Summary At least 17 children and a teacher were burned to death due to cylinder explosion in school van.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of Gujrat tragedy suo moto case.
The CJP in his remarks said why police was not taking action against vehicles without fitness certificates.
DPO Gujrat told the court that checking of fitness certificate was not his department’s responsibility as another department was functioning in this regard.
Justice Gulzar remarked that police was trying to avoid the responsibility for the issue.
The CJP reprimanded DPO Gujrat and SHO for their negligence.
Counsel of OGRA, Afnan Karim Kundi told the court that OGRA has suggested banning use of CNG in public transport.
He said that vehicles with substandard CNG cylinders were mobile coffins that may cause more casualties.
Upon this the CJP remarked that the court orders to ban use of CNG in public transport because no department including OGRA, police and transport association was accepting the responsibility for the incident.
At least 17 children and a teacher were burned to death in Gujrat on May 25 when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school.
