Posted on 12/30/2007 2:50:55 PM PST by bjs1779
30 Dec 2007 ISLAMABAD: The decision not to conduct an autopsy on slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto's body was taken by the Rawalpindi police chief even though a medico-legal report based on a mandatory post-mortem examination is a must in a murder case under Pakistani laws.
"Even if the family of a murder victim refuses to allow the autopsy, no investigation can be completed if doctors do not perform the autopsy and conclusively find the cause of death," said Athar Minallah, a top lawyer and a member of the board of management of Rawalpindi General Hospital where Bhutto was taken after the attack on her on Thursday.
He said doctors, who treated Bhutto, had told him that they wanted to conduct the autopsy but the Rawalpindi Police chief had not agreed to this.
"The doctors were worried that their initial report, which did not determine the definite cause of death, is being politically twisted," he told The News .
Minallah's statement runs contrary to the contention of Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema, who had said on Friday that the autopsy was not done at the request of Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari.
Cheema said the doctors had performed only an "external post-mortem" using X-rays while Minallah argued that avoiding the mandatory autopsy on the body of Bhutto "was a violation of the Criminal Procedure Code."
Agreed on that :-)
I question partial secondhand quotes from unnamed sources as told by the NY Times and the Times of India and you respond by initiating personal insults.
I think it's a reasonable thing to do. You think it's not.
What a dope you are.
Like I say, your kind is taking over around here.
You insult me and then you complain when I return the favor.
Go back to your unquestioning belief in second hand accounts of unnamed sources from the NY Times and The Times of India. If you think that's what FreeRepublic is all about then you are pathetic.
No contest. You are right. What else can I say without being booted from here? I know my place.
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