Forensic documentation and photography is the new thing although we do not have the proper labs in Pakistan to authenticate any manipulation – one should understand that a photographic evidence should go hand in hand with crime scene sketches, witnesses, forensic case notes (authenticating the picture) and other forms of documentation in the case.

We were taught a theory called Silent Witness Theory back in the UK although it’s not accepted in Pakistan for admission of photographic evidence as a substantive evidence as opposed to a demonstrative evidence….for visual or even audio evidences to be taken seriously in a country like Pakistan – we need independent forensic scientists and neutral laboratories to authenticate a photograph as an evidence……