In the Mandi of gambling, SI Waseem still roams unhindered

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 23, 2011

KARACHI-Following the bomb blast in Ghas Mandi, the site of the bombing that killed at least 18 on Thursday, police high-ups suspended a DSP and an SHO of the area, but this was done to create an impression that the police had ‘done something.’

17 killed in Karachi gambling den bombing

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 22, 2011

KARACHI - A bomb blast at Rummy Club near Karachi’s Ghasmandi area left at least 17 people dead and 44 critically injured on Thursday. The blast caused considerable panic and a stampede, with people running in all directions. Police and paramilitary forces reached the site of the explosion and cordoned off the area, while rescue teams began their activities.

Geo colleague abetted Wali Babar’s killers?

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 19, 2011 

KARACHI - A colleague of journalist Wali Babar escorted the ring leader of the gang of “target killers” who later murdered him, to the Geo office in Karachi, and helped him take snaps of Babar with his cell phone camera, disclosed the arrested accused of the case to a joint investigation team (JIT).

FIA team to head to UK to arrest NICL scam accused

KARACHI - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday revealed that it had decided to send a team to the UK to arrest Amin Qasim Dada, the main accused in the National Insurance Corporation Ltd scam.

‘Orders to kill journalist Wali Babar issued from South Africa’

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 15, 2011 

KARACHI - Orders to kill journalist Wali Babar were issued by some “influential people” living in South Africa but who have connections in Karachi, according to a report prepared by a joint investigation team (JIT) probing the case and the five suspects that have been arrested thus far.

‘Ashura blast, ensuing incineration at Boulton Market were plannedoperations’

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 13, 2011

KARACHI - The Ashura blast of 2009 and the ensuing incineration at many shops in Boulton Market were both planned operations, confessed suspected target killer Ajmal Pahari to a joint interrogation team (JIT).

SHC hauls up MI, IB and Rangers chiefs in missing student’s case

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 09, 2011

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notices to the director generals of the Military Intelligence (MI), Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), provincial Home secretary, police chief, Crime Investigation Department (CID) in charge, Station House Officer (SHO) and DIG Investigation of a Steel Town police station, in a case pertaining to the disappearance of a student from Karachi.

Five of journalist Wali Babar’s ’17 to 18 assassins’ arrested

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 08, 2011 

KARACHI - Karachi police have arrested five of the "17 to 18" men suspected to be involved in the murder of journalist Wali Khan Babar, claimed Capital City Police Officer (CCPO)-Karachi Saud Mirza on Thursday while addressing a press conference in his office.

Mortal transit:

By: Tariq Habib

Published in HIMAL South Asian: April 2011

Those whose job it is to facilitate the ‘war on terror’ seem to be the most terrified of all.Their job – shipping thousands of containers of gas, food and military equipment to the International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) stationed in Afghanistan – makes them an integral part of the ongoing military operations in Afghanistan. But Pakistani transporters are resigning en masse, fed up with frequent militant attacks on their convoys and lack of compensation for lives and vehicles lost on the job.

Pakistan lost in Mohali but inside central jail it’s a different story

By: Tariq Habib | Published: April 03, 2011

KARACHI - Ecstatic, the victorious green shirts felt like dishing out their hearts to their blue-shirted rivals after winning the match... the scenes inside the Karachi Central Prison were wishful thinking for those who had gunned for Pakistan to win the cricket world cup semi-final clash against India on March 30.