LAHORE – Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that a JointInvestigation Team (JIT) will be formed to investigate the clashes at ZamanPark.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Naqvi said the JIT will benotified today by the provincial government to probe the incidents.
The interim chief minister vowed to maintain the writ of the state at anycost. He said that he gave a “free hand” to the police to establish thewrit of the state in the province. The Punjab CM said he had been askingthe law enforcement agencies to hold back but will no longer do so.
“We told the policemen this morning that you can do what you want to doestablish the writ of the government. If anyone challenges the police, theywill break their hand,” said the CM.
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He added that it was not possible that the cops could continue getting abeating just because he asked them to hold themselves back.
Naqvi claimed that pictures of ‘terrorists’ staying in Zaman Park areavailable with them. He said he would also write to the Election Commissionof Pakistan (ECP) to inform it about the Punjab situation.
