[7][8] On 10 December 2019, Anwar was blacklisted by the United States Department of the Treasury in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List under the Global Magnitsky Act for his atrocities during his tenure, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsud.

In 2012, he was demoted to the sub-inspector rank by a Supreme Court order, but Asif Ali Zardari reinstated him as SSP Malir using his executive powers.

[16] In 2015, he was briefly suspended for "misusing authority" because of his controversial press conference, in which he alleged that MQM sent its workers to India to get them trained by the Indian intelligence agency RAW for spreading terror in Pakistan.

[17] The MQM activist Tahir Lamba, who had been arrested by Anwar before the press conference and accused of being a RAW agent, was released by the court later due to lack of evidence.

[18] In September 2016, Anwar was suspended for raiding the house of the MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan and detaining him without the permission of the Sindh Assembly speaker.

[22] On 17 February 2018, former president Asif Ali Zardari voiced support for Anwar, calling him a ‘brave child’ for surviving the fight against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.

[2] Apart from his controversial police encounters, Anwar has also been notorious for being involved in land grabbing and gravel and sand mining in the Malir and Gadap areas of Karachi.

However, lawyer Jibran Nasir refused the verdict and asked Naqeeb's family to appeal judgement in high court.