LAHORE: Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday demanded the resignations of Home Minister Rana Sanaullah and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif after the release of Model Town inquiry report.
In a tweet, Khan said: “After the Najafi Report revelations, CM Shahbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah should immediately resign for killing Pakistani citizens”.
After the Najafi Report revelations, CM Shahbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah should immediately resign for killing Pakistani citizens
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) December 6, 2017
PTI’s lawmaker Murad Ali submitted a resolution seeking the resignation of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah in the provincial assembly.
The resolution states that according to the Model Town inquiry report, the planning of the 2014 incident was done under the supervision of Sanaullah.
A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by the Punjab government to not release the Model Town inquiry report, prepared by the Justice Baqar Nafaji.
The incident on June 17, 2014, had claimed lives of at least 14 workers of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and left around 100 others injured during an ‘anti-encroachment operation’ by Punjab Police outside Idara-e-Minhajul Quran in Lahore’s Model Town.
The Justice Najafi commission, while terming the June 2014 tragedy in the “most unfortunate incident” in the country’s history, said that police tried to cover up the facts regarding who gave orders to open fire on protesters.
