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Tribunal asks Tariq Mirza: On a question from Karim Khan Agha whether<br />

you were pressured after you signed the report about Shahid Hayat, you had<br />

denied it. About the changing of a report, do you maintain and reiterate what<br />

you had stated earlier? Tariq Mirza: I stand by whatever I had stated earlier.<br />

Q: Two doctors, Dr. Shuja Hasan Khan of AKUH and Dr. S. M. A. Shah, had<br />

clearly stated that you had gone to Dr. Shah's house to get his signature with<br />

Dr. Karim Siddiqui. Now what have you to say today?<br />

A: The chairman of the board after a few days of writing the report asked me<br />

to get the report typed and obtain the signatures of the members afresh.<br />

After the report was written, it should have been typed and then signed again<br />

like the first one. This was decided by all those present. Dr. Shah and the two<br />

doctors from the AKUH, Dr. Shuja Hasan Khan and Dr. Mushtaq Ahmed had<br />

perhaps also left the place. This was a decision of seven doctors.<br />

Q: Who decided to get it typed once it was handwritten and signed?<br />

A: It was taken for granted that I will type the report like the previous one.<br />

Q: How long it took you to type the seven-page report?<br />

A: It took me three to four days. I then went to Dr. Karim Siddiqui. As he was<br />

busy, he asked me to go to all the doctors and get their signatures. Dr. Karim<br />

Siddiqui, Dr. Shafi Quraishy and I signed it. I being the junior-most was<br />

asked to get the signatures of the others. When all the nine signed it, we (Dr.<br />

Karim Siddiqui and Tariq Mirza) wanted to go to the house of Dr. S. M. A.<br />

Shah for his signature. He agreed to see us the next day. The two doctors of<br />

the AKUH agreed to sign it saying it was an altered report, but the courts will<br />

settle the issue.<br />

Justice N. A. Zahid: "You are making a total farce of yourself being an<br />

associate professor. We could have overlooked if you were ordinary illiterate<br />

person, but a person who is holding high offices has handled it in such a way<br />

which is highly irresponsible and smacks of malafide. If a simple fact had<br />

come on record earlier that this attempt was made and failed, the matter<br />

would have ended then and there.<br />

<strong>Murtaza</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong>; Copyright © www.bhutto.org<br />

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