduction of her husband.

The police stated that it did not find any evidence that Khalid Khwaja was kidnapped from Islamabad. Also, added the police, the incident of alleged abduction of Khalid Khwaja did not take place in Ramna police precincts; therefore, the case against Hamid Mir had been abolished.

After that, Hafiz Arafat Ahmad, counsel for Hamid Mir, pleaded with the court for permission to withdraw the application for bail before arrest, which was granted. Islamabad High Court judge Mohsin Kyani had ordered for registration of Khalid Khwaja abduction case in November 2017 against Hamid Mir. Khwaja was abducted in North Waziristan in March 2010, and murdered there.