LAHORE, Sep 08 (Online): On the plea seeking constitution of Judicial Commission (JC) to inquire into Jaranwala incident, Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed chief secretary Punjab to take decision within 15 days.
The petition came up for hearing before single bench of LHC led by Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi here Friday.
The learned judge inquired from the state counsel has any JC been constituted on the incident so far.
The state counsel replied no commission has been constituted so far.
The petitioner has taken plea in the court basic constitutional rights of the Christians were affected in Jaranwala incident. The procedure adopted for investigation in this incident is slow paced. Christian community does not expect justice from the procedure in place.
It is requested that court should order to constitute JC for the sake of justice.
The court directed chief secretary to decide within 15 days on the application seeking constitution of JC to inquire into Jaranwala incident.
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