A subcommittee of the Sindh cabinet met in Karachi on Wednesday to assess how far the recommendations of a commission report into the death of young businessman Mir Raza Ali have been put into effect. Home and Law Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, who is convening the panel, led the session.
Local Government and Housing and Town Planning Minister Nasir Hussain Shah and Labour and Human Resources Minister Saeed Ghani also took part, along with Advocate General Jawad Dero and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Muhammad Iqbal Memon. Participants went over the commission’s conclusions and the procedure for turning its proposals into action. Lanjar said the panel would pass its recommendations on to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah as soon as possible.
Commission rejects suicide finding in Mir Raza death
A day earlier, on Tuesday, the commission investigating Mir Raza’s death said it was murder rather than suicide. It pointed to major negligence and shortcomings in the police inquiry.
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The Sindh government published the report after the provincial cabinet decided to release its findings. According to the document, serious negligence and unprofessional conduct undermined the investigation, and evidence may have been destroyed, a possibility the commission could not rule out. It also suggested that some facts may have been hidden during the early stages of the probe.
Police theory and conduct of Dr Usama questioned
The commission said the dispute arose when a death first labelled a suicide was later described as a murder. Police kept to the suicide explanation even though it did not match the second post-mortem report, the commission said. The conduct of Dr Usama and people linked to him strengthened that position, according to the report.
