KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, has approved the extension of the deployment of Rangers in Karachi for one more year.
According to the spokesperson of the Chief Minister, the Rangers will continue to assist the police under the powers granted by the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The new term for the Sindh Rangers’ deployment will take effect from December 9, 2025.
Earlier, Sindh Rangers, acting on intelligence reports, had arrested three most-wanted terrorists belonging to the outlawed group Fitna al-Khawarij during a targeted operation in Karachi’s Manghopir Road area of Kunwari Colony.
According to a Rangers spokesperson, the arrested suspects have been identified as Zaidullah alias Zaido, Noor Zada, and Hazrat Usman.
Rangers officials said the detainees were close associates of Shams al-Qayyum alias Zawil alias Zafran, a key leader of the Khawarij network. During interrogation, the suspects confessed to providing local residents’ phone numbers to Shams al-Qayyum, who then used the contacts to make extortion calls.
It was further revealed that the brothers of Noor Zada and Hazrat Usman had previously been killed while working within the same militant network.
Officials confirmed that Zaidullah alias Zaido was also wanted by the Korangi Excise Police and the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). The arrested suspects have been handed over to the police for further legal proceedings.
