A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday seized with the matter of Model Town killing incident, sought record of the complaints against the encroachment outside the residence of Dr Tahirul Qadri and the police contingent dispatched to the scene. The bench also directed the counsel of PAT to submit list of the people killed and injured in the incident on Thursday (today).
It also summoned notification of the Sukhera as IGP and copy of the decision that acquitted Gullu Butt, an infamous character of the incident. Pakistan Awami Tehreek and Idara Minhajul Quran filed appeal against an anti-terrorism court for not summoning PML-N parliamentarians nominated in its private complaint. The court had dismissed the complaint of the PAT to the extent of the parliamentarians including former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and federal and provincial ministers.
However, the court had agreed to summon 125 officials of police and district government for their trial. Consequently, the PAT and the officials including former inspector general of police Mushtaq Sukhera summoned by the trial court challenged the decision before the high court. During the Wednesday's hearing, PAT's counsel Azhar Siddique said the Model Town incident was a conspiracy in fact and government was not providing them (appellant) with the documents necessary for the trial.
He said the barricades outside the residence of Dr Qadri were put on the court orders and the police carried out an illegal operation in the name of encroachment. The full bench is holding a day to day hearing on the appeals in light of direction issued by Chief Justice of Pakistan who had taken a suo motu notice of the unnecessary delay in the proceedings of the trial court relating the Model Town killing cases.