LAHORE: Opposition strongly condemned the Joint Investigation Teams’s (JIT) report and the government’s stance on Sahiwal incident and demanded the formation of a judicial commission to probe the matter transparently.
Additional Chief Secretary Home Punjab Fazeel Asghar briefed the provincial assembly on Sahiwal incident and the progress on the ongoing investigation by JIT.
Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz said that the culprits behind the Sahiwal killings will be found out through the judicial commission. The opposition termed the JIT ‘wastage of time’.
Hamza Shehbaz also expressed strong concern over the absence of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and said that the Punjab CM should have attended the session.
Moreover, Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leaders said that a first information report (FIR) should be lodged against CM Buzdar.
Earlier on January 19, four people were killed in an alleged encounter in Sahiwal. Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel said they had killed a local commander of militant organisation Daesh and three others in the operation. Eyewitnesses, however, disputed the claim and said the people in the car did not fire at officials, nor were any explosives recovered from the vehicle.