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The police have arrested a man, hailing from Shikarpur, in the murder case of Irfan Ali Mahar, the secretary of the Sindh Bar Council, SSP CTD Tariq Nawaz revealed Saturday. Mahar, 42, was shot dead on December 1 near his residence in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal. He was attacked by two men on a motorcycle while he was returning home in a car after dropping his children to school. On December 3, the victim s brother registered an FIR under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 and sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Sharae Faisal police station. On Saturday, SSP Nawaz told SAMAA Digital that Mahar hailed from Shikarpur as well.
The Karachi Police continue to investigate the targeted killing of Sindh Bar Council Secretary Irfan Mahar, who was shot dead by two motorcyclists near his residence in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar on Wednesday. The police say they have not found any plausible motive behind the murder. Meanwhile, Mahar’s family has rejected the notion that dacoits from the Katcha area of Sindh were behind the targeted killing. The police explored the possibility of personal enmity because Irfan was originally from Shikarpur’s Garhi Yasin area which comes under the influence of the Teghani tribe. The Sindh government has announced head money on dacoits from the Teghani tribe of the Katcha area, a.