High Court stops police from exhuming body of Pakistan tycoon

Justice Ann Ong'injo issued stay orders stopping the exhumation. [iStockphoto]

However, in her affidavit, Mrs Nazerali said that the cause of death of her late husband is uncontroverted since he died from kidney failure as indicated in the death certificate by Dr Brian Sabula, a clinical officer at Tudor Healthcare who attended to the late at his home in Tudor.

She said Aga Khan Hospital was unwilling to release the admission records, treatment and attendance notes, tests done and lab results to aid the court in knowing what transpired and actually led to her husband's death.

Mrs Nazerali said Anwar's lawyer, Michael Oloo, had opposed her application to have the court mandate Aga Khan release the records on claims the hospital was not party to the suit.

"The death of my late husband is not controverted as the lab results, medical records and death certificate state he died from a kidney failure," said Mrs Nazerali.

She said the court can't depart from the medical documents and proof shown.

The widow said after failing to convince his late husband to take dialysis, the hospital asked her to sign the release form which she refused at around 7:25am. She later signed the same at 11am.

Mrs Nazerali said she proposed to the doctors to treat him for other ailments he was suffering, but the hospital refused.

She affirmed her late husband had been sick for three days prior to taking him to the hospital after he failed to pass out urine.

"I indicated to the medics that he had been unwell for about three days and had not passed out urine for a day, prompting our rushing him there, contrary to what is stated," said Mrs Nazerali.

According to Mrs Nazerali, his estranged brother-in-law who resides in Pakistan showed up two weeks later after his brother's demise despite being informed.

She said the whole burial process was done per the rituals and customs of the Khoja Shia Ithnasheri Jamaat and was carried out by Kaffan and Dafan sub-committee. (Committee in charge of performing burial rites) which requires a deceased to be buried on the same day.

"I have no say in what is to be done as a woman and the whole process after notifying the committee of his death at 5am was taken over by them and the whole burial ceremony was streamed live on Youtube. Therefore, the claim that the burial was hurried is unfounded and a blatant lie," said Mrs Nazerali.