Waseem Abbas Case: Suspect’s Death, Orphanage Inquiry and Open Questions

Updated: October 31, 2026

Waseem Abbas, 15, died in Multan after being struck by a car while fleeing, according to reports citing police and CCTV footage. Police registered a murder case and arrested contractor Tauqeer Nazir, who was accused in connection with the boy’s death. The allegations had not been decided by a court. (Dawn, October 20)

What police said about the encounter

A Multan magistrate sent Nazir into police custody for questioning. Early the next day, police said he had escaped custody and was killed in an alleged encounter with Punjab’s Crime Control Department near Bahawalpur’s Northern Bypass.

According to the police account reported by Dawn, officers tried to stop two men on a motorcycle and an exchange of gunfire followed. Police said Nazir was struck by bullets fired by his companion, who escaped. The reports reviewed for this update did not provide an independent account of the encounter or a public explanation of how Nazir left custody. (Dawn, October 21)

Separate inquiries involving the orphanage

On October 21, The News reported that police had registered a separate case against an orphanage administrator over the alleged placement of Waseem in work without required permission. This is an allegation under investigation, not a finding of guilt. (The News, October 21)

The Punjab Child Protection and Welfare Bureau also rejected the shelter home’s application for registration. The News reported the next day that the Bureau took 16 children into protective custody and asked the Punjab Charity Commission to review the shelter home’s separate charity registration. These actions do not, by themselves, establish the outcome of any criminal case. (The News, October 22)

Application seeking an inquiry

On October 25, The Express Tribune reported that an application had been filed in the Lahore High Court seeking an inquiry into the circumstances of Nazir’s death. The report described an application seeking action; I did not find a published court decision on it in the sources reviewed for this update. (The Express Tribune, October 25)

What remains unresolved

The reports reviewed do not establish the final findings in the murder and child-labour investigations, the circumstances of the alleged custody escape, or the outcome of the application seeking an inquiry. The allegations against individuals should not be treated as proven unless established through the relevant legal process.

Saraikistan will update this report when further reliable information or an official decision becomes available.

Sources

• Dawn: Car driver held for crushing underage worker to death in Multan
• Dawn: Man accused of running over Multan teenager killed in alleged CCD encounter
• The News: Orphanage admin booked after teenager’s killing in Multan
• The News: CPWB rejects shelter-home registration, takes 16 children into custody
• The Express Tribune: LHC moved for probe into killing of man accused of running over Multan teenager