District and sessions court orders FIR against PM, 10 others for death of three protesters
The deaths happened as a result of clashes between the police and protesters in Islamabad on August 31.
Further, the FIR is inclusive of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif.
The order was made based on a request made by PTI, and also includes the complaint over an incident of alleged firing at PTI chief Imran Khan's 'Azadi bus' during the same clashes.
Prior to the FIR registered on Saturday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had also ordered the registration of an FIR against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) top leadership in connection with the June 17 Model Town incident which resulted in the death of several Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers.
The FIR was finally registered on August 29 against 21 persons, including the prime minister and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, following an announcement made by the defence minister about how the process of lodging the FIR had begun.
Interestingly, the Lahore police utilised its ‘discretionary powers’ and filed the FIR in such a way that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif were spared from either joining the investigation or being immediately arrested.
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A couple of months ago, it was unthinkable to get an FIR registered against sitting PM, CM and ministers! Who knows, a couple of months from now, these people might be coming to courts on summons of these cases which are piling up!
@Blithe: They stormed the buildings after they were fired at.
@Blithe: i can bet ur one of the rare ppl who still watches geo :) get well soon. cheers
And how about the miscreants carrying weapons??? In what sort of civilized world do we accept miscreants storming buildings ?!?! Three wasn't high enough - the should have killed the lot of miscreants including the snake heads.
Also, the model town victims will never be forgotten.
Gullu butt has been released by courts....it seems justice in Pakistan is dead! and then people ask why IK is gaining support!
Go Nawaz Go!