By Imtiaz Hussain
MORO: A postmortem report has confirmed that Irfan Ali Laghari, the young protester who died following police action during demonstrations in Moro, sustained multiple injuries including a fatal blow to the head — from which a metal fragment was retrieved from his brain. The postmortem, conducted on 23 May 2025, revealed that Laghari had suffered several bruises and wounds across his body.
According to the medical findings, his skull was fractured on the right side and a deep injury was observed on the lower surface of the brain. A startling detail in the report states that a piece of metal was embedded in the middle section of his brain, while another metallic object was found lodged in a wound near his spine. Swelling was also noted in both the brain and lungs.
Laghari was critically injured during a protest in Moro against canal construction on the River Indus. Demonstrators had marched towards the residence of Sindh’s interior minister, Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar. The protest turned violent after police responded with live fire and tear gas. Laghari succumbed to his injuries at Civil Hospital on Friday.
Tensions further escalated when police raided the hospital morgue during funeral preparations and seized Laghari’s body. The crackdown on mourners and nationalists led to the arrest of several activists, including a TikTok figure associated with Sindhi nationalist groups. Sindh United Party and the Darya Bachao Committee’s convener, Syed Zain Shah, condemned the events, accusing authorities of forcibly burying Laghari without handing over the body to his family.
