Giving in to Qadri's demands, Punjab forms new JIT to probe Lahore clash

The team includes representatives of IB, ISI, MI and Police.

Having already removed law minister Rana Sanaullah from his post, the Punjab government bent over backwards to grant yet another demand of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri by forming a new joint investigation team (JIT), Express News reported early on Sunday.

As per Qadri's wishes, the new JIT includes representatives from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Military Intelligence (MI) and the Police.

From Sunday, this team will investigate last Wednesday's clash outside the Minhajul Quran central secretariat in Lahore which left over a dozen people dead and 80 others injured.

On Friday, Dr Qadri had declared that he would only accept an inquiry by a joint investigation team that includes representatives of ISI, IB, MI and a judicial commission comprising three impartial judges of the Supreme Court (SC).