Investigators obtain copies of Cocaine Queen Pinky's CNIC, passport

In an important development in an investigation in the case of Anmol alias Pinky, a drug dealer who had been arrested from Karachi on Tuesday, investigators on Sunday obtained the copies of the suspect’s computerized national identity card (CNIC) as well as of her passport, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

It has been learnt that the alleged drug dealer had obtained her passport from Karachi on April 17, 2018, which expired on April 17, 2023.

Pinky had also obtained her CNIC from Karachi, and that was on December 6, 2016.

Her national identity card shows her to be the resident of Abul Hassan Ispahani Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

Sources told the 24News TV channel that efforts were also being made to obtain passports and CNICs of the woman’s family members.

Karachi police have decided to contact customers of Anmol, alias Cocaine Queen Pinky, a drug dealer who had been arrested in Karachi on Tuesday, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Additional IG Karachi Azad Khan on Sunday.

It was also decided that letters would be written to the concerned departments, including the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

Similarly, a decision was taken to check bank accounts of the drug dealer.

On the other hand, yet another case registered against Pinky in Lahore has surfaced.

In 2018, Gujjarpura police had arrested Nawaz, a drug supplier, who would take drugs from Pinky before selling them.

At that time, Pinky lived in the Defence Housing Authority.

Lahore Police have now decided to launch a massive operation against drug dealers as some big fish are on the Force’s radar.

The CCD too has received a green signal to go after drug suppliers. 

Also on Sunday, Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that several people were linked to the narcotics business; however, he would not name them now. "I don't want to insult them by telling their names," he added.

He said there was a zero tolerance policy for drug suppliers, and it was the government's responsibility to eliminate this gang. 

He reminded that narcotics was not a Pakistan specific issue as the entire world was grappling with it. "However, the issue is not taken seriously in Pakistan."

Pinky, who was produced in court on the completion of three-day physical remand on Saturday, insisted she was innocent and that she was implicated in false cases.

Judicial Magistrate Central approved physical remand of Anmol till May 22. 

She also alleged that she was tortured during custody. When she was produced in the court of Special Magistrate, South, her face was covered with a piece of cloth.

Investigation officers (IOs) from Darakhshan police and Gizri police reached the court to seek physical remand of the suspect in five and six cases, respectively.

Maqbool Mehr, the investigation officer from Darakhshan police station, said that FIRs had been registered against the drug dealer in 2021, 2022 and 2025, while the IO from Gizri police station said that six cases had been registered against Pinky at the police station in 2021 and 2022.

Pinky told the court that she had been implicated in 20 to 25 bogus cases. “Police had picked me up from Lahore 22 days back,” she said, and added that for 15 days she remained in the Force’s custody and it was only five days ago that she had been produced in court.

Pinky accused the police of arranging drugs before taking her into custody so that it could be propagated that these had been recovered from her possession.

She alleged that she had been pressurized to admit that she was a drug supplier, and if she did not, her family would be kidnapped.

The drug dealer further said that there was also pressure on her to name a man who lives in Bani Gala as her customer. She alleged that her ex-husband was trying to implicate her in false cases.

When the judge questioned her why her husband was doing all this, the drug dealer replied it was because she had left him.

The suspect’s lawyer questioned when the police knew that Pinki was involved in supplying drugs, why they did not arrest her before. “Police do not have the courage to get to real culprits. So, they arrest others.”

He said that different dates had been mentioned on which his client had allegedly committed a murder.

The lawyer prayed to court to send Pinky to jail on judicial remand since all cases against her had been fabricated.

He claimed that his client had not been nominated in any previous case.

Speaking on the occasion, the investigation officer (IO) told the court that Pinky had been supplying drugs for the last several years, and that it was only now that she had been arrested. “Entire generations at universities have been destroyed,” he said, adding that 800 contacts had been found in her cellphone to whom the suspect would supply drugs. “She has her own brand of cocaine. And it is her claim that once you taste it, it is difficult to forget its flavour,” the IO said, adding that foreigners too were part of her gang.

He said that two other suspects in the case would also be presented in court. 

The IO further said that a man named Zeeshan would receive payments, and when he sent screenshots to Pinky, the latter would delivered drugs.

He told the court that the police had still to get to the riders who would carry drugs with them, and for that they needed to further question the woman.

He said that Pinky’s younger brother ran a network in Lahore. “Now we have to arrest their accomplices and facilitators.”

He told the court that videos showing how to manufacture drugs had been recovered from the suspect’s cellphone.

He went on to say that the woman was quite cunning and kept changing her statements. “Only while coming to the court, she said that her name was Pinky, and that she was a brand.”

Meanwhile, an investigation report related to accused Anmol alias Pinky has surfaced, containing serious allegations of bribery, protection of a narcotics network and alleged links involving law enforcement officials, lawyers and individuals from different sectors, including showbiz and politics.

According to the report, obtained by City 21, allegations have been levelled against officials of government agencies associated with narcotics control, accusing them of accepting large sums in bribes from members of the drug network.

The report claimed that several law enforcement officials remained in contact with the network, while certain officials allegedly took bribes amounting to crores of rupees in exchange for facilitating the accused and securing their release after arrests.

The accused allegedly claimed that more than Rs10 million had been paid as bribes on multiple occasions. The report further alleged that officials linked to anti-narcotics operations repeatedly detained and later released suspects in return for financial benefits.

Among the allegations, Anmol alias Pinky reportedly claimed that her former husband had links with intelligence agencies and that one individual had been declared a notorious cocaine dealer in Karachi.

The report also alleged that bribes amounting to hundreds of thousands of rupees were paid to officials at various police stations in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority area.

The names of Darakhshan Police Station, Gizri Police Station and Boat Basin Police Station were specifically mentioned in connection with the allegations.

The report raised fresh questions regarding the alleged scale of the narcotics network and prompted demands for investigations into the alleged nexus involving police and intelligence officials.

According to the report, details of around 700 to 800 alleged cocaine users linked to the network were also revealed. 

Among the names mentioned in the allegations was an MQM MNA Sadiq Iftikhar, with the accused claiming that he allegedly owed Rs500,000.

The report also referred to alleged contacts with actor Muneeb Butt and a model identified as Sara.

The accused further alleged that officials of the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) were paid bribes of up to Rs15 million. An ANF inspector identified in the report as Ehsan Bhai Nasir was accused by the suspect of repeatedly taking the accused into custody and releasing her in exchange for money.

The report also named Rana Mansoor Advocate and Rana Shahzoor alias Sultan, alleging their links to the narcotics network.

According to the allegations, narcotics were at times kept inside lawyers’ offices and chambers to avoid police raids and detection.

Reporter: Mubashar Hussain