Overview
- The Sindh‑led judicial commission chaired by Justice Umar Sial published a report on Tuesday that concluded Mir Raza Ali’s death was homicide, citing a fatal bullet wound from behind and traces of acid on the body.
- The report sharply criticizes Karachi police for failures in the first ten days, naming flawed evidence collection, delayed forensic tests, missing CCTV retrieval and abrupt changes to the medical board.
- It recommends creating a DIG‑led multi‑agency JIT including intelligence and investigative agencies and asks the FIA to probe police officers whose early work the commission found negligent.
- The commission urged independent recovery and verification of digital items such as WhatsApp messages, voice notes and Apple Watch logs and of financial records including loans and cryptocurrency.
- Separately, federal and provincial activity on October 20 included Punjab’s 120‑village 'Happy Villages' pilot, principle approval for a five‑year auto policy pending IMF talks, tax‑reform workshops with the IMF and stepped‑up security deployments for major events.