Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a Fact-Finding committee on Rawalpindi incident.
Najam Saeed will head the body. The committee will pinpoint the people involved in the incident and also name the officials responsible for negligence in administrative and security measures and submit its report to the Punjab chief minister within seven days.
The committee has been asked to point out any negligence or laxity demonstrated by the city administration. It will also recommend steps to prevent such incidents in the future.
The CM earlier chaired a meeting to review the situation arising out of the Rawalpindi tragedy. He said culprits involved in Rawalpindi tragedy would be brought to justice.
The meeting analysed the tragedy from different angles. Shahbaz vowed that culprits involved in the tragedy would be brought to justice.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, provincial minister Col (r) Shuja Khanzada, the Punjab chief secretary, the inspector general and other officials attended the meeting.
The meeting analyzed the tragedy from different angles.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan‚ Provincial Minister Colonel (Retd) Shujja Khanzada‚ Chief Secretary Punjab‚ Inspector General Punjab and other high officials attended the meeting.
The violence, erupted in Raja Bazaar area on Ashura, has left at least nine people dead and over 50 others wounded.
Cellular phone services have been blocked in the city for an indefinite period. Pakistan Army personnel patrolled the city streets after a curfew was imposed.
Meanwhile, a three-member delegation of clerics called on Shahbaz and discussed the post-Ashura incident situation.
The clerics Hanif Jalandhri, Ahmed Ludhianvi and Abul Khair Azad demanded that the government compensate the victim families and traders of the Madina Market.
They also urged the government to bear expenses to repair their seminary.
