Shehbaz Sharif appears before JIT in Model Town probe.

LAHORE -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president and former chief minister of Punjab, Shehbaz Sharif on Monday appeared before a joint investigation team probing the 2014 killing of Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers in clashes with police in Lahore's Model Town.

The JIT, formed by the Home Department of Punjab earlier this year to relaunch fresh investigation into the tragedy, had summoned Shehbaz today to record his statement in the case.

The investigation team is headed by Inspector General (IG) Motorways AD Khawaja, and comprises Lt Colonel Mohammad Attique-uz-Zaman from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Lt Colonel Irfan Mirza from Military Intelligence (MI). Mohammad Ahmed Kamal, deputy director general of Intelligence Bureau (IB), and Qamar Raza, deputy inspector general (DIG) Police Headquarters Gilgit-Baltistan, are also part of the JIT.

At least 14 people were killed and 100 others injured in police action against PAT workers in Lahore on June 17, 2014. The then-Punjab government, at the behest of the Lahore High Court, made the report for the Model Town incident public on December 5, 2017.

The report, drafted by Justice (retd) Baqir Najfi-led commission, had termed the 2014 tragedy as the "most...