Body of child maid exhumed

02 Feb, 2018

The body of 11-year-old Misbah, who was employed at the house of a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister's brother before she died mysteriously, was exhumed on Thursday and samples taken from the remains were sent for testing.
The young domestic worker employed at KP Higher Education Minister Mushtaq Ghani's brother Shoaib Ghani's house had died mysteriously at a hospital in Abbottabad on January 27. The samples from the remains were collected by a three-member team. On Wednesday, a local magistrate allowed the exhumation of the body to collect samples.
The fact-finding committee investigating the mysterious death recommended the exhumation and post-mortem of the body, sources said earlier on Wednesday.
Moreover, the Supreme Court has also taken a suo motu notice of the death of the 11-year-old maid. According to a notification issued, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice over media reports and has sought details of the incident from the inspector general of KP within three days.

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