Murtaza Bhutto

"We should have written as you are questioning" was the reply of the surgeon
to the tribunal when he was told that the doctors should have made full
observation of what they heard, what they were told, what they had seen and
what they examined, so that everything should have been self-explanatory in
the report. The tribunal said the experts had taken up the matter in a routine
matter and if they had taken a little more care, there was no need to examine
the witness.
The late inspector Sial was hit on the lower part of his body, in a non-vital
part easily accessible and least dangerous and the direction of the firing was
from above. "Somebody purposely hit him without causing serious injury," he
said.
Q: You have said the distance of firing was a "close range," why did not you
specify the distance?
A: Because we were not sure of it and approximately it could be between two
and three feet.
Q: The injury could have been in the encounter?
A: No.
Q: On what basis you rule out this possibility?
A: It has been discussed in the report.
Q: Have you ever been a member of the PPP or the SB group?
A: No.
Q: How did you examine the body?
A: We already had a postmortem report before of us. Two thoracic and
abdominal cavities had been opened. He was hit near his right eye and the
bullet passed through and exited from the other side. His body was stitched
and the board members did not re-open those portions.
Q: How long the body was examined by the specialists?
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