Mir Raza murder case: Victim's family moves SHC against judicial commission formation, seeks JIT for probe

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KARACHI: The family of Mir Raza Ali — a 25-year-old Karachi-based businessman who was found dead with a gunshot wound last month — moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday against the provincial government’s decision to form a judicial commission for a review of the probe into his murder case.

The development took place as the Sindh government implemented its decision announced on Sunday, despite objections by Ali’s family and lawyer.

Judicial correspondence to this effect, dated August 24 and seen Dawn, said the SHC chief justice had appointed Justice Omar Sial to head the commission.

Meanwhile, Ali’s family filed a petition in the SHC through their lawyer, Jibran Nasir, requesting it to set aside the decision to form the commission and constitute a joint investigation team (JIT) instead.