Jaranwala incident: Chief secretary ordered to decide plea for judicial commission in 15 days

LAHORE, Sep 08 (APP):The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered chief secretary Punjab to decide a petition, seeking formation of a judicial commission to probe the Jaranwala incident, within 15 days.
Justice Muhammad Sajid Mehmood Sethi passed the orders during the hearing of a petition filed by an organization, Christians’ True Spirit, after a law officer informed that no judicial commission had been formed to probe the incident yet.
The petitioner-organization had submitted that the current process for the investigation of the Jaranwala tragedy was slow. It requested the court to issue directions for the formation of a judicial commission to ensure fair investigation and timely justice.