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car at the Home Department, I saw the IGP and the DIG arriving just behind
me."
Q: What happened next?
A: In the meeting at my office there were only four of us, the IGP, DIGP, the
health secretary and myself. The IG police insisted on two points, the main
thing was that the medical boards be completely changed with a new set of
doctors from PNS Shifa.
The health secretary was adamant that the board would not be replaced and
he was prepared to include some new doctors because PNS Shifa doctors
were not available as they were unwilling to involve themselves in the case.
During the discussion it transpired that Dr. S. M. A. Shah, a private
orthopaedic surgeon, be included in the board as there was a request from the
police to include him.
Earlier, an ex-IG Police, Sindh, Saeed Ahmed Khan, was examined as a
witness, who was recalled from Peshawar where he is heading the Narcotics
Control Board. He was also confronted by the same question whether he was
present at a meeting with the chief minister where the question of
composition of the medical board came under discussion. He also denied the
statement made by health secretary Dr Rajpar and said he did not attend any
such meeting in which the discussion took place about the medical board's
composition.
Q: At the meeting you and DIG and other officials were present?
A: I did not attend any such meetings.
The health secretary had said that the body of SHO Sial was taken by the
police and post-mortem was not allowed to be performed. The ex-IG Police
said when he was told about it, he called the DIG and asked him to inquire
into the matter, who later rang informed me to say the police had not taken
away the body but his relations had taken the body away.
About a meeting at the CM House about the reconstitution of the medical
board, the former IG Police said: "It is news to me. It is totally incorrect.
"There was no such meeting held in the CM’s House where I was supposed to
be present along with the DIG to press for the inclusion of a private
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