A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) led by DIG Amir Sheikh has been formed to probe startling revelations unearthed by former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker and death row convict Saulat Mirza, sources said on Thursday.
The JIT will be comprised of officials from Military Intelligence (MI), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and investigation police. The sources also said that the probe team would present a report to the interior ministry within seven working days. The team will also interrogate Mirza in Machh Jail, they added.
Hours before his scheduled execution on March 19, Mirza hurled serious allegations at his former party chief Altaf Hussain in a confession video. He said MQM’s senior leader Babar Ghauri passed on to him Altaf Hussain’s orders of assassinating KESC chief Shahid Hamid. Mirza also claimed that the party used Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad’s influence to protect MQM’s criminal workers.
