State will fully look after children injured in Sahiwal tragedy: PM Imran

While CTD has done a great job in fight against terrorism, everyone must be accountable before the law, tweets premier

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the three children injured in the Sahiwal tragedy "will now be fully looked after by the state as its responsibility".

The premier took to Twitter saying that he was "still shocked at seeing the traumatised children who saw their parents shot before their eyes," adding that any parent would be shocked as they would think of their own children in such a traumatic situation.

"These children will now be fully looked after by the state as its responsibility," PM Imran wrote on the microblogging social media website on Sunday.

Still shocked at seeing the traumatized children who saw their parents shot before their eyes. Any parent would be shocked as they would think of their own children in such a traumatic situation. These children will now be fully looked after by the state as its responsibility.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 20, 2019

The prime minister said that as soon as JIT report comes, swift action will be taken. "The government's priority is protection of all its citizens."

While the CTD has done a great job in fight against terrorism, everyone must be accountable before the law, he said in another tweet.

While the CTD has done a great job in fight against terrorism, everyone must be accountable before the law. As soon as JIT report comes, swift action will be taken. The govt's priority is protection of all its citizens. https://t.co/Vek2YHLmKQ

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 20, 2019

On Saturday, PM Imran took notice of the tragic incident and directed the provincial police chief to hold a thorough inquiry.



IGP Punjab Amjad Saleemi constituted a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the incident. The JIT will submit its report with three days.

Taking notice of the issue, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar ordered the arrest of the CTD officials involved in the Sahiwal incident.

“The CTD officials involved in the alleged extra-judicial killing of a family have been taken into custody on the orders of the chief minister,” said Punjab CM’s spokesperson Dr Shahbaz Gill.

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Four people – including two women – were killed in a shady encounter involving Punjab’s counterterrorism police on a highway in the Qadirabad area of Sahiwal district on Saturday noon.

The police first identified the victims as “kidnappers” and then as “terrorists of a proscribed group”, raising doubts over the “encounter”.

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The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed in a statement that the law enforcers signalled a Suzuki Alto car and a motorcycle to stop near Sahiwal Toll Plaza on GT Road, but they did not pull over and instead opened fire.

The police retaliated and four people, including two women, were killed by the “firing of their own accomplices” in the ensuing firefight by, according to the CTD.

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The victims have been identified as Muhammad Khalil, his wife Nabeela, 13-year-old daughter Areeba and a neighbour Zeeshan.

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Punjab Chief Minister on Sunday visited the surviving children of the Sahiwal family.

The chief minister said that a Joint Investigation Team had been constituted to probe into the Sahiwal incident and has been directed to conduct a transparent investigation and submit its report within 72 hours.

Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar has said that Joint Investigation Team, constituted to probe into Sahiwal incident, has been directed to conduct a transparent investigation and submit its report within seventy-two hours. pic.twitter.com/K77u1zsHyp

— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) January 20, 2019