NGO for judicial probe into Sahiwal killings.

ISLAMABAD -- Condemning the tragic Sahiwal incident, Network for Human Rights and Justice demanded that a judicial commission should be formed to thoroughly investigate the widely-condemned incident involving police.

'We demand the government to form a judicial commission headed by a sitting judge to investigate the incident and to award exemplary punishment to those responsible for the deaths. We believe that Joint Investigation Team (JIT) will not fix any responsibility,' Zulqarnain Sulehria, chief executive officer (CEO) NHRJ told journalists on Tuesday outside Islamabad Press Club. Executive Director NHRJ Lubna Azad said that the entire nation was mourning the tragic incident and the government should swing into action to form judicial commission to bring the responsible to book.

Last Saturday, the officials of CTD and Elite Punjab police in what appears to be a fake encounter shot dead 4 persons, including parents Khalil and Nabeela, their teenage daughter, and neighbour Zeeshan. The tragic incident sent shock waves throughout the country as one of the couple's 3 surviving children who were witness to the episode denied the official version in a video. The Punjab government had said that Zeeshan had links with ISIS and was working with terrorists while the slain persons were 'collateral damage'. Soon after the incident, a JIT was formed to investigate the incident while an FIR was lodged against the CTD officials involved in the operation, who...