Overview
- The judicial commission led by Sindh High Court Justice Umar Sial formally began proceedings on Thursday and issued notices to Mir Raza’s family, their lawyer Jibran Nasir and the Sindh government’s focal person for hearings set on August 28.
- The commission’s terms of reference task it with establishing the circumstances and motive of Mir Raza’s death and assessing whether the probe was impartial or marred by negligence or evidence concealment.
- The family opposes the commission and has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court asking the court to set aside the panel and order a multi‑agency joint investigation team with Rangers, FIA, IB, ISI and military intelligence to lead a fresh operational probe.
- Forensic findings reported earlier show Mir Raza had a gunshot wound to the back and multiple injuries, which strengthened the family’s murder claim and intensified scrutiny of alleged early investigative lapses such as missing geofencing data and unsecured CCTV footage.
- The commission must file its report within 30 days and may recommend disciplinary or criminal action if it finds negligence or tampering; observers will watch the SHC petition and any move to convert the review into an empowered JIT.