Investigation committee declares two senior police officials guilty in PIC incident.

LAHORE -- Two senior police officials have been declared guilty by an investigation committee - formed on orders of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Bazdar - in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) incident.

Additional IG Azhar Hameed Khokar submitted the report to Usman Bazdar, which maintains that the incident occurred due to negligence of SSP Operations Lahore Muhammad Naveed and SP Civil Lines Dost Muhammad Khosa.

The report states that SP Dost Muhammad Khosa did not reach the PIC on time when lawyers held their rally whereas SSP Operations Muhammad Naveed failed to take any step even after reaching the incident spot.

It has further been stated that the police officials, who were deployed near the hospital, were not properly guided. The committee concluded that hesitation in taking any action worsened the...