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Q: When the SSP brought to your notice the ongoing operation. Did you
instruct him as to how to act?
A: I did not give him any instructions as he had sufficient experience and had
worked in seven districts. The SSP was personally there to see that everything
goes smoothly and he is able to handle the situation correctly.
Q: You heard firing at 8:45 pm and what action did you take as head of the
Karachi Range police?
A: I was sitting on my lawns wearing shorts after a one-hour walk in a park
(Aunti's Park) and sitting with another officer. I got a message before the
incident from the interior minister who wanted to know about the bomb
blasts so that on the next day he could inform the National Assembly.
Q: When you heard the firing at 8.45pm., what was your action and reaction?
A: I did not change my dress and was still wearing shorts. Some shots that
were fired passed over my head and some hit my walls. Then I went inside
the house and contacted the SSP. Questions from the tribunal: When did you
come to know about the operation at Clifton?
A: At 8:45 pm I heard the shots and my house is opposite the scene of the
incident.
Q: Prior to the incident were your aware of the action to be taken?
A: I came to know that SSP Wajid Ali Durrani is conducting an operation and
the information was given to me on phone. I again received a phone call from
interior minister Babar who wanted to brief the MNAs in the National
Assembly. I was sitting in the lawns and in fact one bullet pierced through the
main door. It was dangerous and I did not move. The phone was in the lawn
and I contacted the SSP again about 9 pm but he was not at the police kiosk.
Then I got a call from the SSP himself. I asked the SSP whether Mir's car has
been allowed to go to his house, to which he replied that he was not sure. I
asked him whether Mir has been apprehended or not, I was told that he was
also injured in the firing. The DIG told the tribunal that he asked the SSP to
do what ever could be done to evacuate him in an armoured personnel
carrier. I stayed on in my house and received three more phone calls
concerning the incident of firing. Somebody spoke from 70- Clifton to the
prime minister, and the interior minister wanted clarification on that and the
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