Factory Fire: Baldia JIT chief replaced

KARACHI: Crime Branch AIG Khadim Hussain Bhatti, appointed to head the new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the Baldia factory fire tragedy, has been replaced by Rapid Response Force chief DIG Dr Aftab Pathan. The Sindh home department has reconstituted the JIT on the recommendation of Sindh IG Ghulam Hyder Jamali, department special secretary Nawaz Shaikh confirmed to The Express Tribune. District East police chief DIG Munir Shaikh has further been added to the JIT, while the intelligence agencies have been asked to nominate their representatives. Sources informed The Express Tribune that the decision to replace Bhatti was taken after it came to Jamali’s notice that he was facing some cases by the Federal Investigation Agency.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 17^th, 2015.