Karachi private detention cell raid frees 29 peopl...

Summary

•   The premises, located near City Garden Headquarters within the jurisdiction of Nabi Bakhsh Police Station, were reportedly being used as a detention site despite not being an official police lock-up.
•   The recovery report also places scrutiny on the presence of police personnel at the premises and raises questions about who authorised the use of the property and for what purpose.
•   The reported recovery of 29 people from the premises has therefore placed the functioning of police detention practices in Karachi under renewed scrutiny and raised serious questions about accountability, human dignity and the protection of fundamental rights.

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KARACHI:  A judicial raid in Karachi’s Nabi Bakhsh area has uncovered what officials described as an alleged illegal detention facility, where 29 people, including a woman suffering from cancer, were reportedly found confined without proper legal documentation.

The premises, located near City Garden Headquarters within the jurisdiction of Nabi Bakhsh Police Station, were reportedly being used as a detention site despite not being an official police lock-up. The property is said to belong to the Civil Defence Authority.

On October 3, 2026, Judicial Magistrate Naeem Akhtar conducted the raid after a habeas corpus application was filed by citizen Sher Zaman under Section 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

According to the recovery report, 28 men and one woman were found at the premises. The detainees allegedly had no FIRs, arrest memos, daily diary entries or records showing that they had been produced before a magistrate.