PTI submits petition in Punjab Assembly for Rana Sanaullah's resignation

'Government's responsibility is to protect lives, not plot massacres,' says Rass


Rana Yasif December 06, 2017
PHOTO: ZAHOORUL HAQ

Opposition benches have demanded the resignation of provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah in connection with Justice Najfi's report on the Model Town operation.

The demand was submitted on Wednesday to the Punjab Assembly by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislator Dr Murad Rass through a resolution. The report revealed that the plot to launch the Model Town operation was made under Rana Sanaullah's supervision.

Rass contended that government's responsibility is to protect the lives of innocent people rather than plotting such massacres. He further added that over a dozen lives were lost during operation.

Rana Sanaullah, Shehbaz Sharif should resign for killing Pakistanis: Imran Khan

Chairman PTI Imran Khan also tweeted his views on the matter:

“After the Najafi Report revelations, CM [Punjab] Shehbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah should immediately resign for killing Pakistani citizens.”



The Model Town inquiry tribunal report, made public on Tuesday (December 5) after three years, squared blame particularly on Rana Sanaullah and the Punjab Police for the 2014 incident in which 14 supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) were killed.

The inquiry tribunal, headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi of the Lahore High Court (LHC), had submitted the 132-page report in the same year, but the Punjab government did not make it public.

The main question deliberated in the report is how the order to use force to disperse the protesters came about, and whether Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif gave orders for the police to disengage and why these were not communicated to those on the ground.

Police hid info on who gave order to shoot

The report also notes that no legal opinion was sought from the Punjab AG before the operation was launched, and the manner in which the Punjab Police appeared to be withholding testimony or concealing evidence in an apparent attempt to build a case that they were only following orders when they went on the offensive.

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