MULTAN:Punjab minister for social welfare and Bait-ul-Maal Sohail Shoukat Butt and Chairperson Women Protection Authority (WPA) MPA Hina Pervaiz Butt visited the residence of Syed Asad Abbas Shah and promised thorough investigations into the mysterious death of his married daughter which he had alleged was a planned murder and not a suicide.

“A joint investigation team would be deputed to investigate the case on merit and all evidences would be collected”, the provincial minister announced after he along with WPA Chairperson conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the woman’s father and offered Dua for elevation of her stature in the afterlife.

The minister said that case would be thoroughly investigated and disinterment of the grave would be carried out for her post burial post-mortem to collect more evidence.

He said that Punjab government would extend all out support to the family of the deceased woman.

Expressing deep grief over the unnatural death of the woman, which was made to look like a suicide,
MPA Hina Pervaiz said that Punjab government would utilise all resources to extend justice to the deceased woman’s father.

She said, no one can be allowed to torture women and added that Islam completely prohibited this inhuman act.

She said, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz expressed her sadness and grief over the untimely death of the victim woman and directed them to immediately visit the residence of her father to convey condolences on behalf of CM Punjab and extend assurances that justice would prevail at all cost.

Woman’s father Syed Asad Abbas Shah thanked CM Maryam Nawaz on extending support in these moments of grief. He also thanked provincial minister and WPA Chairperson and said that he has complete faith in the investigations of police.

Deputy commissioner Waseem Hamid Sindhu and CPO Sadiq Ali and other officials were present.

Later, CPO Sadiq Ali gave a detailed briefing to the minister and WPA Chairperson on the case.