Compensation to family of man run over by US vehicle
ISLAMABAD: The family of Muzammil Hussain Shah, who was hit by a US official vehicle a week ago, has ultimately been offered compensation package by the Embassy officials.
When contacted, Chan Pir Ali, uncle of the diseased, stated that couple of days ago they were contacted by American officials at their home and wanted to arrange a meeting, but due to security reasons, the meeting was not possible to be arranged elsewhere in Islamabad, so they were requested to visit the US Embassy in Diplomatic Enclave to meet the authorities.
“We met the administration director in the embassy that showed his grief towards the death of my nephew, Muzammil, and offered us compensation on the death,” he said. The embassy has also confirmed their meeting with the family of the victim and their offer of the compensation. “We are currently carrying negotiations with the family and soon will provide them compensation,” said Rian Harris, spokesperson for the embassy.
According to sources, the compensation will be done in two phases. In first phase, an amount will be given to the family. In second phase, one of the four brothers of the deceased will be given a job in Pakistan. Pir Ali said that they were informed by the US officials that in previous two cases, 500,000 and 880,000 were given to the affected families respectively, and according to current status of the case, his family may be given better amount.
Besides the job offer to one of the brothers, the US officials have also considered to take care of all educational expenses of the deceased's daughter. The Secretariat Police have provided space to the US officials to patch up with the family as the challan against the accused namely Lupersio Perez has still not been submitted. The police stated that the challan will be submitted to the court within 14 days, only if their investigation report is completed.
The report is still incomplete as the medical report of Shoaib Raza, who was also injured in the same incident, has not been acquired by the police. Earlier, Polyclinic CMO Dr Tanveer had told The Spokesman that the medical report was ready to be picked up by police officials but they were not contacting him. On the other hand, Investigation Officer ASI Shabbir said that the medical report could not be attained from the hospital as he was told that the report was not completed yet.
When contacted, Chan Pir Ali, uncle of the diseased, stated that couple of days ago they were contacted by American officials at their home and wanted to arrange a meeting, but due to security reasons, the meeting was not possible to be arranged elsewhere in Islamabad, so they were requested to visit the US Embassy in Diplomatic Enclave to meet the authorities.
“We met the administration director in the embassy that showed his grief towards the death of my nephew, Muzammil, and offered us compensation on the death,” he said. The embassy has also confirmed their meeting with the family of the victim and their offer of the compensation. “We are currently carrying negotiations with the family and soon will provide them compensation,” said Rian Harris, spokesperson for the embassy.
According to sources, the compensation will be done in two phases. In first phase, an amount will be given to the family. In second phase, one of the four brothers of the deceased will be given a job in Pakistan. Pir Ali said that they were informed by the US officials that in previous two cases, 500,000 and 880,000 were given to the affected families respectively, and according to current status of the case, his family may be given better amount.
Besides the job offer to one of the brothers, the US officials have also considered to take care of all educational expenses of the deceased's daughter. The Secretariat Police have provided space to the US officials to patch up with the family as the challan against the accused namely Lupersio Perez has still not been submitted. The police stated that the challan will be submitted to the court within 14 days, only if their investigation report is completed.
The report is still incomplete as the medical report of Shoaib Raza, who was also injured in the same incident, has not been acquired by the police. Earlier, Polyclinic CMO Dr Tanveer had told The Spokesman that the medical report was ready to be picked up by police officials but they were not contacting him. On the other hand, Investigation Officer ASI Shabbir said that the medical report could not be attained from the hospital as he was told that the report was not completed yet.
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