Pakistan, Aug. 2 -- In Karachi, fugitive suspect Imran Afridi has publicly confessed to murdering senior lawyer Shamsul Islam. In a video message that has gone viral on social media, Afridi claimed he killed the lawyer as an act of revenge for the years of torture and injustice his father suffered at Shamsul Islam's hands.

Afridi admitted his crime and alleged that Shamsul Islam not only physically abused his father but also falsely imprisoned him on fabricated charges related to a financial dispute of 3.5 million rupees. Afridi said his father's mental health deteriorated due to these repeated abuses, and after being abducted again and tortured by the lawyer, he was fatally shot in the head.

Afridi stated he resorted to this extreme ac...