LAHORE: The Punjab government has made Model Town incident 2014 report public following Lahore High Court orders.
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered the Punjab government to release the inquiry report on the Model Town tragedy within a month.
At least 14 people were killed and 90 others injured in clashes between the police and workers of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek as authorities moved to remove encroachments in front of Dr Tahirul Qadri’s house in Model Town on June 17, 2014.
The report was formulated by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi , the one member tribunal constituted by the Punjab Chief Minister following the incident.
The report has not held any person responsible for the incident. During the investigation, the statements of different police officials and the provincial cabinet members including provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah were recorded.
Addressing the press conference Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan has announced that the Model Town judicial inquiry report has been made public on the directions of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif.
Flanked by provincial minister Zaeem Hussain Qadri and Punjab government’s Spokesperson Malik Muhammad Ahmed Khan Rana Sanaullah said that the Model Town incident report had been made public on the internet.
He said Rana Sanaullah said that since the last two and a half years the Model Town report had deliberately been made controversial. There is nothing in the report that holds Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif responsible for the incident he said.
Terming the report full of errors and ineffective Rana Sanaullah said that no one was being blamed in the report, adding that there was not a single word written in the report that could link Shahbaz Sharif to the deadly incident.
The law minister accused Tahirul Qadri of creating a fuss over the [Model Town incident] report.
He termed the report inconclusive and incomplete.
Rana Sanaullah announced, “There are legal flaws in the report. It cannot be presented as evidence. No police official was declared responsible in the report.”