After PTI, PAT announces nationwide rallies from January 17
PAT president says they will start a signature campaign against the appointment of Dr Tauqeer Shah at the WTO
Abbasi said that in order to get the commission report on the incident we had to approach the Lahore High Court but to the surprise of the world despite the strict orders from the court, the Home Secretary has not yet sent the report. PHOTO: INP
LAHORE:
A day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf announced that they will resume protests across the country, the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) announced that it will hold rallies across Pakistan from January 17, 2015, to demand justice and protest against the non-formation of a Judicial Commission (JC) on the Model Town incident.
PAT president Dr Raheeq Ahmed Abbasi said that rallies were planned to mark six months of the Model Town incident. He said that the party had postponed its protest rallies in December following the Peshawar incident.
Abbasi said that the government was shying away from making public the Judicial Commission report on the incident. He added that till the incumbent government remains in power, the PAT cannot hope to get justice.
The PAT president said that they had to approach the Lahore High Court (LHC) to acquire the JC report. But despite orders from the court, the Home Secretary has yet to send the report.
He said that while action against the perpetrators of Wagha Border attack or the Peshawar school attack may not be in the hands of the government, it did have the power to take action against those involved in the Model Town incident since they were all working for the government on lucrative posts.
PAT to start signature campaign against Dr Tauqeer Shah
In a meeting held at the PAT secretariat on Tuesday, it was decided that the party will start a signature campaign against the appointment of Dr Taqueer Shah, the main accused in the Model Town incident, at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dr Shah is a former principle secretary of the Punjab Chief Minister.
The signature campaign will officially begin at the PAT secretariat on Wednesday. “Relatives of all those martyred will sign a document against appointment of Dr Shah and send it to WTO headquarters,” a PAT adviser told The Express Tribune.
According to a statement issued by PAT said that a written complaint will also be submitted along with the signed document which would brief WTO of Dr Shah's role in the killing of innocent PAT workers.
A day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf announced that they will resume protests across the country, the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) announced that it will hold rallies across Pakistan from January 17, 2015, to demand justice and protest against the non-formation of a Judicial Commission (JC) on the Model Town incident.
PAT president Dr Raheeq Ahmed Abbasi said that rallies were planned to mark six months of the Model Town incident. He said that the party had postponed its protest rallies in December following the Peshawar incident.
Abbasi said that the government was shying away from making public the Judicial Commission report on the incident. He added that till the incumbent government remains in power, the PAT cannot hope to get justice.
The PAT president said that they had to approach the Lahore High Court (LHC) to acquire the JC report. But despite orders from the court, the Home Secretary has yet to send the report.
He said that while action against the perpetrators of Wagha Border attack or the Peshawar school attack may not be in the hands of the government, it did have the power to take action against those involved in the Model Town incident since they were all working for the government on lucrative posts.
PAT to start signature campaign against Dr Tauqeer Shah
In a meeting held at the PAT secretariat on Tuesday, it was decided that the party will start a signature campaign against the appointment of Dr Taqueer Shah, the main accused in the Model Town incident, at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dr Shah is a former principle secretary of the Punjab Chief Minister.
The signature campaign will officially begin at the PAT secretariat on Wednesday. “Relatives of all those martyred will sign a document against appointment of Dr Shah and send it to WTO headquarters,” a PAT adviser told The Express Tribune.
According to a statement issued by PAT said that a written complaint will also be submitted along with the signed document which would brief WTO of Dr Shah's role in the killing of innocent PAT workers.