Information About Incident 65848-133644-338876 in Matiari Pakistan

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Zafar Baloch was shot dead on September 18, 2013 by armed assailants in Lyari Town.

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• Meta Location: Lyari Town
• Matched District: Matiari
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: by armed assailants in Lyari Town
• Subject: Zafar Baloch

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Meanwhile, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Nabeel Gabol was nominated in the murder of the Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) leader Zafar Baloch however investigators have yet to prove his involvement in the crime, reports The Express Tribune on October 11 (today). Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising representatives of Police, Rangers and Intelligence Agencies did not find any evidence against Gabol. The JIT findings suggest that Zafar was killed by notorious Lyari gangsters Sikander alias Sikku and Ismail Afshani on Baba Ladla s orders. Zafar Baloch was shot dead on September 18, 2013 by armed assailants in Lyari Town. A murder case was registered at the Kalakot Police Station under Sections 302 (murder), 109 (abetment) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code by the victim s father, Mohammad Ali Baloch. However, Friends of Lyari chairperson Habib Jan Baloch rejected the findings of the JIT. The JIT has no credibility, he said

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