APC demands resignation of Shahbaz Sharif over Model Town tragedy

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APC demands resignation of Shahbaz Sharif over Model Town tragedy
By Web Desk
Published: June 29, 2014

LAHORE: The all parties conference (APC), headed by Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif over the Model Town tragedy, Express News reported on Sunday.

In a five-point statement issued by the APC, the parties demanded the formation of a full bench of the Supreme Court to investigate the Model Town incident in which 14 people were killed and dozens injured.

Around 50 members of both political and religious parties were in attendance.

Attendees included Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Rabita committee member Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed.

The Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Political Party (PPP) had informed Qadri in advance that they would not attend the conference.

The PAT chief, who had announced the meeting on June 26, thanked all party members who came to the conference. Qadri had said that the subject of the APC is the killing of his innocent supporters during the Model Town clashes.

MQM leader Siddiqui said that if the perpetrators of the Model Town incident are not brought to justice, then history will never forgive those involved.

He added that independent investigation cannot take place under the supervision of the Punjab government officials and the police.

 

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APC demands resignation of Shahbaz Sharif over Model Town tragedy
By Web Desk
Published: June 29, 2014

LAHORE: The all parties conference (APC), headed by Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri, demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif over the Model Town tragedy, Express News reported on Sunday.

PESHAWAR: Flight operations at Peshawar's Bacha Khan airport resumed on Wednesday after being temporarily suspended following last night's terrorist attack on a landing plane, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said.

CAA authorities added that the routes leading to the airport were cleared for traffic.

Last night unidentified gunmen attacked the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing PK-756 as it came in to land at Peshawar's Bacha Khan airport, killing a woman and injuring two flight stewards on board.

The PIA Boeing PK-756 had 196 passengers on board, arriving from Riyadh when it was fired upon.

Airline officials said the gunmen had aimed specifically at the highly flammable fuel tank as they sought to blow up the aircraft, as well as the cockpit, to kill the pilot.

“It would have been a disaster had they hit the fuel tank or cockpit,” said a senior Pakistan International Airlines official, who declined to be named because he was not authorised to discuss the matter with the press.

The captain of the plane described his frantic efforts to land the aircraft safely as bullets whizzed by.

“I saw several bullets flashing towards the cockpit and fuel tank and tried to avoid them,” the senior PIA official quoted the captain as telling ground staff after landing the airplane.

“The cockpit and fuel tank were safe but eight bullets hit the right side of the plane, near the service door. The second engine, which was close to the fuel tank, was also hit.

The firing injured three people including two flight stewards and a woman, who later succumbed to her wounds.

The plane was hit by six bullets, police said, killing the woman and narrowly missing the captain. At least one bullet struck the plane's engine, they added.

The woman's daughter was sitting next to her when she was shot in the head, PIA official Mohammad Kifayatullah Khan told Reuters.

“When I went inside the plane, I saw the woman lying on the seat and her nine-year-old daughter was crying, 'My mother is dead, my mother is dead',” said Khan.

“All the passengers were panicked. Some of them wanted to get out as soon as possible because they were afraid of fire inside the plane.
The army and police personnel conducted a search operation and arrested over 100 suspects.

Security was beefed up on all the routes to airport, additional personnel of security forces were also been posted.

Injured flight stewards, identified as Majid and Ijaz Chaudhry have been shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH).

Police officials and PIA spokesman Mashood Tajwar have confirmed the incident and the casualties.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shah Farman told DawnNews that it was difficult to ascertain as to which direction the aircraft was fired upon.

He claimed that firing incidents like this are "a usual occurrence in the area".

No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
Flights resume after deadly attack on Peshawar airport - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

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Some Pakhtoon was cleaning his gun when it went off just a small accident, move on people nothing to see here.

Shooting at a plane is like throwing stones on a moving lorry, It is not effective. If they had to take down the plane they would have blown it up with an RPG, with the taliban capable of doing so. The sharp shooters knew where the target was seated, one of the 'passenger' on the plane passed these details to the shooters. The target must have been an informer or an undercover agent on his way back to PAK. The passenger list and the intercepted mobile messages of the passengers on the plane will be sufficient to get the Pak intelligence dept to work.

 

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It wasn't a tragedy, it was a state sanctioned mass murder. SS won't resign, it takes a human being to do that.

 

[WishLivePak]

Two soldiers injured in rocket attack in Peshawar – The Express Tribune THEY TRIED ROCKETS, BUT DIDN'T REACH BACHA KHAN

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[FaujHistorian]

No use of this zanana type APC.

Gather enough members in Punjab Assembly and bring about no-confidence motion.

Or file an impeachment case in the court.

Sad to see IK getting overshadowed by this clown mullah.

 

[WishLivePak]

No use of this zanana type APC.

Gather enough members in Punjab Assembly and bring about no-confidence motion.

Or file an impeachment case in the court.

Sad to see IK getting overshadowed by this clown mullah.

Not to mention the party. Jow many seats AML has? Or MQM? Pakistan belongs to 180m, not 5m