Human rights activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir has leveled serious allegations against the authorities regarding the death of Mir Raza Ali, claiming the victim was subjected to 12 hours of brutal torture before he was murdered.
Nasir released details of the case, suggesting the incident fits a pattern of custodial violence that remains largely unaddressed by law enforcement. According to his account, Ali did not die in a sudden outburst of violence; he endured hours of systematic physical abuse while in custody.
The activist’s statement has sparked immediate outrage, drawing attention back to the lack of accountability for extrajudicial killings. Nasir pointed to specific marks on the victim’s body, which he says corroborate the claim of prolonged suffering. He argued that the autopsy results—which he claims were delayed to mask the severity of the injuries—tell a story of state-sanctioned cruelty.
“Mir Raza Ali was held for 12 hours. In those 12 hours, he was broken, beaten, and eventually killed,” Nasir said in a briefing. He demanded a judicial inquiry, dismissing the standard internal police investigations as a “cover-up exercise” designed to protect the officers involved.
The incident has triggered a wave of protests, with civil society groups calling for the immediate suspension of the officers named in the FIR. Despite the public pressure, the local police department has remained tight-lipped, issuing only a brief statement claiming the investigation is “ongoing” and that all forensic evidence is being reviewed.
Legal experts following the case note that the burden of proof now rests on the state to explain the timeline of Ali’s detention. If the 12-hour window of torture is proven, it shifts the narrative from a botched arrest to a deliberate act of homicide.
For now, the victim’s family waits for the final medical report, while Nasir’s team prepares to move the case to the provincial high court. The silence from the interior ministry suggests that this fight for accountability will be long—and likely confrontational.
