Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Rao ANWAR
Aliases
Rao Anwar AHMED; Anwar Ahmed KHAN; Rao Anwar Ahmed KHAN; Anwar Ahmed Rao KHAN
Nationality
Pakistan
DoB
1959-01-01
Address
Pakistan
Reg. ID
MU-4112252, Passport
Official reason
During his tenure as the Senior Superintendent of Police in District Malir, Pakistan, Rao Anwar Khan (Anwar) was reportedly responsible for staging numerous fake police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebu...
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https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm852
Date of listing
2019-12-10
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Human Rights
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441
Official Information
On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...
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