Tag: Nazim Jhokio

  • PPP Sindh MPA, two others acquitted in Nazim Jokhio case after out-of-court settlement

    PPP Sindh MPA, two others acquitted in Nazim Jokhio case after out-of-court settlement

    A local court on Thursday acquitted three people including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of Sindh Assembly Jam Owais in the Nazim Jokhio murder case.

    The Additional District and Sessions court Malir announced the verdict on the applications of reconciliation between the victim’s family and the accused.

    Jam Owais and other two persons appeared in the court. The court accepted the reconciliation petition of Jam Owais, Meraj Jokhio and Ahmed Khan. The court rejected the petition of two accused for reconciliation.

    On November 3 last year, Nazim’s tortured body was found in Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Jam Awais’ farmhouse in Karachi’s Malir area, a day after he filmed a group of foreigners hunting the endangered houbara bustard in Achar Salaar village in Thatta.

    According to Jokhio’s brother, Nazim had broadcast a live stream on social media of a hunting expedition involving foreign guests of PPP MPA Jam Awais, after which Jam Awais called Nazim to the house where he was allegedly murdered.

  • Activist Jibran Nasir shares horrific details of Nazim Jokhio’s postmortem report

    Activist Jibran Nasir shares horrific details of Nazim Jokhio’s postmortem report

    Trigger Warning: violence

    Lawyer and Activist Muhammad Jibran Nasir has shared horrific details about the postmortem examination of Nazim Jokhio, who was found murdered at the farmhouse of a PPP lawmaker in Malir area of Karachi in November last.

    As per the postmortem report, there were “multiple bruises seen all over the face of the slain journalist ”. There were also “multiple abrasions, reddish in colour, seen all over the face”, the report read. It added that both eyes were found “swollen with deep bruises”.

    Furthermore, the post-mortem examination showed deep bruises over the lower lip and multiple bruises over “one aspect of the chest”.

    Additionally, the report states that both hands were found “swollen with deep bruising”.

    On Tuesday, civil society activists staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to seek justice for Nazim Jokhio.

    What happened?

    Nazim Jokhiowho posted video of foreigners hunting Houbara bustard in Thatta district on social media was found dead in Karachi’s Malir district in November 2-21.

    A few days before his death, Jokhio had stopped a car with a foreign registration number plate and asked the people sitting inside the vehicle why they had blocked the road and what were they doing there. Jhokio filmed the entire episode, in which a passenger sitting next to the driving seat is seen stepping out of the car and snatching his phone.

    In another video, Nazim said he had been tortured and threatened over the video he shot of the Arab guests of some influential persons.

    The police recovered Nazim Jhokio’s dead body from Memon Goth in Malir and got his postmortem conducted at a hospital. The police then registered a murder case against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, Niaz Salar, and others.

    Earlier this month, the names of 13 accused persons including Pakistan People’s Party MNA Jam Abdul Karim and his brother MPA Jam Owais, were removed from the charge sheet of Nazim Jokhio murder case submitted in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) .

    The charge sheet was submitted in the trial court following instructions by the Sindh High Court. The investigation officer had informed the high court that the charge sheet of the case was pending with prosecutor general office for the past couple of months due to its scrutiny.

  • Names of PPP MNA, MPA removed from charge sheet in Nazim Jokhio murder case

    Names of PPP MNA, MPA removed from charge sheet in Nazim Jokhio murder case

    The names of 13 accused persons including Pakistan People’s Party MNA Jam Abdul Karim and his brother MPA Jam Owais, were removed from the charge sheet of Nazim Jokhio murder case submitted in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) .

    The charge sheet was submitted in the trial court following instructions by the Sindh High Court. The investigation officer had informed the high court that the charge sheet of the case was pending with prosecutor general office for the past couple of months due to its scrutiny.

    The names of others accused excluded from the charge sheet included Mohammad Saleem, Dodo Khan, Mohammad Soomar, Abdul Razzak, Jamal Ahmed, Mohammad Miraj, Mohammad Khan, Mohammad Ishaque, Ahmed Khan, Atta Mohammad and Zahid Ali.

    On November 3 last year, the tortured dead body of Nazim Jokhio was found at the farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam Awais’ in Malir area of Karachi, a day after he filmed a group of foreigners hunting the endangered houbara bustard in his Achar Salaar village in Thatta. According to Nazim Jokhio’s brother, Nazim had broadcast a live stream on social media of a hunting expedition involving foreign guests of PPP MPA Jam Awais, after which Jam Awais called Nazim to the house where he was allegedly murdered.

  • Voting on no-confidence motion expected on April 3 or 4 : Sheikh Rasheed

    Voting on no-confidence motion expected on April 3 or 4 : Sheikh Rasheed

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has said that voting on the no-confidence motion against oust Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan will take place on April 3 or 4.

    The federal minister’s comments came during a press conference.

    The interior minister said that everyone is allowed to hold public gatherings in Islamabad; however, according to the directions by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP), no one will be allowed to enter the Red Zone.

    The minister also announced that Pakistan People’s Party MNA Jam Abdul Karim would be arrested upon arrival in Pakistan as he is nominated in the Nazim Jhokhio murder case. “He is coming to cast his vote from Dubai. I have directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and talked with IG Sindh. We will arrest him and hand him over to the Sindh police,” said Rasheed.

    Rasheed said that the suspect is being brought to Pakistan from Dubai without obtaining bail ahead of voting on the no-trust motion against PM Khan. “This shows that their [Opposition’s] legs are trembling,” he added. 

    Taking a jibe at the Opposition, he said that they are “fools” because they played a major role in the popularity of Imran Khan.

    It is pertinent to mention here that National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser adjourned NA session on the vote of no-confidence motion till Monday (March 28).

  • Jokhio murder case: Alleged suspect MNA gets pre-arrest bail from court

    Jokhio murder case: Alleged suspect MNA gets pre-arrest bail from court

    A senior police officer confirmed that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Jam Karim Jokhio has obtained bail before arrest, reports Dawn.

    Karim was nominated along with his brother Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Jam Awais Jokhio in the murder case of Nazimuddin Jokhio who was found tortured to death at Awais’ farmhouse earlier this month.

    Currently, Awais is under police custody.

    The officer, who wished not to be named, told Dawn that the police was trying to frame Jam Karim’s role in the alleged kidnapping and murder case of Nazim.

    However, in the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that Nazim was tortured to death for recording MPA Jam Awais’ hunting expedition of a highly rare bird species along with his Arab guests.

    The victim’s family has also accused the MPA and his henchmen for torturing Nazim to death.

  • ‘Jam Awais returned my brother in kafan’: Nazim Jokhio’s brother speaks out against PPP MPA

    Nazim Jokhio’s brother Azam, while talking to BBC Urdu’s Riaz Sohail, revealed: “I blindly trusted Jam Awais and took my brother Nazim to meet him and he [Jam] returned my brother in kafan (shroud).”

    Jokhio, the youngest one of his siblings, was allegedly tortured to death for recording Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais’ hunting expedition of a highly rare bird species along with his Arab guests.

    Azam told the media outlet that after repeated calls from Jam’s people, he asked his brother to delete the video. He said he was not “afraid”. After this, Jam’s manager reached their home and asked for Nazim.

    “My brother had refused to go with him but I insisted,” he said while adding that he had been elected a member of the district council and he had confidence in them.

    Upon reaching, Jam’s people started torturing Nazim with sticks and butts of the gun.

    “I pleaded in front of him [Jam] and apologised but he didn’t listen and said that you have insulted my guests. They kept beating him and locked him in a room. They asked me to leave and come in the morning. At 5am, I got the news that they had beaten him to death”, Azam said.

    MPA Sindh Assembly along with two suspects, Haider and Mir Ali, have been remanded to police custody for three days.

    During the hearing, the investigation officer informed the court that the prime suspect had surrendered to the police. Later, the judge ordered to present a progress report in the case at the next hearing and granted a three-day remand to the police.

    Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah had also taken notice of the incident.

  • Nazim Jhokio murder: FIR registered against PPP MPA

    Nazim Jhokio murder: FIR registered against PPP MPA

    A man who recently posted a video of foreigners hunting Houbara bustard in Thatta district on social media was found dead in Karachi’s Malir district on Wednesday, reports The News.

    A few days back, Nazim Jhokio had stopped a car with a foreign registration number plate and asked the people sitting inside the vehicle why they had blocked the road and what were they doing there. Jhokio filmed the entire episode, in which a passenger sitting next to the driving seat is seen stepping out of the car and snatching his phone.

    In another video, Nazim said he had been tortured and threatened over the video he shot of the Arab guests of some influential persons.

    On Wednesday, the police recovered Nazim Jhokio’s dead body from Memon Goth in Malir and got his postmortem conducted at a hospital.

    The police have registered a murder case against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, Niaz Salar, and others.

    Meanwhile, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice of the murder and directed the authorities to provide justice to the victim’s family.