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Encounter Specialist Or Brutal Murderer?

Lately, the death of a youngster has caused a huge hue and cry around the country, especially on social media. The young person namely NaqibUllahMehsud was killed in a police encounter in Karachi. The reasons for the encounter are yet to be proved with evidence. SSP Rao Anwar clarified his position by declaring him a terrorist having relations with the terrorist outfits TTP and BLA, he has since been removed from the post. Pakistan with regard to the police encounters has been an outlandish place. Encounters are considered to be the cheapest mode of delivering justice. Political scores are also settled through them. The legal position of these encounters is yet to be interpolated by the authorities. Making matter worse, some sub-nationalists made it an issue of ethnicity. Unfortunately, this sort of killing does raise concerns among the general masses, especially among those from whom the killed one belongs to. Still fake, or even real, encounter is a national issue that rea...