{
  "id": 276617,
  "title": "Sindh govt constitutes third medical board for exhumation of Mir Ali Raza’s body",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/sindh-govt-constitutes-third-medical-board-for-exhumation-of-mir-ali",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T18:17:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2021292/sindh-govt-constitutes-third-medical-board-for-exhumation-of-mir-ali-razas-body"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Sindh government has established a third medical board to investigate the exhumation of 25-year-old businessman Mir Ali Raza's body, which was initially scheduled for Friday but postponed due to objections from Raza's family. The new eight-member board, led by police surgeon Dr. Sumaiyya Syed, includes experts from Dow University of Health Sciences, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, and various police departments. The exhumation is set to take place on Saturday, August 8, at 11am, with a civil judge and Karachi-XXI judicial magistrate present. The controversy surrounding the exhumation stems from a disagreement between police and investigators over the post-mortem report, which raised questions about the bullet trajectory and entry/exit wounds.",
  "summary": "After withdrawing its two earlier notifications, the Sindh government on Friday notified a newly constituted eight-member medical board to carry out the exhumation of 25-year-old business owner Mir Ali Raza’s body on Saturday. The exhumation, which was originally scheduled for Friday, was deferred after the deceased’s family objected to the abrupt reconstitution of the medical board, just hours…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sindh government forms third medical board for exhumation.",
    "Board led by Dr. Sumaiyya Syed with experts from medical universities.",
    "Exhumation scheduled for Saturday, August 8 at 11am."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Exhumation of Mir Raza Ali's body postponed after family objects to abrupt reconstitution of medico-legal board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/exhumation-of-mir-raza-alis-body-postponed-after-family-objects-to",
        "published": "2026-08-07T07:56:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}