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Besides, a contradiction was noticed in the measurement of the wound which,
according to the MLO who appeared before the board, the length of the
wound was 7.4 centimeters, but the board found it was of 15cm. The MLO,
according to Dr Shah, said he might have erred in taking the correct
measurement because he had not used any measuring tape. Moreover, no
chemical examination was done of any of the injured official's belongings
such as his trousers because the bullet which had hit him was stated to have
been lost and could not be retrieved in the darkness of the night. However,
new X- rays were taken and it was found that there was no damage had been
caused to his bones.
The board had divided its working in four categories, i.e., the story narrated
by ASP Shahid Hayat himself, his clinical and radiological examinations,
recording of the account of the medical officer who had treated the police
official, and the opinion of the board.
The board meeting was attended by all the doctors except a forensic expert
from Aga Khan University Hospital. However, two surgeons from that
hospital were present. But, the doctor who attended the meeting was not the
medical officer who had treated the police official, but it was his assistant.
A six-man special medical board had declared unanimously on Thursday that
the fire-arm injury received by the Clifton SHO, the Haq Nawaz Sial, in a
shooting near 70 Clifton, was "self-suffered." The SHO died in mysterious
circumstances on Saturday morning. The inquiry team, which was headed by
Shafi Quraishy, professor of medicine and principal of Dow Medical College,
had also maintained that keeping in view the direction and nature of the
wound on the easily accessible, least dangerous and non-vital part of the
body, physical appearance of the left boot and pants, and radiological
findings, it had been ascertained that the injury was self-suffered. The board
for the late Mr Sial was set up by the health department on the request of
Ghinwa Bhutto, wife of Mir Murtaza.
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