SUKKUR: Taking suo motu notice of the road accident at the Thehri bypass near Sukkur on Nov 11, Federal Ombudsman Salman Farooqi has constituted a four-member committee to probe the reasons of the accident.
Talking to reporters on Thursday, the director general of Federal Ombudsman Regional Office in Sukkur Muhammad Abdullah Soomro said the committee had been formed to be headed by its convener senior adviser Imtiaz Illahi which would complete the findings of the inquiry within a week and submit a report to the federal ombudsman.
The committee included Imtiaz Ali, Adviser retired Maj Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha, former DG of NAB Sindh Muhammad Abdullah Soomro and Provincial Mohtasib Office Sukkur Regional Director Wahid Bux Mahar.
Muhammad Abdullah Soomro said that as per directives of the federal ombudsman, the members would inspect the venue of the incident, record statements of eyewitnesses and other persons concerned and prepare a report to ensure completion of requirements of justice as early as possible.
He said effective measures would be adopted in the light of the inquiry to avoid such accidents in future.
Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2014
