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office and insisted on the formation of a new medical board for the
examination of the body of late Haq Nawaz Sial and his foot injury.
He quoted Suddle as having said that the earlier medical board had lost its
credibility by having declared the foot injury of Sial as self-suffered. He had
also suggested the inclusion of Dr Mohammad Ali Shah in the newly
constituted medical board, which was agreed to by Dr. Kamil Rajpar, the
provincial health secretary.Dr. Rajpar, however, resisted to the constitution of
new medical board consisting of non-official doctors.
On October 12, last, the witness said, he was called to the Chief Minister's
House and PS to the then chief minister Syed Abdullah Shah informed him
that the chief minister has decided to invite a British team of detectives for the
purpose of holding transparent investigation of the September 20 last
incident. He then called on the chief secretary Sindh Mr. Saiyeed Ahmed
Siddiqi who wrote a letter to the federal interior ministry on the subject.
On October 24 last, he and the then IGP Sindh were called to the Chief
Minister's House and shown a fax message from the then Pakistan's high
commissioner in UK Mr Wajid Shamsul Hassan about the visit of the British
team of detectives.
The witness produced a copy of that fax message which was exhibited in
evidence. The witness said initially it appeared that the then chief minister
Sindh, Syed Abdullah Shah had taken the decision in this behalf, but, it later
transpired that the federal government had taken the decision in this respect.
The witness said, that on November 4, last, the then chief minister asked him
to issue a letter on authorization to the British detectives so that they may not
experience any difficulty in the investigation. The witness said, that on
December 29 last, he received a final report from the British team of
detectives through the federal interior ministry which he forwarded to the
caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh on December 31 last.
Questioned by the tribunal, he said, he did not have any information about
the remuneration paid to the British team of detectives. He said that the
provincial finance department had sanctioned rupee 13 million for payment
to the British detectives and he had passed on this amount to the IGP Sindh.
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