KARACHI: Authorities will exhume the body of businessman Mir Raza Ali at 9:00am on August 7 as part of the ongoing probe into his death in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar area.
Police have formed an eight-member medical board comprising senior forensic specialists, pathologists and medico-legal experts from Dow Medical College, Sindh Medical College, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) to oversee the exhumation and conduct a fresh examination.
The panel will be headed by Prof. Dr. Naseem Ahmed, Head of Pathology at Dow Medical College. Other members include forensic medicine specialists, police surgeons, medico-legal officers and forensic identification experts tasked with determining the exact cause of death and collecting any additional evidence.
Officials said the findings of the medical board will be shared after the forensic examination is completed.
Earlier, Mir Raza Ali’s father, Mir Hussain Ali, approached a Karachi court seeking permission for the exhumation and a second post-mortem, expressing concerns over the transparency of the investigation.
Speaking to reporters, he questioned the whereabouts of Dr. Osama, who conducted the initial post-mortem, and alleged that the family had been kept in the dark about key developments.
He claimed investigators had not formally recorded the family’s statement and accused police of presenting conflicting versions of the case. According to him, the family learned about several developments through media reports instead of official channels.
Mir Hussain Ali said the investigation should focus on identifying those responsible for his son’s death rather than discussing financial matters. He also alleged that the initial post-mortem report was released to the media before it was provided to the family, raising concerns that crucial facts were being withheld.
Calling for justice, he maintained that he firmly believes his son was murdered and said the decision to reopen the grave had added to the family’s grief.
