Overview
- A single‑member judicial commission led by Justice Omar Sial found Mir Raza Ali’s death was a murder, citing forensic evidence that conflicted with the original suicide finding.
- The body was exhumed on August 8 and a final post‑mortem issued around August 31 concluded the cause of death was a perforating firearm injury to the back.
- On Saturday the Sindh Home Department ordered a Joint Investigation Team under DIG Irfan Ali Baloch that will include ISI, IB, Pakistan Rangers and the NCCIA and will be authorised to submit the case challan to court.
- The government also set up a one‑member review under Additional IGP Zulfiqar Larak, sought an FIA Grade‑20 officer for a parallel committee, and ordered suspensions, removals and disciplinary probes of named police and medical officials.
- The commission cited specific forensic anomalies — an unusual bullet trajectory, absence of expected blood patterns, acid burns and anesthesia traces — and said police procedural failures and possible early tampering have deepened the public trust deficit, leaving transparency and forensic integrity as key tests for the new inquiry.