A judicial commission formed to probe the murder of young entrepreneur Mir Raza has prepared its report after more than a month of hearings.According to commission sources, the report will be presented to the Sindh government on Thursday, October 15. The sources added that the thorough investigation report will be submitted to the Sindh government on Thursday at 10:00 AM.The judicial commission has also summoned the secretary of home affairs on Thursday.

The registrar of the judicial commission will hand over the report to the home secretary.Meanwhile, the head of the judicial commission, Justice Umar Sial, will start hearing cases in Hyderabad. He will continue hearings at the Hyderabad circuit bench until November 7.Earlier, the details of answers given by DIG Amir Farooqi, head of the investigation team in the Mir Raza case, before the judicial commission have emerged. The Mir Raza Judicial Commission asked Amir Farooqi 19 questions regarding the investigation.

In his responses, Farooqi said no shortcomings had been found in the previous investigation that could have affected the probe.The commission asked whether he knew that Shabbir Laghari had personally recorded only 10 out of 33 statements. Farooqi replied that the statements recorded by Laghari were part of the investigation file.He said all evidence had been taken into custody in accordance with the law.

However, he acknowledged that there had been irregularities at the initial stage regarding the preservation of the body and securing the crime scene. Farooqi said he was satisfied with the measures taken to secure the crime scene. He added that it would have been better if the holster, lighter, cigarette packet and bullet casing had been recovered on the first day.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)