The appeal was filed at the Lahore High Court (LHC) by Additional Prosecutor Abdul Samad Khan. Subsequently, the Punjab government removed some top CTD officials and suspended others, while announcing that six CTD officials responsible for the killings would be tried on terrorism and murder charges. Initially, the trial was conducted in Sahiwal, however, the Lahore High Court on June 17 shifted the proceedings to Lahore allowing an application filed by the victims’ family. It may be mentioned here that the CTD has repeatedly been accused of pressuring the victims’ family to drop the case. Due to apprehensions expressed by the victims’ family over the JIT, the Lahore High Court ordered a judicial inquiry.

Source: Pakistan Today October 28, 2019 13:18 UTC