Naqeebullah Mehsud

Naseemullah, better known as Muhammad Naqeebullah Mehsud, was killed on 13 January 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan, during an encounter by the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Karachi's Malir District, Rao Anwar. On 3 January, Naqeebullah was kidnapped along with two of his friends, Hazrat Ali and Muhammad Qasim, by Rao Anwar's men in plainclothes from Gulsher Agha Hotel in Karachi. On 6 January, both of his friends were freed by the police, but Naqeebullah was kept in captivity, tortured, and then killed on 13 January in a staged encounter in which he was shot twice in the back. Alongside Naqeebullah, three other men were also killed by the police in the encounter; Nazar Jan Mahsud was shot from close range.²