Addressing a press conference, Qadri said: “They [Shehbaz and Sanaullah] should immediately resign and present themselves to authorities or I will announce the next strategy soon.”Rejecting calls to step down, Sanaullah had said that only the party chief, Nawaz Sharif, could ask him to quit. The PAT chief said it’s only a matter of time when people “will drag them [PML-N leaders] on roads”, adding that his party did not agree with the biased bench formed to investigate the incident. Qadri demanded the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate and ascertain the finer points of the Najafi report. According to the report, police tried to cover up the facts regarding who gave orders to open fire on protesters. Backing Qadri’s demand earlier this month, former president Asif Ali Zardari had agreed to start a movement against the incumbent government in Punjab if the chief minister did not step down.

Source: Pakistan Today December 19, 2017 10:57 UTC