PPP chairperson, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemns Sahiwal incident. PHOTO: FILE
“Sahiwal incident is a message for citizens in Naya Pakistan that they should not go outside their homes with families,” Bilawal said.
The PPP chairman condemned the incident and said killing of parents in front of their children was a slap in the face on PTI's good governance claims. “PTI-led government in Punjab has converted the province in a police state,” he alleged.
“Those who envisioned Pakistan as a state like Medina must expose the real culprits behind the encounter,” demanded Bilawal.
He said that those who run the government using a micro-blogging website cannot do anything except levelling baseless allegations.
State will fully look after children injured in Sahiwal tragedy: PM Imran
On 19 January, four people – including two women – were killed in a shady encounter involving Punjab’s counter-terrorism police on a highway in the Qadirabad area of Sahiwal district.
The police first identified the victims as “kidnappers” and then as “terrorists of a proscribed group”, raising doubts over the “encounter”.
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 victims have been identified as Muhammad Khalil, his wife Nabeela, 13-year-old daughter Areeba and a neighbour.
Three children were also recovered from the “trunk of the car”. The children, who were shifted to the DHQ hospital, contradicted the CTD version, saying the fatalities included their parents, elder sister and a family friend named Zeeshan, and that they were travelling from Lahore to Burewala to attend a wedding.
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