17 December 1998
London time: 2.45 p.m.

RAID CONDUCTED FOR THE ARREST OF WASAY JALIL
HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW HARASSED AND HUMILIATED

Today, at around 4.15 p.m. PST, the personnel of Police, led by notorious SHO Sarwar Commando, in a yellow cab (PG3925), white car (ABC631), APC (740) raided the House No. 480/18, Federal B. Area, Karachi, just opposite Nine Zero, MQM Headquarters. The occupants of the house are the in-laws of Mr. Wasay Jalil, Member of MQM Central Co-ordination Committee. The raiding party harassed and humiliated the occupants and threatened his mother-in-law to divulge the whereabouts of Mr. Wasay Jalil. During the raid, the entire house has been ransacked, several items looted and the entire family threatened of dire consequences. The raiding party also confiscated all the telephone diaries from the house.

You may recall that SHO Sarwar Commando is one of the notorious police officers responsible for the extra-judicial killings of innumerable MQM workers and supporters. The Government of Nawaz Sharif to carry out its policy to physically eliminate the MQM has recently reinstated him along with others as a team in Karachi.