Tahirul Qadri to challenge LHC’s verdict in SC

LAHORE, (DNA) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday announced to challenge Lahore High Court’s (LHC) verdict pertaining to Model Town Case in the Supreme Court.
Reacting to the LHC’s verdict, he said how would justice be served without summoning the master minds of Model Town incident.
He said the powerful is as powerful as he was and justice is still weak as “servants were summoned in the case, not their owners”.
Recalling the bloody day of June 17 2014 he asked if “ants, not humans were killed. The world witnessed atrocities of Police through media.
He demanded the summoning of real perpetrators behind the incident.
Lahore High Court (LHC) had turned down Pakistan Awami Tehreek‘s (PAT) plea seeking summons of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, former Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif and ten other ministers in a case pertaining to Model Town carnage.
It is to be mentioned here that PAT, in its appeal against the ruling of the trial court, had requested LHC to call former ministers Khawaja Saad Rafique, Rana Sanaullah, Khawaja Asif and others in the case.
Earlier, the report compiled by Justice Baqir Ali Najfi of LHC directly held Punjab government responsible for ‘bloodbath’ in Model Town area.
It was stated in the report that Shehbaz Sharif had not ordered the police to ‘disengage’ from the clashes with PAT supporters.
It further revealed that Minhajul Quran International (MQI) workers hurled stones at police and in return they were fired upon. Police followed Punjab Punjab government’s orders.
On June 17, 2014, Punjab police went to remove the barriers placed outside PAT Chief Dr Tahirul Qadri’s residence and MQISecretariat in Model Town.
The workers of MQI resisted the move which led to a deadly clash leaving 14 workers dead and dozens injured.
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