The bench headed by Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan and comprising Justice Aalia Neelum and Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem reserved the verdict after hearing detailed arguments of all the parties.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) dismissed the complaint of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) to the extent of summoning 12 people including former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif, former Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah and other prominent leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz - nominated as accused by the party in its private complaint.
However, the trial court agreed to summon 125 officials of police and the district government for their trial.
Consequently, the PAT filed the appeal challenging ATC decision for not summoning the said 12 people whereas the officials including former inspector general of police Mushtaq Sukhera summoned by the trial court challenged the decision before the high court.
In April, Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar took a suo motu notice of the unnecessary delay in the proceedings of the trial court and the high court relating the Model Town incident cases. The CJP had ordered the trial court and high court for early disposal of the cases.