Parents of 18-year old deceased Saqib Ali, residence of Bostan Colony, Kot Lakhpat, met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday. The Chief Minister expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief with the parents over murder of their young son.
While talking to the father Muhammad Nazir and mother Waziran Bibi of murdered Saqib, Shahbaz Sharif said that he cannot bring their son back but it is his promise to provide justice to them. The Chief Minister said that he is grieved over the death of their son and will spare no effort in provision of justice to them. He said that only father and mother can feel the agony on the death of their beloved one. Consoling the parents of Saqib, Shehbaz Sharif assured that the accused involved in the murder of Saqib Ali will not escape punishment as per law at any cost, he added.
He sought details from the father and mother of late Saqib about the tragic incident. He directed concerned police officials to complete the investigation of the case within four days and the real accused be arrested and their challan be presented at the earliest.
The Chief Minister expressed strong indignation over the attitude of concerned investigation officers on not contacting the parents of the deceased during investigation. He said that this act was in no way based on justice. Investigation officers did not contact them as they were poor people, neither had they any Safarish nor money, he added. He said that the attitude of concerned investigation officers remained against the demands of justice. If there were a son of elite, the investigation officers would have had different behaviour towards them, he added. As this was murder of a son of the poor, the concerned investigation officers neither bothered to contact the affected family nor fulfilled the demands of justice, he added.
The Chief Minister said it is lamentable that investigation officers, probing the case, did not contact the parents of the murdered boy.