INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
File photoISLAMABAD: The federal government has ordered constitution of another Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the murder of
Orangi Pilot Project director Parveen Rahman in 2013.Rahman, who was the Director of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) was gunned down by four
men in a targeted attack near the Banaras fly-over in Orangi Town in March 2013
She was a vocal activist working against the land and water mafia in the city.In a notification under the Federal Investigation Agency, the
new JIT will be formed under the agency counter-terrorism wing director.The order of the new JIT came in light of the Supreme Court
dissatisfaction with the earlier investigations in the case by the investigators, stated the notification.The JIT first session will be held
on October 8, at 9 am in Karachi.In the session, all the eyewitnesses, evidence and investigation material is to be presented before the
JIT.The initial investigation report is to be presented within two months under the new JIT.The new JIT will comprise Director FIA
Counter-terrorism Unit Babar Bakht Qureshi, SSP Pir M Shah, Deputy Director M Arib Mehar and officials from the ISI, IB and Rangers.Earlier
this week, the apex court judge Justice Umar Atta Bandial remarked that mafia finishes off those who work for the benefit of others, adding
that the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) seem powerless before land and water mafia.On May 7, 2016, police had arrested the prime suspect in
the case, Rahim Swati, during a shootout in Sultanabad area.The eight-member JIT was formed in February 2018 at the request of
Inspector-General Sindh AD Khawaja
The JIT included officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Rangers and intelligence agencies said that
Rahman.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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