KARACHI - As many as two eyewitnesses in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case have been provided security under Witness Protection Act, sources within Sindh Police informed. Five policemen are deployed for the security of the witnesses of the high-profile murder case.

Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan was among three others who were accused of being terrorists and killed on the orders of Malir SSP Rao Anwar, in what was later termed a fake encounter. Meanwhile, the sit-in at Islamabad by protestors demanding immediate arrest of former Malir SSP Rao Anwar has entered its ninth day today.