Overview

• Punjab Police, with Interpol assistance, detained Khawaja Tareef Gulshan, known as Teefi Butt, in Dubai late Friday nearly 19 months after the killing of Ameer Balaj Tipu.
• Extradition steps under an Interpol Red Notice have been initiated, and senior officials say they expect his transfer to Pakistan within days.
• Additional IG CCD Sohail Zafar Chattha has formally asked the Lahore CCPO to move the case from the Joint Investigation Team to the Counter Crime Department.
• Investigators describe the case as one of Lahore’s most sensational murder inquiries, following a February 2024 wedding shooting in which the alleged gunman was killed on the spot and several guests were injured.
• Two suspects were named in the case, with Khawaja Aqeel, known as Gogi Butt, currently on bail as a JIT report in September 2025 attributed orchestration to him and signaled plans to seek cancellation of his bail.