The Sahiwal family had reached Islamabad to meet the Senate Standing Committee on Interior.
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 29th January) The families of those killed in the Sahiwal encounter have expressed their mistrust over the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigating the incident.
The families have instead demanded to conduct the trial in military court.
The Sahiwal family had reached Islamabad to meet the Senate Standing Committee on Interior.
Speaking to media before leaving for Islamabad, slain Khalil’s brother said, “We are not satisfied with the JIT. We want a judicial inquiry.”
The brother added that this is a national issue and we want justice on the incident.
He said that the police officials are apparently responsible for the tragedy and we don’t trust the JIT made by police itself.
Khalil’s brother further said that they are going to Islamabad with the hopes of justice.
“When we earlier went to Islamabad, nobody listened to us,” he said.
Expressing lack of confidence on the JIT, the family demanded that a judicial commission be made to probe the incident. They said that the case should be referred to military courts so we can get timely justice.
Chairman of the Senate's Standing Committee on Interior Rehman Malik had said that since it was important to know the viewpoint of bereaved families of Sahiwal incident, therefore, they would be certainly invited to appear before the committee to record their statements.
Sahiwal encounter
Four people including two women were killed during an action by Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Sahiwal on Saturday.
Reportedly, the incident occurred at Qadirabad where a team of CTD Lahore, taking action against a suspected car, shot dead two men and two women.
Later, the CTD team took the bodies, children and other valuables from the vehicle. However, the team later on dropped the children at a filling station.
With the alleged shady encounter on a highway in Sahiwal district, a big question mark was posed on the functioning of Punjab Police.
The victims were first declared as kidnappers and then as terrorists from a proscribed group by the police force, which raised eyebrows on the alleged shootout, followed by contradictory witnesses' narratives.
As the incident drew wide ire and condemnation, demands were also made for a thorough probe.
