LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker government has rejected the proposal of Lahore High Court (LHC) to constitute a judicial commission to probe into Jaranwala tragedy.
While informing the court, Additional Advocate General Punjab, Ghulam Sarwar Nahang asserted that the Punjab government had already constituted a JIT to investigate the incident.
Constitution of a separate judicial commission for the same cause was not necessary, he told.
Justice Asim Hafeez conducted the hearing of the petition filed by Bishop Azad Marshall.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court had instructed the Punjab chief secretary to take a decision in connection with a petition seeking formation of a judicial commission for an inquiry into the Jaranwala tragedy.
The direction for the provincial chief secretary came from Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi, when the public prosecutor responded in negative on being questioned if a judicial commission was formed to look into the incident.
In the plea, the petitioner had requested the high court to issue orders for an inquiry into the Jaranwala tragedy by a judicial commission, contending that the fundamental rights of the minority community (the Christians) had been violated in the incident.
The petitioner pleaded that the method being employed for investigation had met sluggishness and the Christian community doubts if this method will live up to their expectations fort justice.
