Shahbaz promises justice to Kasur victims

LAHORE: Affected children of Kasur incident, their parents and residents of Hussain Khanwala village called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here Sunday.
According to a handout issued here, during the meeting, the affectees announced ending boycott of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and extending their full cooperation to the inquiry.
Talking to the affectees, the chief minister announced ending immediately the cases registered against the protesters and directed the IG Police to take necessary legal action in this regard. He said the Kasur incident was painful and that justice would be provided to the victims at any cost, as no hurdle would be tolerated in the provision of justice and stern action would be taken against anyone trying to hinder this process, he added.
He promised that provision of justice to the affectees was his responsibility which he would discharge at any cost. He said he was deeply grieved over the incident, he wanted to come to them, could not do so due to some reasons but he had been personally monitoring this issue. He said Additional IG Special Branch had been transferred from his post for his ignorance about the matter while DPO Kasur transferred as OSD due to mishandling the case.
He said the JIT had been constituted to hold an inquiry into the matter and besides police it also comprised representatives of Federal Intelligence Bureau and ISI. He said the inquiry team had been directed to stay in Kasur and hold complete investigation; facts would be made public and justice would be ensured. He said action would be taken against the guilty persons irrespective of their influence. He said had the case not been mishandled the situation would not have reached this point.
He said that in order to uphold justice, the cases registered against the affectees during protest were being immediately withdrawn.