Pakistan Army has taken custody of Lyari gangster Uzair Baloch.
Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Wednesday night on Twitter said “Uzair Baloch taken into military custody under Pakistan Army Act / Official Secret Act – 1923.”
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Uzair Baloch taken into military custody under Pakistan Army Act / Official Secret Act – 1923. (1 of 2)
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 11, 2017
On charges of espionage (leakage of sensitive security information to foreign intelligence agencies). (2 of 2)
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 11, 2017
DG ISPR also said that Uzair was taken into custody “on charges of espionage (leakage of sensitive security information to foreign intelligence agencies).”
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Uzair Baloch was arrested on January 30, 2016 by Sindh Rangers outskirts of Karachi.
Apress release issued by the paramilitary force had claimed “The gang leader was arrested in a targeted operation outside Karachi, in the early hours of Saturday as he attempted to enter the metropolis,”
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Uzaid bloch, currently facing 55 cases in various courts. Of these cases, one relates to the murder of Arshad Pappu and another relates to keeping weapons and explosives.