A Case Report on an Abet of Assassination by Officialdom of Pakistani Army – Rizwan Baloch

Author: Rizwan Baloch

Introduction:

Pakistan is a haven for its highly elevated officials whose immoral and unethical practices are justified or overlooked. They have been involved in the abduction and assassination of innumerable activists, journalists, students, politicians, teachers, etc.; this is a perennially intricate issue in Pakistan. Yet, none of them have been set accountable for breaching formulated laws and violating the constitution by defying to obey them. Similar to the aforementioned cases, one of them is Ishtiaque Ali Abro’s case whose murderers have been abetted by the highbrows of the military, and family members have been intimidated to remind them of the virtues of silence. He was an SST (BPS-17) at FG Public School Malir Cantonment, Karachi, Sindh Who was whisked away, killed, and dumped on 24-03-2021 aftermath of four days of missing. Despite the request and petitions of his brother Shahid Abro, neither delinquents were apprehended nor were the officers of the Pakistan Army and police set accountable for condoning this vicious deed. Although various newspapers have published reports of Abro’s suspicious death, none of them have bluntly washed the dirty linen in public of officials rather preferred to dissemble their evil side because they have ascendancy of the whole system.

Case Report:

Gist of the Case and Confession:

Being a punctual professor and responsible citizen and honest man, Ishtiaque Ali Abro’s colleagues strive to put him into a dirty web trap along with themselves by inciting him to be part of making naked videos of their students to sell them on various websites. But, Abro flew in the face of their fellow teachers by denying to be part of their immoral and unethical practice. According to the FG School Peon, Amir Hussain S/O Abdul Majid Gopang, resident of Mohalla Gopang, who lived with the victim Istaque Ali Abro for two years in the same room and used to give him a ride and confessed, the colleagues of Istaque Ali offered him money to join them in aforementioned vicious exercise. Since Istaque had refused to be part of it, so they organized a plan to abduct and assassinate him because he had caught them making an adult movie of students; he intimated to them that he would complain to the high-ups of FG School. He stated that certain teachers used to detest him: Principal Samreen, Humaira, Zubedah, Qamar, Faheem, Ramiz, and Ghulam Mustafa because they had dirty relationships with each other.

On Friday 19/3/2023, when they strive to kidnap him, as they planned in the lab beforehand, he escaped and left for home to Hyderabad. According to the accused Amir, they hoodwinked him by calling him that they want to resolve the matter by discussing it; told him to meet them in Hyderabad. Furthermore, Ramiz, Madam Samreen, and Amir were the ones who guided him to the car parked at a distance at 9:00 as he came out of his flat; Humaira and another person were waiting in another car. As we reached Jherrik, we stopped the car and walked on our feet unless we sat beneath the trees. After discussing the issue and constant denial of Istaque Ali on joining us, we fasten his feet and hands; Ramiz wrung his neck until his soul left his body and he succumbed. We threw his corpse in the deep water and waited for 20 to 30 minutes to ensure he is deceased. According to Shahid Ebro’s sent applications to various elevated officeholders and departments, He registered an FIR of the unforgettable happening at the police station of Jamshoro, as mentioned in the application, the FIR number is 82/2021, dated 24-03-2021, as well as a public petition of the aforementioned incident, was also registered with and the Public Petition number is PP-3813, dated 02-07-2021 to seek justice for his martyr brother, the transparent inquisition of the case, and accountability of officials along with accused colleagues. Moreover, he has mentioned in the applications, the accused principal of FG school, Samreen, and Colonel Nasir Iqbal, regional director of the school withheld the GF funds and other financial assistance for his brother, but his endeavors didn’t bring about fruitful consequences in aftermath of writing to the prime minister, Supreme court, Director General of ISI, and International court of justice. On the contrary, SHO, Adam Khan bro, the then investigation officer of the case, and I were forced to pull out our hands from the case by Colonel Nasir Iqbal and Colonel Shoib, Pakistan Rangers Hyderabad, Sindh, region, and other Pakistani Army officers of MP and 33 brigades along with subsidiaries in FG School albeit we shared the copies of evidence and CRDs to the officers. Precisely, the accused applied for bail before the apprehension though the Additional Session of Court-1, Kotri, Sindh rescinded the application but they still strived to create difficulties in the case by influencing it through various flanks by utilizing illicit powers of officeholders: Sindh Police Officer Umar Khitaab Incharge CTD, SSP Shabbir Sethar, SSP Salaam Shaikh, Sagheer Sangi SHO Qasimabad, SHO Jhirk, and others. Later on, as mentioned in the application, he was summed by MI officers named Colonel Mr. Tamimi and Major Hyder Ali who interrogated him for five fours and strong-armed him to withdraw from his brother’s lawsuit.

Conclusion:

Pakistan is a stratocratic country where the military determines everything and they are involved in illicit activities to uphold their hegemony; they muffle the voices of those who question them or those who bluntly bring forward and disclose the wrongdoings of these military coups. If they are not the wrongdoers, they assist the perpetrators. Despite the availability of evidence, the judiciary is powerless before them and honest officers like Adam Khan Abro feel pressured, and families like Abro’s are forced to remain silent although it’s their legitimate right to have grievances from an unjust system like this even this is also snatched. An unjust system and incompetent judiciary aggrandize and are responsible for resentment, radicalization, and insubordination as well as violence in a state. Anticipating that populist leaders will address such injustice and take action against utmost human rights violations and breaches of laws who are provided with perks and incentives by the military, is nothing more than agitation.