Cola Next owner Zulfiqar Ahmed reached home in Lahore: Police

Province Sindh City of Karachi From Kidnapping Ali Ashfaq, the lawyer of would-be businessman and Cola Next owner Zulfiqar Ahmed, confirmed to Independent Urdu on Sunday night that Zulfiqar Ahmed has been released.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Karachi South Asad Raza told Independent Urdu that Zulfiqar Ahmad Bakhiret has reached his home in Lahore.

Zulfiqar Ahmed, managing director of Paracha Textile Mills and Meezan Group, was taken away by armed men on the evening of July 23.

According to lawyer Ali Ashfaq, he was in touch with Zulfikar Ahmed’s father from seven o’clock this evening when he was informed that Zulfikar Ahmed was going to meet his family soon.

Cola Next and other drinks manufactured by Zulfiqar Ahmed Paracha’s company have gained a lot of popularity for being local in the wake of the Israeli offensive inside Gaza that began in October last year to boycott products linked to Israeli companies. Is.

According to FIR complainant Imran Malik: ‘Zulfiqar Ahmed left his office at Maripur Road Sher Shah at around 5.30 pm on July 23 to go to Clifton with his friend Qaiser. At six o’clock Kaiser called him and informed him about the incident.

According to the FIR registered for the abduction of Zulfiqar Ahmed: ‘When Zulfiqar Ahmed and his friends reached the Edhi Mobile Center on Maripur Road near Qaiser Agra Taj Colony, a white Toyota Surf, without a number plate, pounced on them. Stopped the car.

Eight unidentified armed men got out of the vehicle and took Zulfiqar Ahmed and his friend Qaiser with them. After some time Qaiser was thrown from the car and Zulfikar Ahmed was forcibly kidnapped and taken with him.

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On receiving the news of the abduction, Zulfiqar’s family and the company management submitted an application to Kalri police station on the same day. However, as the police did not file a complaint, the family approached the Sindh High Court on Friday to register a case of kidnapping.

Earlier, Zulfiqar Ahmed’s wife Anbar Zulfiqar had said in a petition to the court that after receiving information about her husband’s disappearance, manager Imran Malik requested to register a case at the Kalri police station, but the police did not register an FIR. Nor has her husband been traced.’

The Sindh High Court, while hearing the petition on Friday, had issued a notice to the Federal Ministry of Interior, Sindh Home Department, Inspector General of Police (IG) Sindh and sought a response by July 30.

After the preliminary hearing, the court had also summoned the station house officer (SHO) of Kallari police station on July 30 in his personal capacity.

Zulfiqar Ahmed is the Chief Executive Officer of Textiles and Meezan Group since 2016, who is also known for his philanthropic work.