LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday asked for the complete records of the Town Municipal Administration’s (TMA) application to remove encroachment and the dispatching of police force that led to a standoff between Punjab Police and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) activists before turning into the infamous Model Town incident of 2014. Chaired by Justice Qasim Ali Khan, a full bench of the LHC asked for the records after PAT counsel concluded their argument. The petition pertains to PAT challenging an anti-terrorism court’s (ATC) refusal to include the Sharif brothers and 10 others as defendants in a complaint over the Model Town incident. The high court also asked for the appointment and transfer of former inspector general of Punjab police, Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera. On June 17, 2014, 14 people were killed and 100 others injured after police launched an assault on PAT supporters gathered outside the residence of Qadri in Model Town, Lahore.

Source: Pakistan Today May 23, 2018 10:41 UTC