A second autopsy conducted by eight pathologists on Arshad Sharif who was killed in the country last week found a bullet lodged in his chest.
The pathologists from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) conducted the autopsy after Sharif’s body arrived in his home country and said they had found a metal, which they identified as a bullet.
“The board is of the opinion that the deceased died due to firearm injuries that caused damage to the brain and the right lung,” a report by the pathologists read.
The report also reveals that the Pakistani journalist died 10 to 30 minutes after he was shot in the brain and lung.
It added that all the injuries were ante-mortem in nature and that they could lead to an ordinary cause of death.
The first post-mortem, according to the pathologists, was performed two to three days after the journalist passed away.
Two police officers, namely Ramna and Shahbaz took the body from the Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital in Islamabad.
“His body was brought to the hospital while wrapped in a blanket and a bed sheet. A Y-shaped post-mortem stitched wound, 28 centimetres which starts from the shoulder to his stomach,” the report added.
Uncertainty exists whether the Kenyan pathologists who performed the first autopsy noticed the bullet and left it intentionally.
According to them, the journalist’s cause of death was due to a gun-shot between the shoulder and the head.
According to investigators, the bullet is a vital lead in the ongoing investigations into Shariff’s murder.
