Pakistan's PM in Murder Case?
16 August 2014 By Abi Giwa
Depending on the outcome of a murder case from death of 14 people at a protest in Lahore in June 2014, Pakistan may be etching its name among nations with rule of law or otherwise.
This is the summation from a news report that says the country's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, his brother and 22 others have been been ordered listed on a murder charge by a Lahore court.
The order was given for their names to be registered by a court that heard the case with Pakistani Awani Tai, PAT, as plaintiff, according to a report in Xinhua.
PAT filed the case in court following the death of 14 protesters in June from police bullets at a rally that became violent.
At the time of the incident, the provincial government had formed a one member inquiry panel to probe circumstances that led to the breakdown of law and order.
Pat reportedly boycotted the inquiry's sitting, but filed a a petition for the court to list the authorities and the prime minister in the case.
There has been no reaction from the government over the court's ruling.
This is the summation from a news report that says the country's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, his brother and 22 others have been been ordered listed on a murder charge by a Lahore court.
The order was given for their names to be registered by a court that heard the case with Pakistani Awani Tai, PAT, as plaintiff, according to a report in Xinhua.
PAT filed the case in court following the death of 14 protesters in June from police bullets at a rally that became violent.
At the time of the incident, the provincial government had formed a one member inquiry panel to probe circumstances that led to the breakdown of law and order.
Pat reportedly boycotted the inquiry's sitting, but filed a a petition for the court to list the authorities and the prime minister in the case.
There has been no reaction from the government over the court's ruling.