Trigger Warning: violence
Lawyer and Activist Muhammad Jibran Nasir has shared horrific details about the postmortem examination of Nazim Jokhio, who was found murdered at the farmhouse of a PPP lawmaker in Malir area of Karachi in November last.
As per the postmortem report, there were “multiple bruises seen all over the face of the slain journalist ”. There were also “multiple abrasions, reddish in colour, seen all over the face”, the report read. It added that both eyes were found “swollen with deep bruises”.
Furthermore, the post-mortem examination showed deep bruises over the lower lip and multiple bruises over “one aspect of the chest”.
Additionally, the report states that both hands were found “swollen with deep bruising”.
On Tuesday, civil society activists staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to seek justice for Nazim Jokhio.
What happened?
Nazim Jokhiowho posted video of foreigners hunting Houbara bustard in Thatta district on social media was found dead in Karachi’s Malir district in November 2-21.
A few days before his death, Jokhio had stopped a car with a foreign registration number plate and asked the people sitting inside the vehicle why they had blocked the road and what were they doing there. Jhokio filmed the entire episode, in which a passenger sitting next to the driving seat is seen stepping out of the car and snatching his phone.
In another video, Nazim said he had been tortured and threatened over the video he shot of the Arab guests of some influential persons.
The police recovered Nazim Jhokio’s dead body from Memon Goth in Malir and got his postmortem conducted at a hospital. The police then registered a murder case against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, Niaz Salar, and others.
Earlier this month, the names of 13 accused persons including Pakistan People’s Party MNA Jam Abdul Karim and his brother MPA Jam Owais, were removed from the charge sheet of Nazim Jokhio murder case submitted in the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) .
The charge sheet was submitted in the trial court following instructions by the Sindh High Court. The investigation officer had informed the high court that the charge sheet of the case was pending with prosecutor general office for the past couple of months due to its scrutiny.
