Overview
- A judicial commission led by SHC Justice Umar Sial formally began proceedings and issued notices to Mir Raza’s family, their lawyer and the Sindh government’s focal person on Thursday.
- The panel was set up under the Sindh Tribunals of Inquiry Ordinance, 1969 with a 30-day deadline and terms of reference to establish the circumstances and motive of Mir Raza’s death.
- The commission must assess whether the initial police probe was impartial and whether any officer or official was negligent or concealed evidence.
- The victim’s family has rejected the commission and has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court seeking an empowered joint investigation team to secure geofencing data and CCTV footage they say were not preserved.
- The commission is a fact-finding review that can recommend administrative or legal steps but does not itself act as a frontline investigative agency, so its findings will shape if and how prosecutors and police units pursue further criminal steps.