Key witness in Wali Khan Babar murder case alive: Police

KARACHI: Additional Inspector General Police Sindh, Shahid Hayat said that the cases of witnesses in the Wali Babar case who had been killed have been reopened.

Speaking to Geo News, Hayat revealed that the key witness in the murder case was still alive. He added that the eyewitness was buying vegetables at the time of the murder of the Geo News correspondent. According to Hayat this eyewitness had informed investigators of the number plate of the attackers’ car but had refused to appear in court.

The Additional IGP further said that Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Memon had also spoken of the eyewitness in the case being alive during a Geo News programme.

Wali Khan Babar was murdered in the Liaqatabad area of Karachi in January 2011. Several witnesses in the murder case have been killed.