LAHORE -The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Interpol Desk Director Tariq Nawaz Malik has informed Lahore High Court that Abid Boxer was still in United Arab Emirates, contrary to media reports that he had been extradited to Pakistan.
The FIA official surprised the judiciary during the hearing of a petition filed by the former police inspector’s family seeking his protection on Friday, despite earlier reports that he was detained in Karachi.
“Abid was not extradited to Pakistan. He is still abroad,” said Malik, who liaises with the Interpol on behalf of the FIA.
Nawaz informed the court that no agency had brought back the former police officer, who has been accused of having connections with the underworld, land-grabbing and extra-judicial killings.
Sources within the law enforcement agencies had previously confirmed that Abid, who has been at large for 11 years, was brought back to Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi by the law enforcement agencies.
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On February 23, Justice Anwarul Haq of the Lahore High Court had sought a reply from Inspector General Punjab Police (IGP) and DG FIA on a petition filed by relatives of Abid. which sought his protection as it believed that certain elements in the police force might kill Boxer in a fake police encounter.
Petitioner Jafar Rafi, the father-in-law of Boxer, filed the petition through his counsel in LHC, pleading that Boxer was arrested with the cooperation of Interpol in Dubai.
“Abid Boxer’s family requested that the court summon the record of cases registered against him besides seeking protection for the police inspector, believed to be close to Sharif family.
