ISLAMABAD: Mother of slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif approached the Islamabad High Court on Friday to file a petition against her son’s delayed postmortem report, said the local media, while requesting that the document should not be made public without her family’s permission.
Sharif, who did a talk show with a local news channel, was killed in Kenya on October 23 when his car sped up and drove through a checkpoint outside Nairobi, prompting the police to open fire. The law enforcement officials in the Kenyan capital expressed regret over the incident, calling it was a case of “mistaken identity” during a search for a car involved in a child abduction case.
A harsh critic of the incumbent government and the military, the deceased journalist underwent an autopsy in Pakistan after his body was brought back from the African state. He was laid to rest in Islamabad on October 27 amid calls for a transparent investigation into his killing.
According to The Express Tribune, Sharif’s mother, Riffat Ara Alvi, moved a petition in which she said that her family had contacted the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) where the management had neither provided the report nor denied it to them.
“The PIMS and local administration have kept Arshad Sharif’s family in the dark about the post-mortem report and humiliated them during this difficult time,” her application said.
Alvi expressed fear the autopsy report could be altered while requesting that her family should be kept informed about it to ensure transparency.
She also requested the court to provide Sharif’s postmortem report to his family, asking it “should not be made public without the family’s permission.”
The slain journalist’s mother also wrote a letter to the country’s chief justice earlier this month, requesting him to form a judicial commission to look into her son’s killing.
She also criticized the federal administration for first promising a high-powered judicial commission and then forming a team with a retired judge and two federal government officials to probe the case.
Mother of slain Pakistani journalist approaches local court against son’s delayed autopsy report
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Mother of slain Pakistani journalist approaches local court against son’s delayed autopsy report
- Arshad Sharif’s mother says her family sought postmortem report from PIMS but could not get it
- She requests the court not to make the document public without the consent of her family
Pakistan hikes prices of petrol by Rs5, diesel by Rs7.32 per liter for next fortnight
- After latest increase, new price of petrol is RsRs258.17 per liter while that of diesel is Rs275.70 per liter
- Fuel prices in Pakistan are reviewed fortnightly, influenced by global oil prices, exchange rate movements, taxes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government has increased the price of petrol by Rs5 per liter and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs5 per liter and Rs7.32 per liter, respectively, an official notification by the Ministry of Energy said on Sunday.
After the fresh increase, the new price of petrol is Rs258.17 per liter from the previous Rs253.17 per liter. Meanwhile, the new price of HSD is Rs275.70 per liter, up from the previous Rs268.38 per liter.
“The government has raised the prices of petroleum products based on recommendations of OGRA [Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority],” a notification by the Ministry of Energy said on Sunday.
Fuel prices in Pakistan are reviewed fortnightly and are influenced by global oil prices, exchange rate movements and domestic taxes. The pricing mechanism passes changes in import costs on to consumers.
The government kept the price of petrol unchanged on Feb. 1, increasing that of HSD by Rs11.30 per lite.
Petrol is mainly used in private transport, motorcycles and rickshaws, while diesel fuels heavy transport and agricultural machinery and is considered a key driver of inflation in the South Asian country.
Financial analysts warn constant increases in prices of petroleum products stoke inflation, inflicting a heavy burden on consumers.
