Joint investigation team seizes pistol of Mir Raza’s business partner

Karachi: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), established by the Sindh government to investigate the suspicious death of young businessman Mir Raza Ali, has confiscated the licensed firearm of his business associate. West DIG Irfan Baloch, who leads the JIT, announced on Thursday that the North Nazimabad branch of Mir Raza’s restaurant chain is under investigation.

According to an official statement, police recovered the partner's licensed pistol, as well as the records of the food chain previously managed by him. The weapon has been sent to the forensic science lab for further examination. DIG Baloch stated that the JIT is conducting a comprehensive review of all aspects of the case. The 25-year-old Mir Raza disappeared from his residence in PECHS on July 28, 2026, and his body, which had been shot, was discovered the following day in the bushes near the University of Karachi's main gate in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

Preliminary investigations labeled the case a suicide, a conclusion his family vehemently denied. The judicial commission, chaired by Justice Omar Sial of the Sindh High Court, condemned the police's handling of the investigation and concluded that it was, in fact, a murder. The commission proposed several recommendations, including the formation of the JIT to thoroughly investigate the case.