Humaira Channa's car stolen in Karachi's Bahadurabad; Sindh home minister orders report
Police have registered a case after singer Humaira Channa's car was taken near Char Minar Chowrangi. What we know, and how common car theft is in Karachi.
Singer Humaira Channa’s car was stolen in Karachi’s Bahadurabad area on Thursday, 29 October, near Char Minar Chowrangi. Police registered a theft case at the New Town police station and say an investigation is under way; the car had not been recovered and no arrest had been announced by Friday afternoon.
What the police and government have said
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar took notice of the theft on Friday and asked the SSP of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell and the SSP of District East for reports. He told police to use all available technical resources to trace the car, recover it and arrest those involved, and said artists are “valuable assets of society”.
Police have not released the car’s make, model or registration number, or said whether it was taken from a parking spot or the roadside. According to media reports, valuables were inside the car when it was stolen; police have not confirmed what was in it.
Channa has not made a public statement about the theft at the time of writing.
How common is car theft in Karachi?
Very. Figures compiled by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) show 973 cars stolen and 135 cars snatched in Karachi between January and August 2026, along with 21,553 motorcycles stolen and 12,846 mobile phones snatched. In total the CPLC counted 39,098 reported theft and snatching cases in those eight months.
Those are only the cases people reported. In all of 2025, the CPLC recorded 1,859 stolen cars and 309 car snatchings, so this year’s pace is roughly similar.
Bahadurabad, near Tariq Road, is a busy residential and commercial area where many cars are parked along the road, and Channa’s case shows a well-known name is no protection.
If your car is stolen in Karachi
- Report it at the nearest police station straight away and get a copy of the FIR.
- Call the CPLC helpline (1102) so the car’s details go into its tracking system.
- If you have a tracker installed, inform the tracker company immediately, before the car can be moved out of range.
We will update this story if police recover the car or make an arrest.
