LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) supremo Tahirul Qadri will arrive here on Wednesday morning to “seek support of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government (in bringing culprits of Model Town incident to justice), which the party had been promising when it was in opposition.”

According to PAT spokesman Noorullaha Siddiqui, the party chief will have an extended stay this time as he has to sort out things with the government regarding Model Town case, decide certain organisational matters of the party and strengthen legal team for the case.

“The PTI, when in opposition, has been the biggest supporter of the justice in Model Town case,” Mr Siddiqui said talking to Dawn on Monday.

He said though the case was in the court and the PTI could not influence the outcome of the case, it could certainly meet the PAT demands of removing all the accused bureaucrats and police officers from the active duty and save investigation from any influence. These police officials had also been harassing witnesses of the Model Town case and the PAT had been taking it up with the government, he said. Qadri Sahib, he said, would also be reviewing the legal position of the party in the Model Town case and ways to strengthen it by inducting some more lawyers in its team.

Published in Dawn, September 18th, 2018