Investigators have revealed detailed planning in the targeted killing of NADRA Assistant Director Fahad Khan in Hayatabad. Probe teams confirmed that the shooters conducted multi-day surveillance and continuous tracking before the attack.
The investigation found that the main suspect followed the victim from his home to the NADRA office. To mask their movements and monitor the official, the suspect posed as a ride-hailing motorcycle rider with an accomplice seated as a passenger.
The surveillance began in University Town, where the attackers kept a constant watch on Khan's routine. While Khan typically travelled in a bulletproof vehicle with security guards, the assailants had studied his movements and security patterns in advance. The perpetrators made multiple reconnaissance visits to the scene and surrounding areas to select the ideal time and location for the strike.
In a separate case in the Khazana area on the city's outskirts, a seven-year-old girl was murdered after her parents left her in the care of a cousin while seeking hospital treatment. The relative allegedly strangled the child over a domestic grudge. Six months earlier, the girl's father had warned the accused against unnecessary mobile-phone conversations at home. The relative is said to have taken revenge by ending the child's life.
A missing-person report for Halima, aged about six or seven and daughter of Inamullah of Khan Baba Garhi, was registered on 6 November by her uncle Bilaluddin at Khazana police station. Capital City Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed Ahmad ordered immediate recovery efforts. Under SP Rural Division Sabir Gul Khan, teams led by DSP Ehsanullah Marwat, SHO Qazi Akmal Khan and Investigating Officer Imtiaz Khan used scientific methods, human intelligence and multi-angle inquiry to solve the case within 24 hours. The body was recovered and the accused woman arrested.
