Mir Raza murder case: Karachi police book 'around 100 demonstrators' for allegedly blocking Sharea Faisal

Karachi police have filed a case against roughly one hundred demonstrators accused of blocking Sharea Faisal, the city's main artery, during a pre-dawn protest over the Mir Raza Ali murder case. Dawn reports the FIR names twenty identified individuals plus dozens of unidentified associates, citing charges including rioting and obstructing a public servant. The protest is tied to the killing of Ali, a twenty-five-year-old Karachi businessman found dead last month after going missing, a case that has drawn nightly vigils from his family and civil society groups demanding justice. Separately, a judicial commission reviewing the investigation began hearings the same day, summoning medical and police witnesses as it works to piece together the timeline of Ali's disappearance and death.

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