Sahiwal killings: Rehman Malik writes to PM asking him to form judicial commission

The Senate Standing Committee demanded on Tuesday that a judicial commission should be formed to probe into the Sahiwal killings.

During the Senate session, the family members of the deceased met members of the committee and presented their demands. The standing committee rejected the report of the Joint Investigation Team's (JIT) and said that the government should constitute a commission.

Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz Senator Javed Abbasi claimed that the provincial minister's had lied about the Sahiwal incident. Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz Senator Javed Abbasi claimed that the provincial minister's had lied about the Sahiwal incident. This claim was objected by Azam Swati who said that the government should not be blamed.

Talking to the media, Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik said that he had written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan asking him to listen to the nation's voice and form a judicial commission. He said that the premier also hold the portfolio of interior minister and the ministry has the authority to form a commission, local media reported.

The senator added that if the government did not fulfill their demand, then the matter would be taken up to the House.

Earlier in January, Khalil, Nabeela, their teenage daughter Areeba and their neighbor Zeeshan were shot by the CTD officials who claimed that they were terrorists. The CTD said that they had signaled the victim’s car to stop, but instead of stopping the occupants of the car started firing, after which the officials retaliated.

Three children of the deceased survived the attack, have said that the officials fired on them. The statement of children also matched the witnesses’ statements who said that the CTD started shooting first.

The JIT in its initial report had held the CTD officials responsible for the killing of the members in the Sahiwal shooting incident.