Judicial commission formed to probe Mir Raza killing
The Sindh government has formed a judicial commission to investigate the killing of young businessman Mir Raza Ali. The commission will examine different aspects of his death. Its investigation aims to establish facts surrounding the incident. The Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court nominated Justice Umar Sial to lead the commission. Justice Sial will […]
The family of Mir Raza Ali, a 25-year-old businessman found dead with a gunshot wound in Karachi, has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) challenging the formation of a judicial commission to review the probe into his murder case. The court appointed Justice Omar Sial to head the commission, despite objections from the Ali family and their lawyer, Jibran Nasir.
The petition, filed through Nasir, requested the court to set aside the Sindh government's decision and instead form a joint investigation team (JIT) comprised of officers from various agencies, including the Sindh police, Rangers, Federal Investigation Agency, Intelligence Bureau, Inter-Services Intelligence, and military intelligence.
The petition also asked for the appointment of a senior officer with no previous involvement in the case as the head of the JIT, tasked with conducting a "fresh and comprehensive investigation" into the abduction, torture, and murder of Ali. The petitioners claimed that the judicial commission lacked the authority to conduct a criminal investigation or submit a charge sheet, and that an ordinary investigative mechanism had failed to satisfactorily establish the fundamental circumstances surrounding Ali's death.
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