{
  "id": 18078317,
  "title": "New IO given 10 days to complete Mir Raza murder probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/new-io-given-10-days-to-complete-mir-raza-murder-probe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T05:26:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2041982/new-io-given-10-days-to-complete-mir-raza-murder-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Karachi's judicial magistrate extended an additional 10 days for the newly appointed investigation officer (IO) to finalize the probe into the Mir Raza murder case. Previously, the court had summoned the head of the joint investigation team (JIT), police officer Irfan Baloch, questioning his team's delay in submitting the final charge sheet. On Tuesday, co-opted IO DSP Fareed Ahmed Khan submitted an application before the East judicial magistrate, requesting an extra 14 days to complete the investigation. He informed the court that he had been appointed as a co-opted investigation officer and had been provided with a case file containing over 1,100 pages. The JIT was formed to thoroughly investigate the case. Mir Raza, a 25-year-old businessman, had gone missing on July 28 after leaving his home in PECHS. His body with a gunshot wound was discovered in bushes in Gulistan-i-Jauhar the following day. The Sindh home department established the JIT under DIG Irfan Baloch's leadership, following a recommendation from a single-member judicial commission led by Justice Omar Sial of the Sindh High Court. The inquiry aimed to uncover the circumstances of Mir Raza's death and potential negligence in handling the case. Prior attempts by two high-level investigation teams had failed to identify the perpetrator or determine how Mir Raza's body ended up in the mysterious location.",
  "summary": "KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday granted an additional 10 days to the newly appointed investigation officer (IO) to complete the probe into the Mir Raza murder case. A day earlier, the court had issued a show-cause notice to the head of the joint investigation team (JIT), police officer Irfan Baloch, and sought his response over the police failure to submit the final charge sheet in the…",
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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."
}