Won’t allow govt to take sigh of relief before real facts on Sahiwal killings are told, says Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that he won't allow the government to take a sigh of relief over the Sahiwal shootout without getting the real facts of the incident.

Speaking during the National Assembly session, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader said that the Punjab government should tell why it changed its stance on the incident for as many as eight times in last 24 hours.

"We don't want to do politics over the sad incident unlike Prime Minister Imran Khan but the premier has to answer government's position before the nation," he said. "There are no appointments in Punjab without PM Imran's approval."

Former Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that the Sahiwal incident showed that those responsible for ending terrorism in the country, themselves have become terrorists.

"A parliamentary committee, instead of a JIT, should be made on the Sahiwal incident," he said.

Shireen Mazari, the minister for human rights, accused the opposition members of doing politics over the sad incident.

"Why was no parliamentary committee made on Naqeebullah case. Why was no punishment given to the people involved in Model Town killings when Asif was the defence minister," she questioned.

Former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said that the Punjab government instead of bringing the killers to the justice is defending them.

"What sort of Madina-like state this is. For goodness sake don't call it Madina state. Should a bouquet be presented to children whose parents were killed in broad daylight," he said in his speech.