Murtaza Bhutto

A letter was sent by the chief secretary of Sindh to the interior secretary for
calling forensic experts in order to hold a transparent inquiry. He said he was
asked to get in touch with chief secretary Sayied Ahmad Qureshi, who wrote
a letter to I. M. Mohsin, secretary interior on the same day. "On Oct. 24 , the
IGP and myself were called to the chief minister's house. The IG gave me a
fax message sent by Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the then high commissioner in
London," he said. The witness produced a copy of the fax message which
gave the details of the experts and other particulars such as the directions
given to all agencies in Karachi to assist the foreign team. "I don't know
whether it was a decision taken by the prime minister or the chief minister.
The decision was taken by the federal government, according to what I later
learnt," he said. On Nov. 4 last year he was called by the chief minister to say
that the Britishers are not getting full cooperation and the CM asked me to
issue a letter of authority and the law department had vetted the document.
He said on Nov. 5 the government was dismissed and the letter of authority
had lost its meaning.
Manzoor Hussain Bhutto denied the earlier statement made by the provincial
health secretary, Dr Kamil Rajpar, that he (home secretary) was present at a
meeting held at the chief minister's house where the question of
reconstitution of the medical board was raised. He said it was incorrect that
he and the then advocate-general were present at the meeting which was later
joined by Dr Kamil Rajpar. He said there were only three of us in the room,
and the AG, IGP or DIG Karachi were not there at the meeting.
The chief minister had asked the health secretary under what authority the
medical board was constituted, to which he had replied he had the authority.
The CM then gave instructions for the reconstitution of the medical board.
He said after the meeting he left with the health secretary for his office which
was open even on week-end holidays and on the way he received a wireless
message that the IGP and the DIG Police were looking for him. He conveyed
the message back that he was on his way to his office. "As I alighted from my
car at the Home Department, I saw the IGP and the DIG arriving just behind
me."
Q: What happened next?
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