F.P. Report
LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday took notice of delay in decision of the Model Town case and sought a detailed report from an anti-terrorism court till April 14.
The CJP took the notice after hearing complaints of the victims of the tragedy at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry.
Victims of the Model Town tragedy had staged a protest outside the registry as the CJP arrived at the court premises.
The top judge called the protestors into the courtroom and listened to their complaints regarding delay in the decision of the case.
The chief justice directed the Punjab government to come up with a report, explaining the reasons behind the delay in dispensation of justice to the people affected in the incident.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar directed a provincial law officer to submit a report of the provincial authorities in this regard.
Justice Nisar took notice of the matter on the request of the daughter of a woman killed in the incident, who complained that she still awaited justice despite passage of four years.
On July 17, 2014, 14 people were killed and 100 others injured when the police opened fire to disperse protesting PAT workers.
The judicial commission formed to probe the 2014 Model Town incident held that the operation planned and designed under the then Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah “could have easily been avoided” and that the “police officers actively participated in the massacre”.
“This tribunal has very carefully seen the CD of the first press conference of Chief Minister Punjab after the incident in which he did not specifically mention about his direction of disengagement.,” says the report.
