Fahad murder case: Brother in law appeals for justice

LONDON: PTI leader Imran Khan’s friend and London-based businessman Zulfi Bukhari has started a petition on social media soliciting the general public’s help to raise pressure for the arrest and punishment of his brother-in-law’s killers.

Barrister Fahad Malik husband of Zulfi Bukhari’s sister, was killed in a shooting on Monday night in Islamabad by Raja Arshad and Nauman Khokar.

The petition titled “Arrest Fahad Malik's Killers” calls on the Islamabad police to arrest the killers and questions how the killers were able to secure bail, while the police wasted opportunities to arrest them.

Barrister Fahad Malik, a British national, spent most of his life in London and did his bar at the Lincoln's Inn but decided to practice in Pakistan. His wife Sakina Bukhari and two children were in London when Barrister Fahad Malik was killed by Nauman Khokhar accomplices, after mediating between two quarreling factions at a local police station.

Fahad’s younger brother Jawad Malik was also holidaying in London at the time of the killing. Zulfi Bukhari took his sister and kids to Pakistan and Jawad Malik accompanied them. The family has vowed to fight on till justice is delivered.

In a series of messages posted on a social media site, Zulfi Bukhari wrote: “Our entire family has been ripped apart, my brother in law murdered by Nauman Khokar & Raja Arshad outside the police station #JusticeForFahad.”

He posted pictures of Fahad Malik with his son and daughter and wrote: “Fahad leaves behind 2 beautiful kids & his wife. His only crime? Mediating a conflict b/w 2 parties.”

Zulfi Bukhari posted pictures of the gangsters who opened fire on Fahad Malik outside the police station: “We can't bring Fahad back, or make sense of this killing. My sister is shattered, their children heartbroken. Plz pray for them.”

Interior Minister Chauhdary Nisar Ali Khan visited Fahad Malik’s family home and promised to bring the killers to justice but they remain at large.

“Fahad Malik's murder happened in the capital city, a few miles away from the PM house. Why are the lawmakers sleeping?”

Fahad Malik was the nephew of ex-chairman Senate Muhammad Mian Soomro and son-in-law of Syed Wajid Bukhari, who was Minister of Environment in Pervez Musharraf’s cabinet.