Rao Anwar

Rao Anwar’s police career started in 1981 as a clerk under SP Harbour. harbor area was also called Kimari. Right from the very first day Rao Anwar started working and tried to be recognized by the seniors. All this effort really made him very efficient, and very next year in 1982 he was promoted and posted as an ASI.

On 13 January 2018, Anwar led a police operation that led to Naqeebullah Mehsud and three others being shot dead in Shah Latif town. Anwar said they were members of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. On 19 January, Anwar appeared before a departmental inquiry committee to give a statement.

He claimed one member of the committee was biased and forced police personnel to record false statements about him. On 20 January, the committee declared that Mehsud was innocent and had been wrongfully killed and Anwar was dismissed from the police.

Anwar took retirement on 1 January 2019 while facing trial under suspension. Apart from his controversial police encounters, Anwar has also been notorious for being involved in land grabbing and gravel and sand mining in the Malir and Gadap areas of Karachi.