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HS: I am not aware of any such instructions. I haven't seen anything in<br />

writing but there is a practice.<br />

The home secretary at this point was interrupted by Justice Zahid who told<br />

him not to talk about what might be the 'practice' but to answer the question<br />

directly.<br />

Q: Is the home department not the administrative department as far as law<br />

and order is concerned and the entire Sindh police are under it?<br />

HS: Yes.<br />

Q: Are you the head of the home department?<br />

HS: Yes.<br />

Q: Are you aware of any reason why the home department or home secretary<br />

has been kept outside the investigation into this incident or the decisions that<br />

were taken for action against Mir <strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong>? ("Suppose there are no<br />

instructions, but when action is taken against <strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong> who is an<br />

MPA, head of a political party, brother of the PM, then the police action must<br />

be with the implied or expressed consent of a high authority," Justice Zahid<br />

remarked at this point.) Was there any other agency involved?<br />

HS: I am not aware of any reason for not associating the home department<br />

with the investigation.<br />

Q: Even after the incident, the concerned police authorities or lawenforcement<br />

agencies involved in the investigation have not made any<br />

reference to the home secretary or the home department?<br />

HS: No, they have not.<br />

Q: Is it not a fact that daily situation reports (DSRs) are sent to the home<br />

department and later sent to the chief minister?<br />

HS: The DIG, Special Branch, sends such daily reports.<br />

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