Murtaza Bhutto

A: It was done on Nov 28 after his body was brought to the emergency
department of Civil Hospital, Karachi. The body was brought to the hospital
at 2:20 am. I informed the police on control and prepared a report. After
about five minutes, the body was taken away by the family and others who
had brought the body, which was also reported by me to the police on the
control. Then the police surgeon, Dr Capt. Nizamuddin, and Dr Zulfiquar Ali
Sial, additional police surgeon, CHK, came to my office in CHK when Dr
Farhat Syed Abbas was also with me.
Q: When the body was brought back to the hospital for post-mortem
examination by the police at 5 am by sub-inspector Hakim Ali of Garden
police station with police papers ?
A: Then the police surgeon formed a team to conduct the post-mortem which
was headed by him (Dr Zulfiqar Ali Sial, additional police surgeon) and
included Dr Farhat Abbas and me. Earlier, Dr Qarrar Abbasi told the tribunal
that he was called from home at 3:30 am by the police surgeon to immediately
report at CHK, saying the seven who had died in the Clifton tragedy would
be brought for post-mortem.
The police surgeon was called to Mideast Medical Centre and he left, leaving
instructions for the MLOs to stay on at CHK. During this time, we came to
know of the dead and the injured and also learned that Mir Murtaza was one
of those who had died. At 5:00-5:30 am the police surgeon called both of us at
JPMC to assist the doctors in conducting the post-mortem. Dr Shamsuddin
Shaikh, senior MLO, was also there and through him we came to know that
others are at Mideast. The witness said Dr Shamsuddin Shaikh had already
performed the post-mortem of Ashiq H. Jatoi. We also came to know that
there being no light in the mortuary, the post-mortem was conducted at the
casualty ward and five other post-mortems were also to be conducted. At
about 7:00-7:15 am police papers were made available and with the help of
the daylight the doctors worked which was sufficient to work on the bodies.
Dr Qarrar Abbasi also narrated the story about the seizure of the ML register
which was forcibly seized by the police and taken away in a police mobile
No. 189 of Clifton PS and there was another vehicle, too, in the party. The
vehicle did not start and policemen gave a push to start it and the vehicle left
with the register. The policemen did not explain why they were taking away
the register. In the absence of electricity and under the light stealing in from
outside, the witness said, he performed the post-mortem on an unidentified
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