Express News screengrab of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif addressing a press conference.
"We will not influence the registration of FIRs, they can even be registered against me," the Punjab chief minister said while addressing a press conference.
A judicial commission was set up to investigate into the incident in which eight people including two women – were killed, while 85 others sustained injuries in a clash between the supporters of Dr Tahirul Qadri and police. An application has also been submitted to the High Court for this purpose.
Chief minister Sharif has requested the Chief Justice Lahore High Court that the Judicial Commission should hold investigation on daily basis. It would be a big favour of the chief justice if investigation could be completed within week, said CM.
"I sympathise with Tahirul Qadri, and I assure him that those responsible will be punished without delay," the minister said.
Shahbaz further added that facts will be brought to the public regarding the incident, and justice will be served.
"I have always dealt with miscreants with an iron hand," he said.
The minister said the barriers were removed by the police, and permission for the removal was not his responsibility.
Rs3million compensation announced
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif announced a compensation of Rs3 million for families of each of the victims.
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@M Block:
Mr SS is responsible for the development of Lahore only not Punjab....go & ask the poor people especially outside Lahore, are they getting food, water & jobs, are they happy ?....the show shah is limited to Lahore only & this is not going to fill any poor person stomach. PML N strategy is only show big mega projects, but they think people are fool. They & their family need food, security of life & jobs, education & health....all these are absent in Punjab & also the whole of Pakistan. The rich is getting richer & poor are getting poor....
Time to resign now... MR Shehbaz sharif ...
Like you changed your name after not able to overcome load shedding in three months. You are a liar.
Yes, You have to resign, because, all Lahore Administration is under your direct control (or in Mr Hamza Shahbaz). And a criminal proceedings should be started against Punjab Govt.
Gullu Butt is next CM of Punjab!!
Media presents only one side of the picture. It was Qadri’s workers who foirst attacked on police and police had to open fire in their defence. One policeman is also killed with more than 20 injured. Media should present complete picture.
@fawad: lol
@ Umer:
I have a pretty decent life, thank you very much, what about you? Ever heard the adage that two wrongs don't make a right? I already said law should be the same for everyone and any such barricades, no matter where, should be removed. Read much my friend?
No Agar or Magar....... He should resign.
@Spyrogyra: get a life
go check the barricades in around Noora house, if he have barricade who has hundreds to guard him then anyone can......first remove barricade from his own home in model town
So will Showbaaz Shareef resign after Gullu Butt?
watching tv clips it is clear Police is not well trained in crowd control. There are ways without resorting to killing. Crowd,s was definitely unruly. Removing or not a barrier is not up to people. Some body has to have authority to do the job. If you do not like it go to court. This guy from Canada is fomenting evil at a time when Pakistan is at War. Behavior of politician is as usual opportunistic. You not only need democracy but also Rule of Law. Those who caused trouble should face the music.
Noon leaguers at their best! The two Shareef brothers should contest for becoming Drama Queen.
Just recently, you appointed new DCO and police officers at high ranks. For what? Did the previous ones refuse to murder civilians to prove your "iron hand"? Where was the iron hand when banned organizations gave you election support?
@gul khan KPK: No they did not: but they all have now the weapons to defend themselves.But you are not asking sriously that people of Punjab defend themselves against the State and the police who get paid to serve the people?
Rex Minor
It is again like "I WILL CHANGE MY NAME IF............."
THANK YOU..EXPRESS ..FOR SHOWING THE ACTIVITIES OF POLICE TOUT GULOO BUTT, who was brought especially by police to create distruction of properties to justify the firing..
Those who say that who died were miscreants, should be shameful. They were innocent and peaceful protesters. Police would never dare to remove barriers outside Raiwand, because they know the reaction would be lethal.
This is simply ridiculous. If you say you didn't know about YOUR police's operation, just because of your woeful ignorance you should resign. This circus can't be termed as 'democracy', didn't South Korean PM resign over that ferry incident? Why do you think that you are the best person to lead the most populated province of the country after that sectarian violence erupted few months back, then this event ? This is pure bulls**t from not so Khadim-e-Ala. Resign now, please. You not Lisa Scaffidi (mayor of Perth), that we would beg you to be our CM because of your performance.
@Waseem Sarwar: Nope, not a bit ashamed. You seem to forget that the casualties included policemen too, so these PAT activists were not exactly the peace lovers they claim to be. One simply does not challenge writ of the government, period. And if someone does, the government reserves the right to use force. Arguing that such use is selective is irrelevant.
If high handedness is indeed proven, then the guilty need to be punished. Lets wait and see. Though it would be interesting if the judicial commission finds that the police was indeed attacked first and reacted as a result. When bullets go flying in such a situation, they don't discriminate between friend and foe, young and old, male and female.
I do agree that law should be the same for everyone and so encroachments around CM and other "VIP" residences should be removed. I hope that day comes soon. But such a day is unlikely to be brought around by people like Qadri and his followers, especially if they continue to behave like they have been behaving recently.
The likes of Rana Sanaullah will now rig the tribunal findings !
3 million each for the victim families. 25,000 each for karachi airport attack victims, where is the sense. And let me tell you that no money in world can bring son of a mother, husband of a wife, sister of a brother. Wake up miyaan sahab use your iron hand on yourself.
Btw. where is that clown called 'Rana Sana Ullah'? atleast he should resign. If there is a little shame left.
I feel pity for PML-N supporters here. Trying to win a losing war. The reality is, 'sharif' brothers have shoot on their leg this time by shedding blood. Tried to become Amir-ul-mominin again I guess. Plan has backfired badly. 'Saari phannay khaani bahar aa gaye is baar'
Let's believe it, you have no hand in this operation. Then who ordered the police? Hmm did some outsider with great Technologies and using your voice did it ?? That is absurd!!
The man has no shame........but why am I not surprised.
@Ch. Allah Daad: you bare really a character; there is a saying," if I can not do something against you, at least I can get hold of my father! This was known in History as a Sikha Shai . You want to hold the absent boss rsresponsible for the merciless police murders?
Rex Minor
@salman: 6) Accompany "wadday pai jaan" on the foreign trips :p
Shahbaz Sharif gave a very positive statement. That positive statement is answered by negative comments from haters. These haters are jealous from his popularity.
i really wish that some of PMLN supporter's own family member get the battering from punjab police as the people got today in model town. these people would still say, "PMLN zindabad, shareef brother tum log kuch bhi krlo, kuch bhi.. we will still support you"
A one man commission has been set-up to investigate this incident just like a one man show was made for Arsalan Iftikhar. We all know how Arsalan Iftikhar case ended up.
One word: Loser :)
@Rahamathullah Md. Lahore:
But what is the justification for not taking into account the law of the land?
where is my comment, failures like mr tahir are living abroad and are enjoying peaceful life in western countries while creating trouble in Pakistan, such entities should be prosecuted
I feel pity for PML-N supporters. They are really on their back foot today. :) This time sharif brothers really shoot on their foot !! PML-N supporters... I welcome you in the 'hammaam'. :D
Shahbaz Sharif's to do list:
1) End Loadshedding 2) Drag Zardari through streets or change name 3) Make sure Judicial inquiry does not find me guilty or resign (haha..yeah right) 4) Order cake for tea (note: do not send daughter!) 5) Make sure my face is still on every ad Punjab govt places in every paper
No need to resign. The people who support foreign settled leaders who never involve in the welfare activities but create troubles, strikes should not be taken into account.
@Ch. Allah Daad:
Qadri didn't shoot them your buddies did.
Qadri is responsible. Lets call Canadian police. He is preaching hate. He is a hate monger and a sick person. Qadri is only responsible party here.
Qadri's tweet at 6.38AM.....which is even before the police's morning action started
"This is the first test for my workers, they will sacrifice their lives but they will never bow their heads"
Note the words "they" and their".......Then also note the timing of the tweet which tells the whole story??
Qadri must be arrested immediately on his return for inciting hatred and being responsible for killing of his workers.
Do you want to commit suicide with these kind of tactics PML(N)? specially when army is doing action in NWZ? What was the need of doing all that?
Everybody has camera phones. Prove that police murdered in cold blood. I am hundred percent sure that Qadri needed these dead bodies to start his revolution. He should be charged for murder.
Qadri is responsible for deaths of his workers. He should be charged for murder. In all his speeches he talked about bloodshed.
Qadri in his book wrote: "Hakoomat ke khilaf asla uthana bughawat hai or aisay baghi ko katal karna sawab-e-azeem hai"
So wouldnt the person responsible for encouraging them to take up arms responsible? Qadri there may be a jail cell ready for you on your visit to Pakistan!
@Ahtsham Shah:
Never mind your rhetoric and the behaviour of an ober lehrer, you should'nt worry about the souls of the dead who have left this world, but the living ones who are day in and day out are struggling to survive. It was Friedrick the great monarch, not a democrat, who said that all civil servants and the beauracrats in the Goverment are the servants of the State- People and I am the first servant of the State. He introduced compulsary education for all, and when the beurocrats complained about the lack of teachers, he ordered that all under/junior officers of the army will teach the students first during the day before returning to their military duties. This was the beginning of the Deutsche Reich which later became the most disciplined and educated class among the Nations. Pakistan army has no reason to run around the country like headless chickens and policing the people and shying away from facing the equivalents. Let the little man at the helms of beaurocracy take the bold step and make use of its army to make a Nation out of the divided people of Pakistan.
Rex Minor
The Chief Minister & Governor of Punjab is fully responsible for this heinous crimes. It is shameful act by the law enforcement agencies. How the Punjab Police directly opened fire against the demonstrators. There are various other measures which can be taken by the law enforcement agencies to defuse the situations.
We have sympathy with the families of people who have lost their precious lives. We have also sympathy with the people who have injured in this shameful incidence. Now the shameful chapter of the Federal and Punjab Government of PML (N) opened.
We do not need enemies if we have these Sharif brothers in power
Country is in the state of war and Tahir ul qadri is doing politics. What were weaponed men doing at his residence in Lahore? Why did they open fire on Police?
In india police will always spare women
Haters have got the opportunity to show their hate against the best CM from all provinces.
Al qadaria PAT headquarter in Lahore is another LAL Masjid. May God help Pakistan.
Police did right.
Et mod. would you please publish my comments.
The Shari a Prime Minister who knows fs are acting like civil seravnts beaurocrats like the Indian Chaiwala, who reckon their job is economy. The military leadership identified this weakness and thought to themselves that what the sharifs and Zardaris can do too, if we were to hire a competent Prime Minister to run the countrys economy. This trick was used successively by now degraded Parvez Khan, and even encouraged Imtan khan to crash door the power house. But then came the shock to the military strategists when they were unable to confront foreign power, and the military is on one foot, Gone are the Reagans and the Nixons too, and the Talibans rose from the dead and now the Prime Minister is playing the Australians aborignis music and telling the army to dance all over the land but leave the office of Judiciary and the Prime Minister alone. The country definitely needs a new master in the circus ring.
Rex Minor
GO SHAREEFS GO
Interesting enough, many of the comments are dragging Karachi in the discussion!!!...A very patriotic lot!!!....Guys, Lahore is also in Pakistan like Karachi, and within the same border!!!
Funny how he prides himself on being personally involved with everything and taking "notice" ordering transfers, dismissing staff.... but this time, "the barriers were removed by the police, and permission for the removal was not his responsibility"
Dear CM you are genuine person and it's good to deal with iron hands with these agitators who are pupits of foreign trouble makers. If they are not dealt well today, they will be big trouble tomorrow. If they are so sincere and caring about Pakistan why not their leader leave Canadian nationality?
At least Mr Rana should resign on moral ground Police dept under his command....but since we do not have the moral courage in our culture...who resigns ? in our 65+ years history who resigned ?
It was qadri's workers who first opened fire on police. These workers were doing wrong thing by making illegal encroachments.
if murder cases can be register against Musharraf for taking action against the terrorists of ,lal masjid,FIR for murder of 8 innocent people should also be registered against Shabaz and Nawaz shareef...this is test case for judiciary
I am still waiting for him to change his name. During Zardari's presidency, Shahbaz stated many times during his speeches that he would change his name if he did not drag Zardari around the streets of Lahore.
The independent commission to investigate this incident will be headed by Hamza Sharif so that there is no chance of foul play...
Sir, you don't worry. Haters cannot harm you. Continue your work of development in the province. Opponents are always looking for issues to criticize. Haters belonging to Karachi should first think about law and order of Karachi. What happened on 12-05-2007.
Mr. CM the nation know that Pak Army's assault on TTP has frustrated you. Now you are releasing your frustration on innocent Pakistanis.
Some one from bureaucracy has played well against shabaz sharif and PML N.
Sharif brothers have made Pakistan a laughing stock.
If the Sharif brothers would take a moment and consider just a simple principle of a parliamentry democracy, not the Americans system of amendments, it is the boss, the head of the Government who take the political responsibility for what happens in their domain and they traditionaly step down. They do not give the authority of the State to the military or the police and ask the people and the media to support violence and terror of poice and army. Both Sharifs should come forward and resign or fire instantly the chiefs of police and army for not being sensitive enough to understand the pains and sufferings of people.
Rex Minor
All puppets of Establishment (PTI, MQM, Tahirul qadri, sheikh rasheed) are busy in their schemes as directed to them by establishment.
lol. You, sir, are Chief Minister of Punjab. If you are not responsible of this tragedy then either you are lying or you have no control over police. Surely that bakery wala , you daughter and her guards thrashed, isn't responsible of running this province.
In Karachi 15 to 20 people are killed daily. More than 400 persons are killed monthly in Karachi. Anyone resigned?
Media presents only one side of the picture. It was Qadri's workers who foirst attacked on police and police had to open fire in their defence. One policeman is also killed with more than 20 injured. Media should present complete picture.
I appreciate Shehbaz Sharif for this gesture. I condemn the comments of haters.
The panic of PML-N supporters is ridiculous.
@Pakistani: You forgot to add the 3 ring circus: 'Vendetta against Musharraf'. Shahbazullah, of course, will not resign. The twin brothers own Punjab. Everything is in their pockets.Starting with the judges.
CM Punjab. You are the responsible .........for massive development and prosperity of the province. May Allah protect you and provide you more strength to continue to serve the people relentlessly and honestly like you have in past
Shareef brothers will never grow up.
"We will not influence registration of FIR", by saying this Shahbaz Sharif has accepted that they influence police all the time and this time they will make an exception. Politicized police can never the mighty and powerful.
@Sid: i would have preferred that Shahbaz Sharif had said simply that people who abuse the law and try to derail democracy will be dealt with firmly. Punjab is stable and developing. Finally Pakistan is on the path to development too but people like Tahirul Qadri want to fly in from Canada and cause trouble? Shame on PAT and their followers to cause trouble when the army is going after criminal TTP.
Wow !!! Does he didn't say that change my name if load shedding did not eliminate in 6 months? Or he didn't, media also corrupt for not putting such question to him.
Want to know how to manufacture a crisis from nothing? Just ask our "establishment." Get ready for another historic moment like Ayub, Zia and Musharaf type "rescue" of Pakistan; "Mere aziz hamwatno...." and Sharif family's another very loooong pilgrimage to Jeddah! Lucky Pakistan! Long live establishment!!
Everyone is blaming someone else. It is so unfortunate that at this time, when the country is fighting a war for its survival, there are so many distractions from so any quarters.
If you ever can be held in Past and now in Future? We have great Politicians who cannot be arrested on court orders so who is going to Held u?
@Spyrogyra: I hope same police check the road blocks in same model town by the honorable CM sb and also has the courage to jump into building and fire straight at people including women. Didn't you even felt a little bit of shame before saying these words?
Punishment should be according to the gravity of crime. Is placing a barrier in a street a crime of this level that 8 died and 85 injured is the punishment. Could you please let me know the name of a single member of the sharif family whose house is not secured in this way@Spyrogyra:
Hmmm. Just like you resigned on Zardari and Loadshedding matters....
You mean should state start killing its own citizens?
MR CM you are fully involved in this shameful act. Police has no power at all to take such a cruel action at their own. Had you built the proper police institution and left it depoliticized we wouldn't have seen this day today. You must immediately resign from your post and present yourself for the inquiry.
The true judgement can never be done in this country, Allah knows better and He will treat everyone on his deeds.
Don't resign. Rather don't do anything. Just chill. These were valueless common Pakistanies. However, if any one of your family is injured then you should take it serious. Don't worry you will never die. you will always be in power. You are not going to appear in the Court of Allah on the day of judgment. So just chill. These common valueless people used to die
“I have always dealt with miscreants with an iron hand,” he said. This says it all. Today's miscreants were workers of PAT and women who are killed brutally.
You are the Chief Executive of the Punjab province. Police and all agencies are directly under you, you are responsible for this heinous act. Who will hold you responsible?
I see you
Both these brothers Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif are in habbit of denying what they have ordered.He is responsible for the murder of innocent people in Lahore.Police have entered the houses and fired inside.Cars and other property was also damaged by them ostensibly to teach a lesson to PAT.
Like when ur daughter and her gaurds attacked tht poor waiter,still waiting nothing happened nor will while you ppl are in power
You don't need to empathize or apologize or resign. The police did the right thing. Support them so all miscreants and hoodlums get the message loud and clear. Nobody should be allowed to hold hostage the citizens, their daily routine, and their right of way.
Typical "Thanedaar" tactics of Punjab govt. this shows a shocking lack of of understanding on the govt. part. Just yesterday nearly all parties supported govt for the operation decision and the pressure on govt was greatly reduced. Today they screwed it up again and now they'll be in real trouble. Just try to understand the govt is totally incapable, appointment of CAOS, the so called Muzaakraat, sacking Nadra Cheif, PCB case, defaming military, mishandling Geo case the govts is embarrassingly incapable of showing basic grasp on basic issues.
Judges are in your pocket too, who is going to declare you guilty.
please resign =)
I hope you standby your word!