Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said that he had received another letter from absconding Sindh police officer Rao Anwar, this time asking the court to unfreeze his bank accounts.

The Supreme Court was hearing the case in relation to the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in Karachi, allegedly by a police party led by Anwar, the former Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dawnonline reported.

“I do not know whether the letter is real or fake,” the CJP said. “The letter has been kept in a file.”

The CJP on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the progress in the murder case.

“Reports are being presented [in court] but there is no progress,” the CJP said.

In his first letter, sent last month, the officer had claimed that he was innocent and that he was not present at the site of the encounter when Mehsud was killed. The officer had also requested for a free and fair joint investigation team to look into the controversy.

Deputy Attorney Sohail Mahmoud said according to security agencies, all suspected persons had switched off their mobiles.

The Inter-Services Intelligence is providing Sindh police with technical assistance. Military Intelligence (MI) said while their ability to provide technical assistance was limited, they are cooperation with police.

Sindh’s Inspector-General (IG) told the court that both the ISI and MI were assisting in the case.

Faisal Siddiqui, representing Naqeebullah’s father, asserted that questions were being raised as to the authority of the state as only 10 of the 24 accused have been arrested so far, something which the chief justice said was “a valid question.”

The IG, however, claimed that 12 of the accused have been arrested so far.

The court, while ordering the IG to debrief it on CCTV footage of Anwar pertaining to Karachi and Islamabad, adjourned the hearing of the case till Friday, adding that the heating will take place in Karachi.

Naqeebullah’s killing sparked protests on social media as well as rallies across the country. The arrest of Anwar was one of the major demands of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, which staged a long march that eventually culminated into a sit-in outside the Islamabad Press Club.

In January, Naqeebullah, who hailed from South Waziristan, was killed along with three other suspects in an ‘encounter’ with a police team headed by Anwar in the Usman Khaskheli Goth on the outskirts of Karachi.

When questioned, Anwar had claimed that the deceased was a Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant.

However, Anwar went on the run the moment the probe team, in its report, concluded that Naqeebullah’s murder was extrajudicial and that the victim had no links to the terrorist organisation.

A statement reportedly issued by a spokesperson of the TTP’s South Waziristan chapter termed Anwar’s claim as “baseless”, clarifying that Naqeebullah had no links with the banned militant outfit.

Naqeebullah’s family had also disputed the SSP’s claim, saying that the 27-year-old had no links with any militant organisation.

Naqeebullah — whose name is given as Naseemullah on his national identity card — was a shop owner fond of modelling, a relative of the deceased had earlier told Dawn.

Following an uproar on social media over the staged encounter, Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took notice of the incident.

The next day, the Supreme Court of Pakistan also took a suo motu notice of the incident.