Murtaza Bhutto

Q: Was the intention to replace the original hand-written report with a typed
one?
A: Dr Shah and Dr Ishaque did not sign the report. Dr Tariq Mirza had told
me that Dr Shah had told him that he would like to talk before signing it and
then I contacted Dr Shah.
Dr Shah had called us for a meeting on Oct 5 with Tariq Mirza. We reached
his house at 4:15 pm and we remained there until 6:30 pm, and during more
than two hours, I offered my Asr and Maghreb prayers. We had to wait for
nearly 30 minutes to see Dr Shah. We showed him both the reports to which
he said they are two different reports. Then Dr Shah suggested a meeting
with the doctor who had operated upon ASP Shahid Hayat at AKUH.
Q: From the house of Dr Shah, how many time you contacted the health
secretary over phone?
A: Only one call was made and I also gave the phone to Dr Shah to talk to the
health secretary.
Q: In Dr Mirza's evidence it has come on record that more than 2-3 calls were
made and one call was received from the health secretary.
A: Today's statement of mine is correct. I told the health secretary over phone
that there would be some delay in submitting the report because Dr Shah had
suggested to examine the doctor at AKUH for a first-hand account from him.
Then we two returned from his house. Then we assembled at AKUH on Oct
7, except for one doctor all were present and Dr Shahzad, of AKUH, was not
available to us because he was busy. Then I showed both reports to Dr
Mushtaq Ahmed, to which he said there can't be two reports. We agreed to
submit the original hand-written report.
The chairman observed that the way the doctors had handled the situation
they have destroyed the credibility of their organisation and there is no
discipline in their conduct and no yard stick for their judgments.
Q: The hand-written report of Sept 30 was kept secret until Oct 7. If the
original hand-written report contained "mistakes" why did you allow the
same after seven days to be sent to the health secretary, which meant that you
are ready to submit any report and amend any report as long as it suits you.
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