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Murderers in ‘painful’ Sahiwal incident to be punished: President

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi in his Twitter message on Sunday said that Sahiwal incident was very painful and murderers will be punished.

President Alvi said, “We cannot even guage the negative impact casted on [affected] children whose parents were martyred in front of their eyes.”

“Despite the state took care of the children, but there is not any substitute exists as parents.”

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that the children, whose parents were killed in Counter Terrorism Department (CTD)’s alleged operation in Sahiwal, will be looked after by the state.

Expressing his deep sorrow over the incident, PM Khan in his latest tweet said, “Still shocked at seeing the traumatized children who saw their parents shot before their eyes. Any parent would be shocked as they would think of their own children in such a traumatic situation. These children will now be fully looked after by the state as its responsibility.”

He added, “While the CTD has done a great job in fight against terrorism, everyone must be accountable before the law. As soon as JIT report comes, swift action will be taken. The govt’s priority is protection of all its citizens.”

Earlier on Saturday, four persons were shot dead including two women during an alleged action by CTD of Punjab Police that went controversial when a wounded child gave statement before the media, saying they were moving to Burewala for attending a wedding ceremony.

However, CTD in its report submitted to Inspector General (IG) Punjab Police insisted that the law enforcers’ team attempted to stop ‘terrorists travelling through motorcycle and car’ at around 12:00 noon but they opened fire on the personnel avoiding the call to surrender before security officials.

However, the development reports spread like wildfire that draw heavy criticism by nationals across the country against the police action.