KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday reserved its verdict on a plea seeking the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) in the Mir Raza Ali murder case.
Ali, a 25-year-old Karachi-based businessman, was found dead with a gunshot wound in Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he was reported missing on July 28. His family, which has raised questions about the case’s investigation and accused authorities of trying to bury the facts, had moved the SHC last week against a decision of the provincial government to form a judicial commission and sought the formation of a JIT instead.
However, authorities proceeded with the commission, with Justice Omar Sial appointed as its head.
A two-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Adnan Karim Memon, took up the family’s petition on Monday.
The Sindh advocate general (AG), prosecutor general, Karachi police surgeon, police officials, the case’s investigating officer, Ali’s family, and their counsel Jibran Nasir appeared before the court during the hearing.
