Overview
- Pakistan Rangers Sindh and the Sindh CTD carried out an intelligence-led raid in the Sher Shah area on November 12, arresting Muhammad Noor, also known as Khum.
- Authorities identify the suspect as linked to the banned group Fitna Al-Khawarij and describe him as a most-wanted figure in Karachi investigations.
- Weapons, ammunition and explosives were recovered during the arrest, and the suspect and evidence were handed to police for formal proceedings.
- During initial questioning, officials say Noor admitted involvement in targeted killings, extortion, bomb blasts, kidnappings for ransom and armed encounters with law enforcement.
- Investigators report he named several alleged accomplices and that his history includes joining a Qayyum Mehsud-led group in 2010, joining a target-killing team in 2012 and going into hiding across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2015, with current cases at Manghopir and Khawaja Ajmer Nagri police stations.