ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanauallah demanded of Punjab government to immediately constitute a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising senior officers to ensure transparent and credible inquiry into incident of firing on PTI’s long march.

Addressing a joint news conference with Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb here, he said we condemn all sorts of violence and its manifestations. He said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has immediately sought a detailed report from Punjab government, Chief Secretary Punjab and Inspector General of Police regarding firing incident.

He said that federal government on directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured Punjab government to extend all possible and needed assistance to probe matter. He, however, condemned and rejected baseless accusations from PTI leadership for wrongly implicating Prime Minister, Interior Minister and a senior officer of a state institution in firing incident. He said it is highly regrettable that PTI is running a hate campaign against federal government, opposing political parties and state institutions.

Rana Sanaullah said PTI should seek resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi for security reasons, as maintaining law and order and providing security to marchers were sole responsibility of provincial government.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 04 2022

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