Rangers official testifies against Uzair Baloch in arms recovery case.

KARACHI -- A Rangers official deposed before an antiterrorism court that a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered on a lead provided by chief of outlawed Peoples Amn Committee (PAC) Uzair Baloch in 2016.

The alleged Lyari kingpin has been booked and arrested in a case pertaining to recovery of arms, ammunitions and explosives. He has been facing trials in over 40 cases pertaining to murder, kidnappings, extortion, etc.

The ATC-VII judge, who is conducting the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, took up the matter for recording the testimony of a prosecution witness.

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The witness, Deputy Superintendent of Rangers (DSR) Jahanzeb Khan, deposed that he was posted as an inspector on April 26, 2016 at the 61 Wing, Abdullah Shah Ghazi Rangers, at the Meetha Ram Hostel, where Uzair Baloch was kept in preventive detention for 90 days on the order of a court under Section 11-EEEE of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.

He deposed that during interrogation Uzair disclosed to have concealed weapons, ammunitions and explosives at the corner of Heera Kheem Sindh Road, opposite Water Tank Chowrangi within the remit of the Nabi Bux police station.

He confirmed that said articles were concealed by him, which he could voluntarily produce, DSR Khan deposed, adding that one light...