KARACHI: Anti-terrorism courts in Karachi issued non-bailable arrest warrants for several fugitive terrorists on Monday in connection with two separate attacks targeting Chinese nationals.
In the case of a suicide attack on a Chinese convoy near Karachi Airport in October 2024, the court was informed by the investigating officer that the alleged masterminds, Bashir Baloch and Abdul Rehman, are believed to be hiding in Balochistan. The officer confirmed that official letters had been sent to the Home Department.
The court issued arrest warrants for the absconding suspects, including the masterminds, who are associated with the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), and directed that they be produced in court at the next hearing.
In a separate case concerning a deadly suicide attack on a van carrying Chinese teachers at Karachi University in April 2022, the court issued arrest warrants for four other absconding suspects.
