Overview
- The commission told the Sindh High Court on Monday that a second post‑mortem and forensic tests produced results the medical board said were not consistent with suicide.
- Forensic evidence documented by the police surgeon included anaesthetic detected in heart blood, chemical‑burn marks on hands and feet, hydrochloric acid residue on clothing, and a bullet that entered from the back and fractured ribs.
- Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed testified she faced threats, was followed, and was pressured by senior officers to omit the board’s finding that the evidence contradicted suicide; she has filed an NCCIA complaint about online harassment.
- The commission has summoned relevant officers, directed authorities to ensure the surgeon’s safety, said it will inform the Sindh chief minister and home minister, and proposed Rangers protection while it seeks unproduced records and lab reports.
- The case has exposed flaws in the initial probe and procedural gaps in medicolegal rules, undermining public confidence and raising the prospect of disciplinary or criminal accountability for those who impeded the investigation.