A former Pakistan Awami Tehreek parliamentarian has pointed to the governing party's direct involvement in killings of party activists in the in March 2014. Former member of the Punjab Assembly Fayaz Warraich told an anti terrorism court on Friday that the premier, the Punjab chief minister and some federal ministers had already rendezvoused with Awami leaders at H-Block house in Model Town before the party founder's return from Canada.
He claimed that the governing party leaders wanted them to stop party founder Tahir-ul-Qadri from landing in the country because they thought his presence could worsen the already volatile situation then. On 16 June 2014, the party founder had warned the government of "serious consequences" if anything were to happen to him on his return.
The former party man then went on to claim that when the delegation agreed to disagree, the governing party leaders threatened "to crush the party" if their founder ever returned. "We came back to see the unbearable attitude of the high-ups," he said.
He went on, "The government executed its plan on June 17, 2014 through police and local administration killing and injuring a large number of workers of Idara Minahajul Quran in March 2014." He also said a joint investigation team supposed to investigate the incident hardly bothered with his narration.
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