Karachi police claimed to have arrested a ‘wanted’ target killer Maqsood Pathan said to be affiliated with a banned organisation.
The PIB Colony police said that the arrested suspect is a key member of the banned organisation and was nominated in multiple terrorism cases. Maqsood Pathan was arrested in the murder case of Muttahida Qaumi Movement worker Asif in 2005.The target killer was also arrested in 2014 by the Counter Terrorism Department in Rawalpindi. In 2017, Maqsood Pathan conspired to kill a builder along with Shahid aka Lado and 2 others.
Maqsood Pathan was declared a proclaimed offender in a case lodged at a police station in Hyderabad.