VIDEO: Pakistan’s ‘cocaine queen’ Anmol Pinky ran network from Lahore, Karachi with impunity

Despite being on the radar of law enforcement agencies for years, 31-year-old aspiring model-turned-drug “queenpin” Anmol Pinky allegedly operated a nationwide narcotics network from Lahore and Karachi with impunity, according to a report.

Following her arrest by Sindh police, her appearance in a Karachi court — videos of which went viral on mainstream and social media — and revelations made during the investigation have prompted Punjab police to revisit three old cases allegedly registered against her and her brothers in Lahore several years ago. Authorities are now planning to seek her custody from Sindh. 

The report said Pinky, along with her brothers and other accomplices, had built a network that allegedly used WhatsApp and social media platforms to supply narcotics, particularly cocaine, to clients in upscale areas.

Already booked in multiple criminal cases before her recent arrest by a joint team of Karachi police and a civilian intelligence agency, Pinky reportedly had her Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) blocked by authorities. However, investigators said this did not stop her operations, as she allegedly used benami bank accounts and SIM cards issued in other people’s names to remain in contact with her network and customers.

Purported voice notes widely circulated on social media suggested she was unafraid of law enforcement. In the recordings, she allegedly challenged authorities to arrest her, claiming her network would continue operating even after her arrest or death.

Officials familiar with the interrogation said she lived with her mother and sister-in-law in Khayaban-i-Zafar Society in Lahore. In Karachi, she reportedly maintained a residence in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and had a family home in Baloch Para on Jahangir Road.

Pinky came from a modest background. Her father, Murad Bakhsh, a Kolachi Baloch, worked as a taxi driver, while her mother hailed from Punjab. She reportedly dropped out of school in the eighth grade and moved to Lahore to pursue a modelling career.

During her struggling years, she frequently visited the office of a film director in search of acting and modelling opportunities, where she met her first husband, a lawyer by profession. Investigators alleged that her first husband and brothers introduced her to the drug trade, initially using her to traffic cocaine from Lahore to Karachi.

After separating from her first husband, she allegedly established her own network and later married a retired police official. Her family later shifted to Lahore, where her elder brother reportedly established a restaurant and other businesses that flourished over time.

Investigators claimed she specialised in cocaine distribution and built her own “brand.” They alleged that after cocaine entered the country through smuggling channels, she learned to increase its quantity by mixing chemicals without compromising its perceived quality, thereby increasing profits.

Authorities estimated she sold drugs worth millions of rupees daily, with clients allegedly including influential personalities and students. Investigators also claimed that part of her earnings was used to pay certain law enforcement officials for protection.

Relations between Pinky and her father reportedly deteriorated to the point that he published advertisements in two Urdu newspapers in 2022 publicly dissociating himself from her. According to neighbours, he accused her of repeatedly disobeying him, acting arbitrarily, and remaining away from home for five years.

Police said more than a dozen cases had been registered against Pinky, including two by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). In several cases, she was named alongside her brothers and another woman as co-accused.

Sources familiar with the proceedings said her elder brother had also been booked in multiple cases at Karachi police stations, where another woman, Manzoor Fatima, was named as a co-accused. In one case registered at Boat Basin police station, her elder brother was acquitted by a court in 2025. In another case at Gizri police station, Pinky was declared an absconder while the remaining accused were acquitted.

In a separate case registered by ANF Clifton in 2019, another brother, Mohammed Nasir, was acquitted while Pinky was declared an absconder.

Apart from narcotics-related cases, police have also registered a murder case against her. According to an FIR dated May 9, 2026, the body of an unidentified alleged drug addict was found on a footpath near a school in Baghdadi. Police claimed a packet of narcotics recovered from the victim carried the slogan: “Queen Madam Pinky, Don, Naam Hi Kafi Hai, Enjoy.” Investigators alleged that drugs supplied by Pinky caused the man’s death.

Her arrest and the ongoing investigation have also put Punjab Police under scrutiny after allegations surfaced that officers in the CIA — now renamed the Crime Control Department — accepted bribes and failed to arrest her despite her nomination in three separate cases.