LIFE IN DANGER

21 December 1998
London time: 12.20 p.m.

NASIR ANJUM, INCHARGE OF MQM FEDERAL B. AREA SECTOR ARRESTED BY SURJANI TOWN POLICE

Today at around 6.30 a.m., the personnel of Surjani Town Police Station, led by SHO Haider Baig, raided the temporary residence of Nasir Anjum and arrested him. He was residing at his uncle's house in Orangi Town No. 11-1/2, Karachi. Immediately after his arrest, the raiding party raided his house in Federal B. Area. During the raid, they ransacked the house, confiscated several important papers from the house, misbehaved with the family members and threatened them. Nasir Anjum 37, son of Mushtaq Anjum, resident of 1108/16, Federal B. Area, Karachi, is the Incharge of MQM Federal B. Area Sector.

We fear that his life is in extreme danger at the hands of the law enforcement agencies.