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of the home secretary, the health secretary was already there. The efforts
lasted for 2-3 hours and during this period the DIG mentioned the name of Dr
Shah. The health secretary then talked to Dr. Shah and prior to that I had
neither seen him, nor met him, or heard of him.
The body of Sial had to be taken to Punjab. I talked to the chief minister and
suggested for a new medical board with doctors from PNS Shifa for the postmortem.
The CM asked me to liaise with the home secretary and it was for
this reason why the DIG and myself went to the office of the home secretary.
Q: At the briefing at Bilawal House, did the DIG Crimes submitted briefs on
the progress of investigations in the case?
A: I was present in the meeting at Bilawal House in which briefing was given
by Masood Paracha, DIG Crimes, relating to the murder of Mir Murtaza
Bhutto.
Q: Was the then prime minister satisfied at that time with the briefings?
A: She did not appear to have been satisfied with the investigation and she
was repeating her remarks that former intelligence bureau chief Brig Imtiaz
Ahmed and PML leader Choudhry Shujaat were involved in the conspiracy
of murder.
Q: Did you follow up with the remarks of the then PM?
A: There was no positive development to verify that Choudhry Shujaat and
Brig. Imtiaz were in Karachi or that they had anything to do with the crime. If
there was any development he would have informed me about it. There was
no conclusive evidence against the two men as suggested by the then PM and
until I held the position of Sindh police chief on December 26, 1996.
Q: Were you satisfied with the progress of investigations until you were
transferred?
A: Yes. I used to get written reports and also had verbal discussions about the
progress of the investigations.
Q: Were the investigations conducted on scientific lines such as taking foot
prints, finger prints, taking of swab, sealing of relevant material.
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