Model town inquiry: Court reserves verdict on PAT’s plea

He said if the report became a part of the ATC proceedings, would strengthen the statements of the witnesses testified

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court reserved its judgment on a Pakistan Awami Tehreek petition requesting Model Town massacre’s judicial inquiry report to be made part of its private complaint pending before an anti-terrorism court.

Through its complaint, the PAT seeks the trial of the prime minister, Punjab chief minister and others on charges of killing 14 of its workers in the 2014 incident.

PAT’s counsel Rai Bashir Ahmad concluded his arguments before the full bench headed by Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali, arguing the Punjab government restricted the publication of the report with mala fide intentions.

He said if the report became a part of the ATC proceedings, it would strengthen the statements of the witnesses testified. He asked the bench to dismiss an order of the trial court and order it to make the inquiry report a necessary part of the proceedings.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 6^th, 2016.