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| PIA plane crash: mishandling of DNA increases misery of heirs |
| 2020-06-17 |
| [DAILYTIMES.PK] The DNA tests carried out to identify the bodies of PIA’s plane crash victims by the SFDL Dept. Of ICCBS (KU) were mishandled and lead to a fiasco where bodies were handed over to wrong heirs and that too without any documented DNA or forensic reports from SFDL. Ahmad Murtaza is still awaiting his brother’s body which was buried by Qayyom heirs (PIA employee). However, a woman is only as old as she admits... the one remaining body that lies unclaimed is not of Qayyom thus casting a huge doubt on everybody released based on these erroneous reports by the SFDL (Sindh Forensic DNA & Serology Laboratory) To highlight their plight, families of the dear departed passengers carried out a presser at Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... press Club. Arif Iqbal Faruqui whose wife and three children bit the dust in this crash highlighted that people operating DNA labs in Sindh do not have the basic capability carrying out DNA profiling so instead they handed over wrong bodies of victims to relatives on the basis of dental test. Arif Iqbal Faruqui who identified body of his wife and elder daughter immediately but had to go through the inefficient DNA procedure to search for the bodies of her young daughter and son was highly critical of the people running the facility in Sindh. He highlighted that when he posted his plight on social media, a friend referred his case to Director General of Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) Dr Muhammad Ashraf Tahir who within hours helped him in identifying the morgue where bodies of his children were placed. Faruqui explained that PFSA had been tasked with identifying bodies of plane crash victims with the sole purpose of identifying body of Khalid Sherdil, a bureaucrat who was also one of the victims of this unfortunate plane crash. It is because of their involvement that people came to know that DNA testing requires only hours but on the contrary, health minister of Sindh Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho is on record saying that this procedure would require 21 days. |
| Posted by:Fred |