{"id":4434,"date":"2026-11-14T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T13:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2026-11-14T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T13:03:46","slug":"mir-raza-case-sho-kamran-qureshi-fired-for-negligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4434","title":{"rendered":"Mir Raza case: SHO Kamran Qureshi fired for negligence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former station house officer (SHO) of Karachi\u2019s Gulistan-e-Jauhar police station, Sub-Inspector Kamran Qureshi, has been dismissed from service over alleged negligence in the investigation into the murder of young businessman Mir Raza Ali.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to sources, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Azad Khan ordered the departmental action after allegations of negligence surfaced during the investigation into the case.<\/p>\n

The judicial commission formed to investigate Mir Raza\u2019s death had also raised questions about why the then SHO did not visit the location where the victim\u2019s body was found.<\/p>\n

The commission had accused Qureshi of failing to secure the crime scene, according to the AIG.<\/p>\n

Mir Raza, 25, went missing from his residence in Karachi\u2019s PECHS area on July 28. His body was found the following day at an isolated location in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.<\/p>\n

Police initially treated the incident as a suspected suicide, but the family rejected that account, suspected murder and demanded a transparent investigation.<\/p>\n

Questions over the initial post-mortem examination and police investigation prompted a court to allow the exhumation and a second autopsy on August 6. Following delays over the formation of a medical board, the exhumation was carried out on August 8.<\/p>\n

The second post-mortem report detailed a gunshot wound and its trajectory through the victim\u2019s body, findings that raised questions about the initial suicide theory. Subsequently, a murder charge was added to the case.<\/p>\n

On August 24, the Sindh government established a judicial commission headed by Sindh High Court Justice Umar Sial to examine the circumstances surrounding the death, the initial police investigation, medical evidence and the handling of evidence.<\/p>\n

On September 2, the Sindh High Court dismissed the family\u2019s petition seeking an independent, multi-agency joint investigation team (JIT), observing that the formation of a JIT fell within the government\u2019s authority.<\/p>\n

The judicial commission submitted its 62-page report on October 20, describing the police investigation as a serious failure and concluding that Mir Raza had been murdered.<\/p>\n

It identified serious shortcomings in the investigation and recommended the formation of a JIT to conduct further inquiries, including into possible negligence and tampering with evidence.<\/p>\n

Acting on the commission\u2019s recommendations, the Sindh government formed a JIT on October 24 under DIG Irfan Baloch to investigate the case further.<\/p>\n

The team includes representatives of the Rangers, federal intelligence agencies and the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). It has been tasked with reviewing the available evidence and addressing questions arising from the initial investigation.<\/p>\n

The provincial government has also formally notified the JIT\u2019s formation.<\/p>\n

Despite the developments, the identities of those responsible for the murder, the motive behind the killing and any possible facilitators remain to be established. Further findings are expected from the JIT investigation and subsequent legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former station house officer (SHO) of Karachi\u2019s Gulistan-e-Jauhar police station, Sub-Inspector Kamran Qureshi, has been dismissed from service over alleged negligence in the investigation into the murder of young businessman Mir Raza Ali. According to sources, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Azad Khan ordered the departmental action after allegations of negligence surfaced during the investigation into the case. The judicial commission formed to investigate Mir Raza\u2019s death had also raised questions about why the then SHO did not visit the location where the victim\u2019s body was found. The commission…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}