{
  "id": 17914871,
  "title": "JIT chief issued show cause over delay in submission of final charge sheet in Mir Raza murder case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/jit-chief-issued-show-cause-over-delay-in-submission-of-final-charge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T05:15:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2041719/jit-chief-issued-show-cause-over-delay-in-submission-of-final-charge-sheet-in-mir-raza-murder-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Karachi witnessed a show-cause notice issued on Monday against DIG Irfan Baloch, the chief of the newly formed joint investigation team (JIT) in the Mir Raza murder case. The then investigating officers had persistently delayed the submission of the final charge sheet, citing a need for forensic reports and a response from Apple regarding Mir Raza's mobile phone. However, DSP Lashari, no longer the IO in the case following JIT formation, informed the court that no police official or JIT member had appeared before the court even though the submission date had been set. Mir Raza, a 25-year-old businessman, disappeared on July 28 from his home in PECHS and was found dead in Gulistan-i-Jauhar the following day, shot with a gunshot wound. Despite probing all possible angles, police had yet to uncover any clues or breakthroughs.",
  "summary": "KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday issued a show-cause notice to DIG Irfan Baloch, chief of the newly formed joint investigation team (JIT) in the Mir Raza murder case, after police failed to submit the final charge sheet. He has been directed to respond by Nov 10. The Sindh home department had formed the JIT, led by DIG Baloch, on the recommendation of a single-member judicial commission…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}