Islamabad, June 26: Mystery shrouded the death of former Pakistan labour minister Omar Asghar Khan with his family members questioning the police theory of his suicide. Omar's father, Air Marshal Asghar Khan, who retired as Chief of Pakistan Air Force, disagreed with the police theory saying "I know my son very well and believe that he was not a type of person to commit suicide." Police had said that Omar, who resigned from President Pervez Musharraf's cabinet a few months ago to contest the October polls under his newly formed Qaumi Jamhoori party, was found hanging to a ceiling fan at his brother-in-law's house in Karachi yesterday. In a hand written and signed suicide note, the former minister said, "To all my dear ones, I could not take it anymore. Please excuse me. I am doing this on my own. No one is to be blamed".
However, his father, who merged his Tehreek-e-Istaqbal party into the newly-founded party of his son, was quoted by Pakistan news agency NNI as saying "Omar was having no psychological pressure or any other tension and apparently there was no reason for his suicide. We at our own level plan to investigate mysterious death of Omar Asghar Khan and would make the findings public."
A statement issued by the family also questioned the suicide theory.

Bureau Report