LHC orders Punjab govt to release Najfi Commission report on Model Town tragedy

LHC orders Punjab govt to release Najfi Commission report on Model Town tragedy

LAHORE: 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.

An inquiry panel known as Justice Baqar Najfi Commission was tasked with   probing the incident.

The commission had report had also recorded statements of  Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Law Minister Rana Sanaullah. 

Later, LHC’s Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi had ordered the government to make the report public  after families of the victims of the tragedy moved an application to disclose the report.

The LHC had asked the Punjab government to release the report to fulfill the requirements of justice.

The Punjab government, however, moved an intra court appeal against the court’s decision before a full bench of the high court which reserved the verdict on November 24.

A three member full bench today  announced the verdict, asking the government to provide the copies of the inquiry report to the victim families.

The government is likely  to move the Supreme Court against the Lahore High Court decision.

 

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