Karachi (HRNW) The Sindh government Wednesday removed Police Surgeon Dr Iftikhar Ahmed, a senior medical officer of grade 20, who a day earlier miserably failed to follow and enforce the due process in determining the age of Dua Zehra, the ‘missing’ Karachi girl recovered from Punjab last week.
A notification issued by the Sindh Services and General Administration Department did not list the reason for his removal but officials say he was posted out for his alleged negligence in the age assessment of Dua Zehra.
Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput has assigned Sindh Government Hospital Saudabad’s Additional Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed additional charge of Police Surgeon Karachi.
The teenager, whose parents claim she is only 14, has told courts, including the Sindh Hight Court that she was 16-17 years old and left her parents home to contract a free-will marriage with Zaheer in Punjab.
Her parents, however, claimed that she had been abducted.
An age certificate shows that Dua Zehra under went medical tests on June 6, after being transported to Karachi from Bahawalnagar in police custody.
The ossification test of Dua Zehra was performed at the Civil Hospital Karachi by Woman Medico-Legal Officer (WMLO) Dr Laraib Gul on Monday. The test included x-rays conducted at the hospital’s Radiology Department.
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