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| Imprisoned MQM worker dies during treatment |
| 2016-08-08 |
| [DAWN] A worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... , who was in jug, died while under treatment at Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre on Sunday, party and hospital officials confirmed. "The patient, Mohammed Waheed was brought at the JPMC for treatment from Central Prison on July 22 he expired on today during treatment in medical intensive care unit," said Dr. Seemin Jamali, head of the emergency department of the hospital. The senior doctor added the patient was suffering from "necrotizing fasciitis, uncontrollable sugar level, septic shock and acute myo-cardial infraction." An official source in the JPMC’s medico-legal section told Dawn that no autopsy was conducted as neither the family nor the jail administration or police asked for conducting post-mortem examination of his body. "There were no torture marks, he was a diabetic patient who had suffered foot injuries and his health deteriorated," added the source. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the MQM alleged in their press statement that their worker, Waheed Shiekh, died "in jug due to torture and ill treatment by law enforcement agency." |
| Posted by:Fred |