Judicial inquiry of Charsadda, APS attacks is a legitimate demand, says Khurshid Shah

We need to trace terrorists and their facilitators who target our armed forces and citizens, says opposition leader

Responding to criticism over his demand of judicial inquiry of the Peshawar and Charsadda attacks, Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah said that he made the request to find out perpetrators behind the tragedies.

“Parents of the children killed in APS [Army Public School, Peshawar] and Charsadda incidents demand judicial inquiry of the incident,” Shah said, while addressing a press conference in Sukkur on Thursday. “So what if I made the same demand?”

Earlier during the day, Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar had censured the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), saying those criticising the National Action Plan (NAP) and trying to create a situation of fear among the masses were working for the terrorists.



We need to trace the terrorists and their facilitators who target our armed forces and innocent citizens, Shah said.

Apparently responding to the interior minister, who said he knew how an "opposition leader reaped benefits from the government", Khursheed Shah said, “I want to respond to the allegations levelled against me in the parliament in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.”

He added if the prime minister remained unable to resolve the issue, “I would go to a court of law".



The opposition leader said he would leave politics if any allegation was proved against him or his family.

Regarding Dr Asim Hussain and the ongoing inquiries against him, Shah said he did not want to intervene as the matter is sub judice.

“We have always supported democracy and parliament,” the opposition leader said, but lamented that politics of blame game is now a hallmark of the federal government.