September
5, 2013
RAID
Karachi operation initiated on directives of federal government, four months after PM Nawaz was sworn in. The primary aim was to bring to task criminals identified by agencies in order to control declining law and order situation in the city.
September
11, 2013
ARREST
Former MQM MPA Nadeem Hashmi arrested in connection with murder of two policemen; however, he was later released due to lack of evidence.
October
1, 2013
Karachi police highlight MQM worker Kazim Abbas Rizvi’s alleged involvement in target killing of a vice-president of PML-N Sindh lawyers’ wing, on September 27, 2013. Advocate Randhawa was pleading the murder case of journalist Wali Babar.
December
6, 2013
Arrest
Former MQM parliamentarian and Liaquatabad town nazim Osama Qadri picked up by District East police from outside Dolmen City Mall in Clifton for interrogation in a case. The details of the case were never made public and Qadri was released by the police the next morning.
February
7, 2014
KILLING
Bodies of MQM workers Muhammad Waseem and Salman found in Landhi. According to their families and MQM, they were kidnapped by law enforcement agencies and brutally tortured before they were killed.
March
11, 2015
Arrest
Rangers arrest over 100 men from surroundings of nine-zero, MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s Karachi residence and Khursheed Memorial Hall.
March
14, 2015
ARREST
Rangers declare the arrest of MQM worker Umair Siddiqui who admitted that a party sector in-charge Abdul Rahman set the Baldia factory ablaze in 2012. He is believed to be the person who tipped-off Rangers on the ‘illegal activities’ taking place inside the MQM headquarters.
March
17, 2015
CASE
Case registered against MQM chief by Rangers official Colonel Tahir for allegedly threatening Rangers following a pre-dawn raid on nine-zero.
March
18, 2015
In a video broadcast on TV, Saulat Mirza, who would later be hanged for the murder of former KESC MD Shahid Hamid, alleged that he received the order for the ‘hit’ from Altaf at MQM leader Babar Ghauri’s residence.
April
13, 2015
ARREST
Arrest of Moazzam Ali Khan, a key-suspect in senior MQM leader Imran Farooq’s murder, was disclosed by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar.
April
30, 2015
SSP Rao Anwar claims MQM has links with RAW during press conference.
May
12, 2015
Convicted target killer Saulat Mirza hanged in Mach Jail.
June
18, 2015
ARREST
Two more suspects in the Imran Farooq murder case – Mohsin Ali and Khalid Shamim –arrested from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman by Frontier Corps.
July
17, 2015
RAID
Rangers raided nine zero once again and arrested MQM Rabita committee in-charge Kaiful Wara and Qamar Mansoor.
August
4, 2015
Sindh Rangers send letter to MQM leader Farooq Sattar, seeking custody of 187 men involved in target killing of policemen who participated in the 1992 operation.
September
10, 2015
KILLED
Four MQM workers killed during an alleged encounter with the Rangers near the Northern Bypass. According to Rangers, the alleged target killers were involved in the killing of a MQM lawyer Hasnain Bukhari. The MQM later accused Rangers of “extra-judicial” killing of four party workers.