LAHORE – Steering committee of opposition parties over Model Town tragedy agreed to not extend deadline for Punjab chief minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif and law minister Rana Sanaullah to resign and that protests was the way forward for the opposition.
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri presided over a meeting of opposition leaders today to decide over party’s course-of-action.
Reportedly, the participants agreed to lodge protests against ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for Model Town massacre on July 17, 2014.
Representatives of opposition parties earlier convened a meeting in December which was referred to as the all parties conference (APC) by Dr Qadri among opposition leaders.
A notification issued following the meeting consisted of ten points including demand to have Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif and law minister.
According to the participants of the APC, Justice Baqar Najfi held the chief minister and the provincial minister responsible for the fatal clashes in Model Town on July 17, 2014 that claimed 14 lives and they should resign.