Rao Anwar on UK sanctions list
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LONDON: Britain on Thursday slapped sanctions on The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh as it widened travel bans and economic sanctions for human rights abuses worldwide.
The former dictator, whose election defeat to Adama Barrow in Dec 2016 forced him to flee, was one of three from the West African nation on an updated list targeting 10 people across the globe.
In Pakistan, Rao Anwar Ahmed Khan, a former Karachi police “encounter specialist” suspected of being behind more than 190 “hits” that led to more than 400 deaths, also faces restrictions.
Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2020
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Dec 11, 2020 10:30am
Sovereignty vs International intervention.
Blessing in the disguise it is that; foreign countries are now placing sanctions upon the individuals, involved in human right violations, all across the world.
Although, for a certain mind set, it is the breach of sovereignty but for others it is the moral responsiblity of international criminal tribunals, international regimes and international organizations to discipline states involved in severe structural violence against their own citizens.
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Dec 11, 2020 11:21am
Another feather in Pakistan's cap.
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Dec 11, 2020 11:38am
Rao Anwar is on UK's sanction list. While in Pakistan he is enjoying a luxurious life with VIP protocols. Feel sorry for the families of innocent victims.
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Dec 11, 2020 12:10pm
This is humiliating to Pakistan. PMIk should slap a total boycott of all British products.
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Dec 11, 2020 12:32pm
Put Mr. Rao Anwar in jail for good who is murderer of more than 400 innocent people.
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Dec 11, 2020 12:35pm
An over-due action.
Now,I am awaiting something to hear about Nawaz Sharif in future who fled his country on pretext of serious illness but through videos is creating a political instability in Pakistan though an established Panama depositor and a convict. He is behaving exactly like Yahya of Gambia.
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Dec 11, 2020 12:37pm
@Roma, Roma this is good for us as we hate Rao for his heinous role to humanity. We are happy .
Are you an Indian by the way?
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Dec 11, 2020 12:57pm
@Roma, Well meaning but bad advice.
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Dec 11, 2020 01:40pm
@Roma, why...His is a criminal...It is legitimate action...Hope to see same action for economic hit man...like Dar...Nawaz...For developing word...Money laundering is a crime where as in west they take it as their economic activity...
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Dec 11, 2020 01:59pm
As you sow, so shall you reap.
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Dec 11, 2020 02:19pm
If this is true about him being responsible for 400 deaths.....
How could he even sleep at night......
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Dec 11, 2020 02:28pm
Time to boycott UK now.
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Dec 11, 2020 02:32pm
Reasons: Rao Anwar Khan is the former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Malir District, Pakistan. In his role as SSP Malir, Khan was reportedly responsible for numerous staged police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was directly involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud in 2018. Khan is therefore responsible for or complicit in, the serious violations of the right to life.
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Dec 11, 2020 04:44pm
Now, where is NAB in Rao Anwar case, living much beyond his means?
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Dec 11, 2020 05:28pm
Rao is very powerful man
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Dec 11, 2020 06:12pm
The size of the report says it all.
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Dec 11, 2020 08:15pm
UK expected to cooperate in Nawaz Sharif expedited extradition.
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Dec 11, 2020 08:23pm
UAE should do the same.
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Dec 12, 2020 12:25am
Rao Anwar is a murderer. Killing Fields of Karachi should be made into a movie so everone knows about this psychopath killer.
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Dec 12, 2020 12:42am
190 hits and more than 400 deaths and still this man is not behind bars?
Is there any justice left in the system? Britain is taking action and we are sitting idle? It’s asinine!
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Dec 12, 2020 06:13am
What is humiliating for Pakistan, they guy is a criminal, every country has them.
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Dec 12, 2020 09:09am
@Roma, Hey there UK is a civilised nation not Zardari desh where you use policemen as killer.
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Dec 12, 2020 09:30am
@Anand Yesu, Only a country with a very thin skin and a serious insecurity complex cannot admit to and face up to its mistakes. Even when it comes to individuals, it tries to bury things under the carpet.
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