{
  "id": 7694674,
  "title": "Employee claims facing police ire for saying Mir Raza didn’t use drugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/employee-claims-facing-police-ire-for-saying-mir-raza-didnt-use-drugs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T03:16:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2030216/employee-claims-facing-police-ire-for-saying-mir-raza-didnt-use-drugs"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, an employee of Mir Raza Ali testified before a judicial commission that he faced anger from investigators after stating that the deceased did not use drugs. The commission continued its proceedings and recorded statements from a police officer, the employee, and two of the deceased's investors. The commission, led by Justice Omar Sial, also expressed frustration over the provincial government and police's failure to provide complete case records to the commission, despite repeated requests. The employee, Shahryar, who managed the victim's eatery Wafflix for the past two years, stated that sales had been declining and staff salaries had been delayed in the last couple of months. However, he claimed that the victim was not visibly worried about these issues during their last interactions. Shahryar also noted that the police had recorded his statements twice, and his phone was seized on August 17. He alleged that the first team had mistreated him, while SP Qais from the second team was particularly harsh when he informed them that the victim was not using drugs. The commission pointed out that Shahryar had provided detailed business information to the police but had not done so to the commission, contradicting his earlier statements.",
  "summary": "KARACHI: An employee of businessman Mir Raza Ali told a judicial commission on Tuesday that he faced investigators’ anger after saying the deceased did not use drugs. The Judicial Commission in the Mir Raza murder case continued its proceedings on Tuesday and recorded statements of a police officer, an employee of the deceased and his two investors. The one-member commission headed by Justice…",
  "key_points": [
    "Employee Shahryar claims Mir Raza didn’t use drugs",
    "Police mistreated Shahryar during statements",
    "Commission frustrated by incomplete case records"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}