KARACHI: The chemical examination report of Dr Hasan Zafar Arif hasdeclared his death to be a natural one.
The report, released on Tuesday by the Director Laboratories & ChemicalExaminer to the Government of Sindh, found no evidence that the deathoccurred due to unnatural causes, including poisoning.
It further notes that the professor was a heart patient and had previouslyundergone a by-pass procedure.
The cause of Dr Arif’s was not ascertained until the results of chemicalexamination of different parts of his body were completed.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement London’s (MQM-L) Deputy Convener Professor HasanZafar Arif was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the back seatof his car on January 14.
Family and friends claimed that Prof Arif, 72, went missing a day earlier,and later the MQM-L leader was found dead in his silver-coloured Mitsubishilancer from the Ilyas Goth in Karachi’s Ibrahim Hyderi neighbourhood.