LAHORE – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has requested Prime Minister ImranKhan to not appoint Major (r) Azam Suleman as the Punjab chief secretary.
PAT Secretary-General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur wrote a letter to PrimeMinister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar for opposing theappointment of Major (r) Suleman’s appointment.
In his letter, he wrote that Suleman is one of the 12 accused by thefamilies of those victimized in the Model Town incident of 2014. He alsomentioned that If any officer, who is involved in the Model Town incident,gets a key important seat, It will be affected on the trial.
In a letter to the prime minister, the PAT leader drew his attention to thefact that “Suleman, who is reportedly a favourite for the Punjab chiefsecretary position, was the province’s home secretary when the Model Townincident took place.”
“The list of the 12 accused, for whose summoning the heirs of the ModelTown incident’s martyrs have approached the Lahore High Court (LHC),includes Major (r) Azam Suleman’s name,” Gandapur wrote. “Major (r) Sulemanis directly responsible for the illegal act of the non-issuance of JusticeBaqar Najfi Commission’s report.”