Anmol Pinky Drug Case: Karachi Police Identify Seven Fugitives, Declare All Absconders

Karachi police have named seven additional suspects in connection with the high-profile drug trafficking case involving Anmol Pinky and formally declared all of them absconders, according to a report submitted before the court.

Anmol, also known as Pinky, was apprehended in May from her apartment in the Garden area of Karachi during a joint operation carried out by police and a civilian intelligence agency. The arrest was linked to two separate cases — one involving possession of narcotics and another relating to an unlicensed weapon. A copy of the fresh investigative report, obtained by local media, confirms that Anmol was taken into custody on 12 May. Following her arrest, three alleged facilitators — identified as Zeeshan, Sohail, and Sameer — were also detained.

Investigators informed the court that seven close associates of the accused remain at large. The fugitives have been named as Fayyaz, Aqib, Hamza, Aijaz, Zaid, and two women identified as Sabira and Aina. Police confirmed that efforts to trace and arrest the absconders are ongoing as the broader investigation into the narcotics network continues. Authorities have so far withheld specific details about the alleged roles of the fugitives and the full scale of the network under scrutiny.

In a separate but related development, Sindh Police acknowledged that Anmol Pinky had in fact been arrested in Lahore — a disclosure that prompted sharp questions during a briefing before the Sindh Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs. MNA Agha Rafiullah questioned why Sindh’s reputation had been tarnished across the country if the arrest had in fact taken place in Lahore.

The committee also directed an expansion of enforcement action against drug rehabilitation facility networks, citing a firm zero-tolerance policy toward narcotics operations. Committee members were additionally informed by Qadir Patel that snuff (naswar) worth Rs1 billion had been exported out of the country — highlighting the wider scope of Pakistan’s narcotics problem beyond the immediate case.