Summary PAT chief Tahirul Qadri had demanded cases against PM, CM Punjab over the tragedy.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The session court of Lahore hearing Model Town tragedy case on Saturday ordered to book Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif for the casualties of Minhajul Quran workers that took place on June 17 in Model Town Lahore, Dunya News reported.
The court ordered to file charges against the key accused including the named police officers.
Director Minhajul Quran International (MQI) Jawad Hamid had taken the plea before Additional Session Judge Lahore that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan, Railways Minister Saad Rafique, Former Law Minister Punjab Rana Sanaullah, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Information Minister Pervez Rasheed, Principal Secretary to CM Punjab Tauqeer Shah, IG Police Punjab, Former CCPO Lahore Shafeeq Gujjar and SSP Rana Abdul Jabbar were among the 21 accused people who allegedly ordered police to murder 12 people in Model Town.
The MQI petition maintained that instead of launching the FIR on MQI’s behalf, police registered the FIR by itself, which is unconstitutional. The petition said that Police did not take the right legal course and therefore, all these people were also named among the accused by PAT.
Investigative Officer of Faisal Town Police Station told the court that the FIR of the case had already been registered and the investigations were underway. He also said that another FIR of the incident could not be registered.
After listening to the arguments by both sides, court ordered to register the FIR against all the people named in the PAT’s petition.
