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Sep 2022
26m 33s

S02E04: Bringing up the Bodies

SABA IMTIAZ & TOOBA MASOOD
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ADVISORY: This episode contains scenes of a distressing nature. Listener discretion is advised.

In November 1970, nearly a month after Mustafa Zaidi died, his body was exhumed for a second medical examination, all in a quest for doctors and police officials to figure out: how did Mustafa Zaidi die? What could they find that could help them build a case against their suspect in custody, Shahnaz Gul? Saba and Tooba discuss the dramatic and surreal events of the exhumation, and recall their quest to find Mustafa's grave in Karachi in 2019.

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