PIMS provides additional information regarding Arshad Sharif’s autopsy in the report.
The PIMS report details the journalist’s numerous injuries and scars.
Hospital says the report’s details have been shared with police and family.
A day before the post-mortem report of slain journalist Arshad Sharif would be submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC), more details surrounding the report surfaced on Monday.
Arshad was slain by the Kenyan Police in a case of “mistaken identity” on October 24. However, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah claims that the journalist was slain in a “targeted attack”.
The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) confirmed that Arshad had 12 lesions on his body. To the left of his eyes was a deep black spot. The journalist was injured on the right side of his body, specifically his neck and chest. One of his back’s upper sides bore the telltale sign of an earlier injury.
Dark black marks were noted around the wound on Arshad’s back, as stated in the autopsy report. His right hand was missing four nails, and his right ankle bore signs of friction. The left side of the skull was devoid of bone, and the afflicted area of the brain was similarly located on the left side of the head. The journalist suffered a broken third rib and damage to his left lung.
The report also noted that two of Arshad’s fingers on his left hand had blood clots in their nails. The journalist’s brain and lungs were hit by the bullet. The index finger of his left hand was injured as well.
PIMS insiders said they were given the Kenyan autopsy report after they finished their own investigation. According to the report that had arrived from Kenya, blood and liver samples had been taken from Arshad.
Sources at PIMS said the autopsy was revised to include the results of the journalist’s X-rays and CT scan, and that the police and Arshad’s family had been informed of the changes. The post-mortem report comes with an additional report of its own, this one seven pages long.
Sharif’s postmortem report, written by doctors at PIMS, was reportedly given to his family in Islamabad by FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) Senior Director Ather Waheed.
